• Boehner Floor Speech Opposing Democrats’ Trillion Dollar Spending Plan, Supporting House GOP’s Economic Recovery Plan to Create 6.2 Million New Jobs
    Jan 28, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) made the following remarks today on the House floor opposing Democrats’ $1 trillion “stimulus” package and supporting the Republican proposal crafted by House Ways & Means Committee ranking member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA)... More
  • Boehner: “This Was a Bipartisan Rejection of a Partisan Bill”
    Jan 28, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after the House advanced a trillion dollar spending bill authored solely by congressional Democratic leaders: “This was a bipartisan rejection of a partisan bill.  Families and small businesses across America are strugglin... More
  • Boehner: Non-Partisan CBO Confirms House Democrats’ Bill Tops $1.1 Trillion
    Jan 27, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement on a letter from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf to Budget Committee Ranking Republican Paul Ryan (R-WI), in which he noted that the federal government’s interest costs related to the legisl... More
  • Boehner: President’s EPA Memorandum Could Place American Jobs in Further Jeopardy
    Jan 26, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) expressed disappointment with President Obama’s presidential memorandum ordering the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider the denial of California’s request for a waiver permitting it to set stricter emission standards for greenhouse gases f... More
  • Boehner Statement on House Republicans’ Economic Recovery Proposals
    Jan 23, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement on the economic proposals House Republicans presented to President Obama during a White House meeting earlier this morning: “We had a productive meeting with the President this morning and, as he requested earlier t... More
  • Boehner Statement on President Obama’s Executive Order Allowing Taxpayer-Funded Abortions Overseas
    Jan 23, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement on President Obama's executive order overturning the Mexico City policy, which prohibited taxpayer-funded abortions through international “family planning” groups: “This executive order is a profound disappointment for me ... More
  • Boehner Statement on Guantanamo Executive Order
    Jan 22, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after President Obama signed an executive order calling for the closure of the terrorist detainee facility at Guantanamo Bay: “The Guantanamo Bay prison is filled with the worst of the worst – terrorists and killers bent o... More
  • Boehner Statement Opposing the Release of Additional TARP Funds
    Jan 22, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement opposing the release of additional taxpayer funds from the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP): “We need an exit strategy from Treasury officials – an exit strategy for getting taxpayers out of the TARP program an... More
  • GOP Leaders Request Meeting Tomorrow with President Obama to Present House GOP Economic Stimulus Solutions
    Jan 21, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH), Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-IN), Policy Committee Chairman Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), and Chief Deputy Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) wrote to President Barack Obama today, requesting a meeting tomorrow to discuss Republican prop... More
  • Boehner on Guantanamo Bay Decision: “The Key Question Is Where Do We Put These Terrorists?”
    Jan 21, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after the Obama Administration circulated a draft executive order calling for the closure of the terrorist detainee facility at Guantanamo Bay and halting all trials at the facility: “Republicans want to work with our Pres... More