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» Tuesday, August 11
Congressman Lewis to Meet With Constituents to Discuss Health Care Legislation
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jerry Lewis has accepted an invitation from local groups in Redlands and Yucaipa to attend a town hall meeting this Thursday on health care.

 The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. August 13 at the Orton Center at the University of Redlands . It is being organized by the Yucaipa-Redlands Tea Party group. Read More...

» Friday, July 22
Government-run Health Care Plan Will Cost Jobs and Increase Taxes, Congressman Jerry Lewis Warns
WASHINGTON – The government-run health care plan that is being rushed through Congress by the Democratic majority will cause many small businesses to sacrifice jobs, raise health care costs, and could allow government bureaucrats to decide what health care choices are available to all Americans, Congressman Jerry Lewis warned Thursday. Read More...

» Friday, July 17
House OKs Inland Empire Water and Energy Supply Projects Requested by Congressman Lewis
WASHINGTON – A federal energy and water programs spending bill approved by the House Friday includes funding to reduce energy consumption in the Inland Empire and to find new sources of water around Lake Arrowhead and increase conservation behind the Seven Oaks Dam, Congressman Jerry Lewis said.  Read More...

» Friday, June 26
LEWIS WARNS OF JOB LOSSES PREDICTED UNDER CAP-AND-TAX ENERGY BILL
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jerry Lewis Friday vigorously opposed the energy plan brought to the House floor Friday, warning that economists have predicted millions of jobs could be lost because of higher energy taxes associated with the plan. Read More...

» Monday, May 18
Congressman Lewis Posts San Bernardino and Riverside County Projects Recommended for Federal Highway Funding
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jerry Lewis announced Monday that he has posted on his website the San Bernardino and Riverside County projects he is recommending for funding under the upcoming five-year federal highway bill, to further efforts to provide full transparency on federal spending matters. Read More...

» Friday, April 3
Congressman Lewis Posts Federal Spending Requests for Inland Empire Projects on Website
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jerry Lewis announced Friday that he has posted on his website all of the requests he is making for federal spending in the Inland Empire for the coming fiscal year,  in accordance with Congress’s efforts to provide full transparency in the appropriations process. Read More...

» Wednesday, March 11
Federal Spending Bill Will Fund Inland Empire Health, Education, Law Enforcement, Roads and Water Projects
WASHINGTON – Congress has approved a $410 billion federal spending bill that includes funds for San Bernardino and Riverside County projects sought by Congressman Jerry Lewis for needs ranging from a regional law enforcement fingerprint program to vital transportation and water system improvements.  Read More...

» Monday, February  13
Congressman Jerry Lewis Statement on Economic Stimulus Legislation
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jerry Lewis issued the following statement regarding House consideration of H.R. 1, the economic stimulus plan:

“I have said from the beginning of this Congress that we all want to help our president to succeed in providing relief to American workers and beginning our economic recovery. All of my efforts have gone toward ensuring that the spending and tax cuts in this legislation give us the maximum value in new or saved jobs, which should be the only goal of an emergency economic stimulus package.”  Read More...

» Monday, January 21
Flawed Stimulus Legislation Will Hurt, Not Help, our Nation’s Future
WASHINGTON DC– The House Appropriations Committee today met to mark up the Pelosi-Obey economic stimulus bill. House Appropriations Republicans, including Ranking Member Jerry Lewis, expressed serious concerns with the flawed legislation.   Read More...

» Monday, January 19
CONGRESSMAN LEWIS HOSTS INAUGURAL OPEN HOUSE FOR VISITORS FROM CALIFORNIA'S 41ST DISTRICT

» Tuesday, September 30
Congressman Lewis’s Floor Statement on Economic Stabilization Legislation
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jerry Lewis presented the following statement during the House of Representatives floor debate on the Economic Stabilization Act:  

Mr. Speaker, there is a sense of urgency in the Capitol. We all know that this urgency is real: we have seen the largest U.S. bank failure in history, the demise of century-old Wall Street firms, and a nearly total freeze of our credit system. Read More...

» Tuesday, September 24
House Disaster Relief Bill Fills Firefighting Funding Gap for U.S. Forest Service
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives Wednesday approved $500 million in emergency spending to cover unexpected U.S. Forest Service firefighting costs and an additional $250 million in fuels management and fire prevention funding as part of a stopgap spending bill for the upcoming fiscal year, Congressman Jerry Lewis said. Read More...

» Tuesday, September 24
House OKs Stopgap Spending Bill that Ends Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Allows Oil Shale Exploration
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives voted Wednesday on a stopgap spending bill that also ends the ban on offshore oil drilling and allows research into oil shale development – two measures that have been championed by Congressman Jerry Lewis for the past three months as part of the congressional budget process. Read More...

» Tuesday, September 16
Lewis: Democrat Smoke and Mirrors Energy Bill a Sham
WASHINGTON , D.C. – In a move designed to skirt the issue of the nation’s energy crisis, the House Democrat majority today will attempt to pass flawed energy legislation that will do little to increase domestic energy production or lower the price of gas. Rep. Jerry Lewis, Ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee – which has been the vehicle for the annual off-shore drilling moratorium – will oppose the Democrat plan. Read More...

» Wednesday, August 20
CONGRESSMAN LEWIS THANKS VOLUNTEERS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP PRESERVATION EVENT

» Monday, August 11
Lewis Welcomes Housing and Urban Development Secretary to Redlands Boys and Girls Club, Senior Housing
SAN BERNARDINO – Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Steve Preston will join Congressman Jerry Lewis Friday, August 15 for a visit to the Redlands Boys and Girls Club and a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Vista del Sol affordable senior housing project in Redlands , Lewis said Friday. Read More...

» Thursday, July 31
Lewis Blasts Democrat “Do Nothing” Approach on Gas Price Crisis
WASHINGTON , D.C. – Appropriations Ranking Republican Jerry Lewis today condemned the Democrat majority’s vote to leave for August recess without taking any substantive steps to help ease gas prices and lessen the nation’s dependence on foreign oil. Read More...

» Thursday, July 31
Congressman Lewis calls on colleagues to support more bipartisan work on energy, appropriations
“Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate both Chairman Edwards and Mr. Wamp for producing a truly bipartisan fiscal year 2009 Military Construction-VA Appropriations bill in the longstanding tradition of this committee.  Their work is a demonstration to the House that Democrats and Republicans can work together to create legislation the majority of our Members can support. 

“As we all know, the Appropriations Committee has steered off course this year because of one single issue which is critical to the American public and which has significant bipartisan support in the House and Senate.  Read More...

» Thursday, June 26
Congressman Lewis Praises Supreme Court Decision Upholding the Second Amendment
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jerry Lewis Thursday hailed the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the restrictive Washington , D.C. gun ban and upholding an individual’s right to own a firearm under the Second Amendment to the Constitution.     Read More...

» Friday, June 20
Passage of Intelligence Bill Will Help Prevent Another September 11, Lewis Says
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jerry Lewis strongly supported passage of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) renewal Friday, saying America desperately needs a fully-developed intelligence capability to prevent future terrorist attacks.  Read More...

» Friday, June 20
House Approves Funding to Support Troops, Enhance GI Bill, Provide Midwest Flood Relief
WASHINGTON – The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday for a supplemental appropriations bill to fund the troops fighting the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan , enhance veterans’ education benefits, and provide disaster relief to the victims of devastating Midwest flooding, Congressman Jerry Lewis said. Read More...

» Thursday, June 19
Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee approves FY 2009 funding legislation with big spending increases, more government interference
WASHINGTON , D.C. – The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture today approved its annual funding legislation for fiscal year 2009.  The bill contains a total of $20.6 billion in funding the Agriculture Department and related agencies, which is $1.96 billion over last year’s level and $922 million over the President’s amended request. Read More...

» Thursday, June 19
Reckless spending fills Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bill
WASHINGTON , D.C. – The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) today approved its Fiscal Year 2009 spending legislation. The bill contains a total of more than $153 billion in discretionary funding, which is nearly $7.8 billion over the President’s request and more than $8.2 billion more than last year.        Read More...

» Tuesday, June 17
Lewis: Financial Services Appropriations bill needs “more frugality, less spending”
WASHINGTON , D.C. – The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services today approved the Fiscal Year 2009 funding bill for the Department of Treasury, the Judiciary, the Executive Office of the President, and other independent federal agencies. Read More...

» Tuesday, June 17
Lewis: Energy and Water Appropriations bill does little to address rising gas prices
WASHINGTON , D.C. – Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif), Ranking Republican on the House Appropriations committee, commented today on the subcommittee approval of the Energy and Water appropriations legislation. The Energy and Water appropriations bill includes a total of $33.26 billion, which is $2.37 billion over last year’s funding level and $1.9 billion above the President’s request. Read More...

» Thursday, June 12
Record-breaking, Robust Veterans and Military Construction funding bill passes Appropriations Subcommittee
WASHIGNTON , D.C. – The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (MilCon-VA) today approved its funding legislation for fiscal year 2009. The bill contains a record level of funding for programs for America ’s veterans and military construction projects. Read More...

» Thursday, June 12
Lewis: CJS bill “does nothing to rein in spending or address the nation’s energy crisis”
WASHINGTON , D.C. – The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Science, and Justice today approved its annual funding bill for Fiscal Year 2009. The legislation includes a total of $56.85 billion in spending, which is an increase of $5 billion over FY 2008 and $3.17 over the President’s request. Read More...

» Thursday, June 12
Lewis Again Calls on Democrats to Take Up Clean War Funding Supplemental
WASHINGTON , D.C. – Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Republican Jerry Lewis (R-Calif) called on the Democratic leadership of the House to immediately pass a clean war supplemental spending bill free of extraneous spending and policy riders.  Read More...

» Wednesday, June 11
Interior Appropriations Subcommittee approves funding bill minus critical domestic energy production amendment
WASHINGTON , D.C. – The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior today marked up and approved the Fiscal Year 2009 funding bill for the Department of the Interior. However, a critical amendment which would provide some relief from the nation’s exploding oil prices failed to garner enough Democratic support to be included in the passed bill. Read More...

» Wednesday, June 11
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS BILL TAKES ON STEP FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in the first Appropriations committee mark-up meeting of the year, the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security considered the Fiscal Year 2009 funding legislation for the Department of Homeland Security. Read More...

» Friday, May 23
HOUSE APPROVES VETERANS PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY LEWIS
WASHINGTON – In the continuing effort to provide full support to the nation’s veterans, the House of Representatives has passed a number of important measures that will ease mortgage loan restrictions for veterans, increase compensation for those with service-related disabilities, and provide reimbursement for emergency medical care, Congressman Jerry Lewis said Friday. Read More...