U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, released the following statement today after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported that the Senate Democrat health care bill will increase individual insurance premiums by $2,100 or up to 13 percent in 2016: The CBO has confirmed what every American alr [...]  More

Rep. Steve King (IA) wrote "Obama Violates Osama Oath." See the following excerpt: More than a year has passed since Obama was elected.  Since that date, we have seen a distinct contrast between candidate Obama and Commander-in-Chief Obama.  Candidate Obama seldom failed to rail against the war in Iraq - the “war of choice” - [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence delivered the Thanksgiving address last week. In case you missed it, watch it here:   More

by Rep. Paul Ryan (WI) With unemployment at 10.2%, it is imperative that we focus on job creation. In the halls of Congress, there are reports of yet another "stimulus" spending bill. It is great that jobs are again on the agenda, but to continue to do the same thing (simply spend more money) and expect different results is the definition of insan [...]  More

"Now comes the time for all of us to do our duty in this battle to preserve all that makes America great. If you can give, give. If you can speak, speak. If you can write, write. If you can run, run. But do all you can. Now is the moment. ... Winston Churchill said before Congress in 1941, "He must indeed have a blind soul who cannot se [...]  More

The Wall Street Journal reports: The government agency charged with overseeing the economic-stimulus program says it has no plans to change its claim that the package directly created or saved 640,329.17 jobs through September, despite its own admission and statements from the White House that the number is not accurate. Ed Pound, spokesman for th [...]  More

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (VA) wrote the following piece for The Richmond-Times Dispatch: The Obama administration has elected to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a civilian court just a few blocks from New York City's Ground Zero. The decision has left millions of Americans bewildered as to why we would not prosecute him in a [...]  More

Rep. Don Manzullo (IL) was interviewed by Human Events' Elisabeth Meinecke recently regarding the transfter of Gitmo detainees to his Illinois district. Here's what he had to say: Rep. Don Manzullo (R-Ill.) is the man responsible for northwestern Illinois’ interests in the U.S. House.  His constituency includes Carroll County, where the [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered remarks last night at the American Spectator Bartley Dinner. See an excerpt here: I stand before you today at an historic moment for the conservative movement and for this great country. The coming weeks and months may well set the course for this nation for a gene [...]  More

From the office of House Republican Leader Johm Boehner: House Republicans today launched a new effort to change the way Congress works, calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to schedule an immediate vote on five common-sense reforms that will bring greater transparency to the legislative process and make Congress more open and accountable [...]  More

Congressmen Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Mike Pence (R-IN) released the following statement regarding an agreement on media shield legislation adopted yesterday by the Senate Judiciary Committee which has been endorsed by the Director of National Intelligence and Attorney General: We are pleased that an agreement has been reached to advance the Free Fl [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today urging the Obama Administration to overturn its decision to transfer several Guantanamo Bay detainees to New York City for trial, and in support of the efforts by Congressman Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Ranking Republican on the House Permanen [...]  More

Below please find a link to the Thanksgiving District Work Period Kit, containing materials designed to help communicate the House Republican message on health care and the economy. You may also find these materials, and much more, on GOP.gov. Download the Kit >>  More

From the office of House Republican Leader John Boehner: Just like the original 2,032-page, government-run health care plan from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) massive, 2,074-page bill would levy a new “abortion premium” fee on Americans in the government-run plan. Beginning on l [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, gave the following statement today on H.R. 3961, the Pelosi “doc fix”: I am pleased to be here with my colleagues in leadership as well as three prominent doctors who serve with us here in Congress, who you’ll hear from in a moment. We had a very vigorous d [...]  More

For years, women have been warned of the dangers of breast cancer and the importance of early detection. Part of that early detection includes receiving regular mammogram screenings. On the heels of a recent panel, which changed breast cancer screening guidelines to age 50, rather than age 40, House Republican women are speaking out. Various natio [...]  More

Dan Riehl of the prominent conservative blog, Riehl World View, covered our blogger conference call yesterday with House Republican Conference Vice-Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA) and Rep. Pete Hoekstra (MI), Ranking Republican Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. See the following excerpt: On a recently concluded conf [...]  More

Though Republicans are often portrayed as behind Democrats on the new media frontier, times are changing. After last year's election of a Democrat President, Republicans have stepped up their game. The Hill featured an article yesterday spotlighting Republican efforts in this area, specifically the formation of the House Republican New Media Caucu [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today urging opposition to H.R. 3961, the Pelosi “doc fix” bill that will add more than $200 billion to the deficit: With the national debt rising above $12 trillion, and less than two weeks after House Democrats rammed through the [...]  More

If you haven't seen House Republican Whip Eric Cantor's "Weekly Waste Watch" Feature, you should check it out. They've just rounded out Week #26 with this gem:Halloween or Stimulus? National Park Service to Buy a "Bat Gate" with Taxypayer Funds -- The Nation Park Service is offering up to $25,000 in stimulus funds for a contract to build a “b [...]  More

House Republican Leader John Boehner published a piece on the up and coming web site, BigGovernment. Boehner's piece, "Five Common-Sense Steps to Change a Broken Congress," is excerpted here: The American people have had it with “business as usual” in Congress.  They are fed up with practices such as tucking special-interest provi [...]  More

Rep. Mac Thornberry (TX) published a piece for Human Events today. Across the country, people are angry and frustrated at a government that seems to care more about itself than about the American people and their future.  Among the most troubling developments is the increased use of national security to provide political cover -- both for pol [...]  More

Rep. John Carter (TX) wrote a blog post in rememberance of the Ft. Hood victims, noting that they should be honored as victims of combat. Read the following excerpt from Red County: I’ve spent several days during the past two weeks in my district at Fort Hood, visiting soldiers and family members who were injured or lost loved ones during th [...]  More

Watch today's House Republican Leadership Press Conference:   See photos of the event here and listen to the audio here.   More

Rep. John Campbell (CA) isn't done pointing out what's wrong with the Pelosi health care bill. Even though the bill narrowly passed the House last weekend, there's more to say about it. Read an excerpt of Campbell's op/ed today in the Orange County Register: This legislation is horrible. I, along with most Republicans, support health care reform, [...]  More

The latest Gallup poll proves that Americans do not see health care coverage as a responsibility of the government. From Gallup: More Americans now say it is not the federal government's responsibility to make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage (50%) than say it is (47%). This is a first since Gallup began tracking this question, and a si [...]  More

Rep. Dave Reichert (WA) published a blog post on the Foundry recently. Read the following excerpt: President Obama’s trip to Asia this week comes at a critical economic time for American workers. With unemployment eclipsing 10 percent, it’s clear that the stimulus package passed by Congress has so far proven ineffective in getting Amer [...]  More

Check out the latest from ABCNews: Here's a stimulus success story: In Arizona's 9th Congressional District, 30 jobs have been saved or created with just $761,420 in federal stimulus spending. At least that's what the website set up by the Obama Administration to track the $787 billion stimulus says.   There's one problem, though: There is n [...]  More

Rep. Mark Kirk (IL) delivered the Weekly Republican Address this week:   More

The Washington Times today published a piece written by House Republican women standing against the Democrats' health care bill. See the following excerpt: After last Saturday's passage of the Democratic health care bill, we congresswomen want to state strongly why we feel women should oppose the plan. In American families, women make most health [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today after President Obama announced that he will host a jobs summit in December: It is clear the proposed tax increases and out of control federal spending being pushed through Congress are having a chilling effect on our economy.  Wheth [...]  More

Rep. Paul Ryan (WI): We Still Hold These Truths Rep. Paul Ryan The Foundry Health Care Update: Republican Reading Room by Rep. John Campbell Townhall Rep. Cynthia Lummis Does BlogHer by Rep. Cynthia Lummis BlogHer It's Time for Rangel and Geithner to Pony Up by Rep. John Campbell Red County Pelosi's Government Takeover of Health Care Will Hurt [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, appeared on "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace. See text below the video: Excerpts from this morning’s interview: Host Chris Wallace: Congressman Pence, what’s the message from last night and what about those Democrats from conservative districts who ended [...]  More

Below please find a link to the Veterans Day District Work Period Kit, containing materials designed to help communicate the House Republican message on health care and the economy. You may also find these materials, and much more, on GOP.gov. Download the Kit >>>  More

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House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH), House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) and House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-IN) issued the following statement in support of an amendment offered by Representatives Bart Stupak (D-MI) and Joseph Pitts (R-PA) that would prohibit federal funding of abortions under the House Speaker Nan [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, gave the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives shortly before the vote on the Democrat health care bill:  “After months of overwhelming public opposition to a government takeover of health care, liberal Democra [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of an amendment offered by Representatives Joseph Pitts (R-PA) and Bart Stupak (D-MI), an amendment that would prohibit federal funding of abortions under the P [...]  More

Heading into a late Saturday night, remember what Speaker Pelosi said back in 2003: “For some reason, and I think it should be obvious what it is, the Republicans insist on having votes that are of great import to the American people, but where they are clearly on the wrong side of the issue, have these votes taken in the middle of the night [...]  More

Keep checking the House Republican Conference Policy Shop for relevant facts and details as the health care debate continues. Here are a few of the documents you will find there: AARP: On the Wrong Side of History—Again Even as Speaker Pelosi and President Obama attempt to trump the endorsement of purported seniors' advocacy organization AAR [...]  More

House Republican leaders today held a special press conference to address the impending vote on the Pelosi Health Care Bill, H.R. 4962. The leaders made statements speaking out against the bill (text below): > Republican Leader John Boehner:   Good morning. The American people have spoken and they’ve made it perfectly clear that the [...]  More

Good News: In a surprise move after hours of tumultuous negotiations, the House Rules Committee, very early Saturday morning, approved rules for debate on the pro-abortion health care bill. Although it appeared Speaker Nancy Pelosi would deny one, it allows a vote on an amendment to remove aborti [...]  More

From the office of House Leader John Boehner: When it comes to reforming health care, controlling skyrocketing costs is the American people’s top priority.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) 2,032-page government takeover of health care will actually increase costs and hit family budgets hard with new taxes, job-killing mandates, and [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence released the following statement today after the Department of Labor announced the national unemployment rate reached 10.2 percent during the month of October: Families across this nation are devastated by the reality of a 26-year high unemployment rate. It's hard to find a friend or a neighbor who hasn't been touched b [...]  More

Our fabulous policy shop has tallied a new handful of numbers for you regarding the record high unemployment rate in this country. While Americans suffer, Democrats are spending their time trying to force Pelosi's health care takeover through Congress.  The shocking 10.2 percent unemployment only tells part of the story of the struggles of av [...]  More

CongressDaily reports today on state chapters of the AMA who do not support the government-run Pelosi health care bill. This opposition is critical as the House moves forward with a vote on the bill in the next day or two. See an excerpt of the article here: The Georgia Medical Association is racking up support for a move to force the American Med [...]  More

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor's office produced this video spotlighting House Republican women on health care in America. Women make 79% of health care decisions for their children and spend two of every three health care dollars for their families. There are three videos in the following series. Watch all three here: A Discussion on Health Ca [...]  More

Rep. Peter King (NY) stepped into the boxing ring with Politico's Patrick Gavin:   More

Human Events covered the "House Call" press conference yesterday with a video compilation. House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence, along with many other House Republicans, spoke out forcefully against the Pelosi Health Care plan. They were joined by actors Jon Voight and John Ratzenerberger.   More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence has a lot to say about the unemployment numbers released this morning: The American people want to know why Congress is forcing through the Pelosi plan for a government takeover of health care instead of a plan that will help create jobs. Read the full statement here.   More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence submitted the following remarks on the floor of the House today, urging a vote on an amendment which would explicitly ban abortion coverage in the Democrat health care bill: For 30 years, the pro-life beliefs of millions of Americans have been protected by the federal government. Congress passed the Hyde Amendment in 19 [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence appeared yesterday on MSNBC to promote the GOP health care alternative against the government-run Pelosi Health Care plan that was introduced last week. Watch it here:   More

From the office of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA): How Do Women Feel about the Health Care Bill? ·  51% of women are unsatisfied with what they have read, seen, or heard about the proposals or legislation to change the way healthcare is covered and delivered here in the U.S. ·  51% of women believe that the quality of t [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, released the following statement today after the Congressional Budget Office reported that the House Republican health care plan will reduce health care premiums by up to 10 percent and lower federal budget deficits by $68 billion over the next ten years: Across the country [...]  More

Want common sense health care reforms our nation can afford? You got it. House Republicans have come out strong with our latest health care alternative, which embraces all or parts of almost every previous Republican bill. Be sure to check our updated Health Care Solutions page with a summary and text of the bill, numerous fact sheets on truths ab [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman was interviewed yetserday on Capitol Hill, regarding the Pelosi health care plan. See that interview here:   More

House Republican Leader John Boehner, Republican Whip Eric Cantor and Conference Chairman Mike Pence, will join their Republican colleagues for a "House Call" on Washington, D.C. on Thursday, November 5, 2009, at 12 :00 p.m. (EST) on the West Front of the Capitol.  Who: House Republican Leader John Boehner House Republican Whip Eric Cantor [...]  More

The full text of the 219-page, common-sense Republican alternative to Speaker Pelosi’s 1,990-page government takeover of health care is now available. You can find a PDF version here.  A summary of the bill is also posted online for your covenience. The bill includes incorporates all or parts of the following bils:Empowering Patients Fi [...]  More

From the House Republican Conference Policy Shop: Even as they attempt to enact a government takeover of health care, Democrats must face the facts about the scope of the tax increases in their own legislation—that according to official estimates from both the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), Speak [...]  More

Rep. John Shadegg (AZ) publisheda piece at Townhall today, entitled, "How Will ObamaCare Affect the Average American?" Read the following excerpt: So Nancy Pelosi and President Obama are adamant that Congress pass their health care bill. They’ve dismissed the August protesters and are pushing for passage as soon as possible. But, what does t [...]  More

Rep. Cynthia Lummis (WY) published an op/ed in Politico today. Please read an excerpt: The race to replace Rep. John McHugh in New York’s 23rd Congressional District has been billed as an arm-wrestling match between two divergent sects of the Republican Party — Doug Hoffman representing the conservatives on one side and Assemblywoman D [...]  More

The Congressional Health Caucus is livestreaming now and we've got it embedded:   More

From GOP Solutions for America: See a summary of the House GOP health care reform bill here. The American people have spoken. They oppose government-run health care. Republicans are on the side of the American people. What Americans want are common-sense, responsible solutions that address the rising cost of health care and other major problems [...]  More

House Republicans have set up a “ Virtual Reading Room” today, where they will read through the Pelosi Health Care bill. Here are the details: WHAT:    Republican Reading Room - Read the Text of the Pelosi Health Care Bill WHEN:   Today, Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (ET) WHER [...]  More

We've compiled a list of all the new boards, bureaucracies, commissions, and programs created in Speaker Pelosi's government takeover of health care. Though there are over 100 in our list, here are a few that stuck out: -- Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research (Section 1401(a), p. 734) -- Grant program to support the operation of school-b [...]  More

The House Republican Conference has compiled a list of important numbers relevant to Speaker Pelosi's 1,990-page health care bill. Here are a few: 5.5 million-Number of jobs that could be lost as a result of taxes on businesses that cannot afford to provide health insurance coverage, according to a model developed by Council of Economic Advisors C [...]  More

The Washington Examiner's Byron York spotlighted the Weekly Republican Address this weekend. The piece, entitled "GOP on Health Care: In 568 Words, What's Wrong with 1,990 Pages," can be read here. Here is an excerpt: House Republican Leader John Boehner gave the Republican radio address today, and in 568 words made a simple and compelling case fo [...]  More

House Republican Leader John Boehner delivered this week's Weekly Republican Address, focusing on health care. Here is the video:   More

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA), Vice-Chair of the House Republican Conference, has been a strong leader on the health care front. In addition to a special health care section on her web site, the Congresswoman's office will be publishing a "Daily Fact About Women and Health Care" each day this week. Today's fact follows: *Women are most responsi [...]  More

It is 1,990 pages long so House Republicans and GOP leadership are still reading through the many details included in the Pelosi health care bill, unveiled last Thursday. We will continue delivering updates here on GOP.gov as more details are revealed. Be sure to check out our three previous entries full of facts pulled from specific pages of the [...]  More