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Boehner Underscores Need to Protect Taxpayers, Enact Comprehensive Energy Reform During Difficult Economic Times
Sep 18, 2008
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At his on-camera press briefing today, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) discussed the current economic uncertainty facing families, seniors, and small businesses amid the turmoil on Wall Street and high energy prices across the country. With a sharp downturn in housing and financial...
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Schools, Parents, Teachers Highlight Democrats’ Refusal to Act on Real Energy Reforms in “Back-to-School” Report
Sep 17, 2008
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The day after House Democrats rejected a bipartisan plan to assist schools feeling the greatest impact from high energy costs, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Education & Labor Committee Senior Republican Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) released a new report – “Strapped: Students ...
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Giving Parents, Students, and School Officials a Voice in the American Energy Debate (Townhall.com)
Aug 15, 2008
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All summer long, Americans have been hit hard – and continually – by high gas prices. Vacation plans have been altered. Family visits have been shortened or cancelled. And commutes to and from work are more costly than ever. While Americans are forced to deal with this reality each and every day, Sp...
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Republicans Use Online Survey to Engage Schools, Teachers & Parents Impacted by Energy Crisis
Jul 31, 2008
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Led by Education & Labor Committee Ranking Republican Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) and Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH), House Republicans launched an online survey yesterday – hosted on the Education & Labor Committee’s Republican website – to collect input and stories from school of...
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House GOP Leaders Launch Online Survey for Schools, Teachers, Parents Impacted by Soaring Energy Costs
Jul 30, 2008
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As back-to-school season approaches, House Republicans – led by Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Education & Labor Committee Senior Republican Member Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) – today launched an online survey to collect input from school officials, teachers, and parents impacted b...
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Boehner Urges Pelosi to Support Students in the Nation’s Capital, Back Renewal of D.C. School Choice Program
Jun 17, 2008
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As the House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee prepares to decide whether to continue its support of a popular, effective, and bipartisan education program for low-income students in Washington, D.C., House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) yesterday wrote to ...
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Boehner: School Choice Program “Making a Real Difference for Disadvantaged Students in Our Nation’s Capital”
Jun 16, 2008
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House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today pointed to the progress made by low-income Washington, D.C. students participating in the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, as highlighted in a new report released this afternoon by the U.S. Department of Education. Notably, the report deta...
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Will Congressional Dems Kill the Bipartisan D.C. School Choice Program?
Jun 12, 2008
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Is Washington, DC’s delegate to the U.S. House scheming with House Democratic leaders to topple a popular education reform initiative on which some 1,900 disadvantaged students in her own city depend each and every day? That’s what Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton’s (D-DC) hometown newspaper, the Wa...
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Boehner: Democrats’ Costly “Green Scheme” Siphons Critical Funds from Low-Income Students and Students with Disabilities
Jun 4, 2008
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House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement opposing the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act (H.R. 3021), which would create a massive and unproven $20 billion federal school construction program:
“The Democrats’ massive $20 billion...
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GOP Proposal Would Help Schools Struggling With Rising Energy Costs
Jun 4, 2008
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American families and small businesses aren’t alone in struggling with soaring energy costs. Schools across the country are feeling the pain as well. And what has the Democratic Congress offered them to help cope with the rising costs? The same thing Congress has offered families a...
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