Opinion Editorials

  • Beware of Democratic health care 'reform'
    Jun 21, 2009  - Health coverage today is out of reach for too many Americanfamilies. Approximately 182 million Americans currently receive some form ofemployer-sponsored health coverage. With so many people's health care at stake,Congress should ensure that any changes to our health care system do not jeopardizecov... More
  • Camp: Make Health Care Affordable
    Jun 17, 2009  - Americans want, deserve and demand health care reform. Wednesday, I and my Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives are unveiling common sense health care reforms that focus on increasing the affordability, accessibility and availability of quality health care. Our plan will lower cos... More
  • Boustany: Reform Lacks Transparency, Bipartisanship
    Jun 11, 2009  - As Washington debates health reform, many politicians seem to have forgotten what the whole debate is about — patients being able to get good care from their doctors at a reasonable price. Too often, people are denied access to the doctor of their choice, especially as fewer and fewer d... More
  • Boustany: Working Together for American Health Care
    Jun 4, 2009  - American families are struggling with skyrocketing health care costs as our national economy emerges from a recession.As a doctor and member of the House Republican Health Care Solutions Group, I have seen first hand American families and small businesses worried about rising costs and losing their ... More
  • Boustany: Controlling Costs is Top Priority
    Mar 25, 2009  - Americans want Congress to pass meaningful legislation to reduce health costs, improve access to needed care, expand coverage and shore up the unstable Medicare program. Controlling rising costs remains the top priority on the health reform agenda. Rising health costs make health insurance c... More
  • Heller: Congress Can't Tax Its Way Out of a Recession
    Mar 25, 2009  - Economic recovery is the one issue that should bring Democrats and Republicans together. Nationwide the unemployment rate is over 8 percent. My home state of Nevada has over 10 percent unemployment and leads the country in home foreclosures. Yet, as American families struggle, the administration a... More
  • Roskam: Dim Prospects for Debt
    Mar 25, 2009  -   By: Peter Roskam In these uncertain economic times, many Americans are asking important questions about the nation's finances. Why were taxpayers asked to finance a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street - with up to $750 billion more on the way, according to the president? Is it appropriate ... More
  • Roskam - An Idea of Obama: Stimulus that is Both Sustainable and Free
    Mar 5, 2009  - In the aftermath of the approval of an $800-billion spending bill masquerading as economic stimulus, many of us in Congress concerned about the exponential growth of the national debt are wondering if U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has even slightly considered common-sense policy alternatives... More
  • Brown-Waite: Getting Fooled in Classic Fashion
    Feb 19, 2009  - Getting Fooled in Classic Fashion By GINNY BROWN-WAITE One of my favorite songs from the 1970s is from the group The Who - "Won't Get Fooled Again." All the aging hippies in Florida ought to dust off their copy and have a listen. In Congress it's the '70s all over again. My favorite lyric is th... More
  • Boustany: Democrats Quick to Politicize Health Care in Stimulus
    Feb 12, 2009  -   Democrats Quick to Politicize Health Care in Stimulus By: Rep. Charles Boustany As liberal Democrats clamor to achieve the hopes of eight lost years with a new administration, many Americans simply look for jobs, economic security and lower health care costs. Their desire for c... More