By NAFTALI BENDAVIDSTERLING, Va.—U.S. House Republicans unveiled a new agenda at a small lumberyard outside Washington on Thursday, seeking to show that they are in tune with voter discontent and have crafted legitimate alternatives to unpopular Democratic initiatives.At a news...

This week in Washington I asked one simple question that millions of Americans ask every day: “Where are the jobs?”The Democrats in Washington have tried to spend their way into more jobs with the stimulus.  Three million of our fellow...

“no tax increases on nobody” Hensarling Remarks:“Where are the jobs?  The Democrats have tried to spend their way into more jobs with the stimulus.  Three million of our fellow Americans have lost their jobs.  Unemployment hovers around 10%.  The Democrats have...

This week I met with job creators to get their ideas on how to get more Americans, and particularly more East Texans, working.  What I heard from them was that it is the uncertainty caused by President Obama’s economic policies...

This week the big news from Washington is that unemployment went up… again.  The Department of Labor reported this morning that the U.S. economy lost jobs for the third straight month in a row despite the Obama Administration’s promise of...

Local Congressman One of Only Nine Members to Receive Score of 100WASHINGTON – Congressman Jeb Hensarling (TX-05) has been awarded the Defender of Economic Freedom Award by the Club for Growth, a free market advocacy organization with over 55,000 members...

This week Congress was not in session, but something big was going on in Washington: the Bureau of Labor Statistics today released the July unemployment numbers, and unfortunately the results were not encouraging – 131,000 total non-farm payroll jobs were...

WASHINGTON, DC — Our dire fiscal and economic challenges -- coupled with Washington's insistence on making matters worse -- are no excuse for retreat or despair. They are cause for inspiration and determination. The stakes of the debt debate present not...