I recently released a new web video challenging President Obama to focus on the American people’s priorities after the release of yet another disappointing jobs report. Last Friday we learned that our economy lost 125,000 jobs in the month of
by Rep. John Boehner6 Jul 2010, 8:51 AM PST0
This week, I had the privilege to deliver the Weekly Republican Address. In it, I talk about how Washington Democrats’ continued failure to end their out-of-control spending spree is scaring the hell out of the American people and hurting our
by Rep. John Boehner12 Jun 2010, 5:13 AM PST0
President Obama is coming to Youngstown today to tout his administration’s recovery efforts, but its policies are only making matters worse in the Mahoning Valley. While it’s encouraging that the factory in Youngstown that the president will visit on Tuesday
by Rep. John Boehner18 May 2010, 8:01 AM PST0
Today I am releasing the following web video highlighting President Obama’s financial bailout bill that will impose burdensome regulations and new fees on local banks in my district back in Ohio and other local communities around the country. In addition,
by Rep. John Boehner22 Apr 2010, 5:29 AM PST0
We were elected to make tough choices, not run from them. On Thursday, House Democrats sparked widespread outrage by voting to authorize the use of the controversial “Slaughter Solution” to force amassive government takeover of health care through the House
by Rep. John Boehner20 Mar 2010, 7:59 AM PST0
Today, Sen. Mitch McConnell and I make our case against ObamaCare in the Wall Street Journal: A little over a year ago, when President Obama first took up health-care reform, Republicans reached out to him in the hopes of working
by Rep. John Boehner16 Mar 2010, 7:37 AM PST0
This morning, the House GOP Caucus adopted a unilateral ban on all earmarks. For millions of Americans, the earmark process in Congress has become a symbol of a broken Washington. Today House Republicans took an important step toward showing the
by Rep. John Boehner11 Mar 2010, 9:04 AM PST0
After the conclusion of yesterday’s nationally-televised health care “summit” hosted by President Obama, in a video for YouTube’s Citizen Tube I answered five health care questions submitted and voted on by the You Tube community. The questions posed on You
by Rep. John Boehner26 Feb 2010, 11:29 AM PST0
Last summer, I released a web video targeting Washington Democrats’ trillion-dollar “stimulus” bill and asking “where are the jobs?” Today, on the one-year anniversary of President Obama signing the “stimulus” into law, job-sniffing GOP bloodhound Ellie Mae still hasn’t found
by Rep. John Boehner17 Feb 2010, 3:29 PM PST0
This morning after our weekly conference meeting I joined other House Republican leaders at a press event to discuss President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight. What I told the press gathered in the U.S. Capitol this morning is
by Rep. John Boehner27 Jan 2010, 9:47 AM PST0
Republicans are continuing to insist on behalf of the American people that any legislative negotiations pertaining to health care reform be made public. Today, Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) is filing a discharge petition which, if signed by 218 Representatives, would
by Rep. John Boehner13 Jan 2010, 9:17 AM PST0
Today the Obama Administration is announcing it plans to import the terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay prison – some of the most dangerous terrorists in the world – to the Thomson Correctional Center located outside Chicago, Illinois. This decision
by Rep. John Boehner15 Dec 2009, 9:20 AM PST0
Last night, defying the will of a bipartisan majority of the House and Senate, Democrats voted to allow the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) to receive federal taxpayer dollars. In September, large Congressional majorities in both houses
by Rep. John Boehner9 Dec 2009, 12:17 PM PST0
Last week, as the national debt topped $12 trillion for the first time in U.S. history, one influential policymaker said, “I think it is important, though, to recognize if we keep on adding to the debt … that at some
by Rep. John Boehner25 Nov 2009, 7:50 AM PST0
The American people have had it with “business as usual” in Congress. They are fed up with practices such as tucking special-interest provisions into bills behind closed doors, secretly changing bills without a vote, and passing bills no one has
by Rep. John Boehner18 Nov 2009, 8:03 AM PST0
The fall of the Berlin Wall marked a resounding victory for freedom and human dignity. On this day 20 years ago, a long-standing symbol of division and oppression crumbled under the weight of a revolution inspired by leaders whose faith
by Rep. John Boehner9 Nov 2009, 1:42 PM PST0