In the everyday hustle and bustle of the 24 hour news cycle, we too often forget that the men and women who serve in Congress are not just politicians.  The events of the past few days reminded us in heartbreaking fashion that those we elect to represent us are someone’s mother, daughter, father or son long before they become a Representative or Senator.   

The sacrifices made by members of Congress to serve the people they represent are enormous.  Those who step forward to run for public office give up their privacy, their personal lives and – too often – their personal security.  Instead of spending weekends with family and friends, members of Congress spend what we know as days off traveling across their states and districts to listen to the thoughts and concerns of their constituents.  We too often forget to honor the sacrifice and service of these men and women, and fail to thank them for stepping forward to serve.    

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With a simple step yesterday, the new Republican majority in the U.S. House showed that things are no longer business as usual in Congress. 

For the first time in the history of the institution, the Constitution was read aloud on the floor of the U.S. House.  From the preamble to the Bill of Rights and through all of the amendments, our nation’s founding document was read aloud by members of Congress from both parties. 

A hallmark of the Pelosi Congress was its effort to enact its policy goals by any means necessary, and whether the programs were constitutional or not.  The most egregious example is the federal takeover of health care that dictates that individual citizens purchase health insurance, a product, from a private company.  Already, a federal district judge has ruled this provision of ObamaCare unconstitutional and more than 20 states have joined legal challenges against the federal takeover. 

Preventing these kinds of abuses is the reason it was so important to have the ... more

Over the past two years, Republicans and energized conservatives worked tirelessly to bring change to Washington, D.C.  The American people rose up, made their voices heard at the ballot box, and declared that they wanted an end to the wasteful Washington spending that was a hallmark of the Pelosi Congress. 

Today, the new Republican majority in the U.S. House takes the first steps to getting our nation’s fiscal house back in order.  Today, the will of the people as expressed at the polls will be put into action in the halls of Congress.

With one of its first acts in the majority, the Republican leadership today will bring to the floor of the U.S. House a resolution to cut Congress’ own budget by 5 percent below last year’s levels.  This reduction would save the taxpayers about $35 million over the next fiscal year, and will send the message that things are not business as usual in Congress.

Wasteful government spending has created a national debt of more than $14 trillion.  This ... more

Last November, millions of Americans took to the polls to elect new leadership to Congress and preserve the ideals that have guided our nation since it's founding.  Today, the wishes of the people became reality as Members of the 112^th Congress were sworn into office and a new Republican majority took control of the U.S. House of Representatives. 

And not a moment too soon.  Just last week the national debt soared to more than $14 trillion, a $1 trillion increase in the past seven months alone.  More and more provisions of ObamaCare are being implemented, and the clock is ticking until the punishing tax hikes and penalties carried in the health care takeover are fully in place. 

With their first day in office, the Republicans of the 112^th Congress will offer a new beginning to the American people.  A vote scheduled for later this afternoon will cut the House budget by $35 million this year.  Democrat critics call this a symbolic move, but the symbol itself is important.  The new ... more

Last year, millions of Americans raised their voices against the federal takeover of health care.  Republican candidates for the U.S. House were among them, and the repeal of ObamaCare became a central part of House Republicans’ Pledge to America. 

Next week, a vote to repeal ObamaCare will be a promise kept by the new Republican majority in Congress. 

The Republican leadership of the U.S. House has set Wednesday, January 12^th as the day to vote on a repeal of the health care law.  The repeal legislation is said to be a brief document that revokes the law – a stark contrast to the thousand page behemoth the Democrats passed last year over the objections of the American people. 

The top priority of the newly elected Republicans in Congress is to protect and create jobs.  And one of the best and quickest ways to preserve jobs is to immediately repeal ObamaCare and the job killing provisions it carries with it.  The new taxes and penalties in the health care law, and the provisions ... more