Congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R-NC) delivers this week's address from the House Small Business Committee, where American job creators continue to voice their concerns about our fragile economic recovery which is prohibiting job growth. We know the president's "stimulus" package failed to create jobs, and additional reckless spending is not the answ [...]  More

Today, June 17th, marks the one-year anniversary of the Democrats’ so-called “Recovery Summer” and Americans are still waiting on that recovery.  House Republicans released the following video showing how the last 28 months of the Obama administration’s costly stimulus has failed to create jobs and has made the situati [...]  More

Marking the one-year anniversary of the president's "Recovery Summer", we've seen no economic growth. The unemployment rate is still above 9%, and the president's stimulus has failed to grow the private sector and create jobs. Visit Jobs.GOP.gov to see what House Republicans are doing to foster an environment for job creation in America.   More

In this week's address, Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) stresses the importance of fostering a better environment for job creation in America. The president's failed stimulus and broken promises have blocked job creators from reversing our 9.1% national unemployment. Visit http://Jobs.GOP.Gov to see what House Republicans are doing to help boost [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence appeared on Fox News today, discussing the White House claim of job saving and creation. Pence called the notion "absurd" and you can watch it here:   More

Rep. Aaron Schock (IL) wasn't happy to find out how much federal money was being spent on stimulus signs around the country -- touting what the stimulus has supposedly done for different areas. Schock called the more-than $10,000 signs "the height of narcissism" and created a video to demonstrate his disproval. He notes that Illinois has spent ove [...]  More

President Obama attempts to convince struggling families that the ‘stimulus’ worked: “So part of the challenge in delivering this message about all that the Recovery Act accomplished is that things are still tough, they just aren’t as bad as they could have been. They could have been a catastrophe. In that sense, it worked.& [...]  More

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks on the House floor today:   “I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his outstanding leadership. This is a challenging time in the life of this country. Families are hurting. Businesses in the city and on the farm are struggling. [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence has a lot to say about the unemployment numbers released this morning: The American people want to know why Congress is forcing through the Pelosi plan for a government takeover of health care instead of a plan that will help create jobs. Read the full statement here.   More

The latest from Conference Call: In an attempt to justify Democrats’ massive $1 trillion “stimulus,” the Administration “plays a little loose with the facts.” However, the reality is far different than the fiction the President is writing. Fiction:  When he signed the stimulus, President Obama said that the legi [...]  More

by Rep. Erik Paulsen (MN) Yesterday, a report was issued by the special inspector overseeing the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) highlighting multiple problems with the Treasury’s implementation of the federal bailout program. Notably, the inspector reported that the American taxpayer is “increasingly exposed to losses and fraud.& [...]  More

by Rep. Robert Aderholt (AL-04) Last week’s Tea Parties were a powerful message to Washington in protest to the “spend and tax” binge that the federal government has been on over the last several months.  The last thing struggling families need is Washington taking even more money out of their pockets. Every day, Americans [...]  More

House Leader John Boehner appeared yesterday on "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, saying legislators should beware of "trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see." Boehner applauded last week's hurricane of taxpayer tea parties and attended one in Bakersfield, California. "...when I talk to people at these rallies, it was pretty clea [...]  More

It was a special day for Republicans on Capitol Hill, as House and Senate leaders gathered for a rare bi-cameral conference and press conference meeting. Last week, the House revealed their budget blueprint in a document titled "The Republican Road to Recovery" and today the details of that plan were expanded. In a Wall Street Journal article tod [...]  More

House Republicans today released the "Republican Road to Recovery," an 18-page booklet specificying the steps they will take to find economic prosperity again. The press conference unveiled a long awaited plan from Budget Committee leadership. House Leader John Boehner kicked things off, offering the chapter by chapter plan as an alternative to t [...]  More

House Leader John Boehner's office was quick to break down President Obama's address to the nation last night. After the speech, they expressed several points of contention. During the speech, Obama perpetuated the myth that Republicans have offered no alternatives for the budget and asserted that increased taxes on charitable giving will have no [...]  More

House Whip Eric Cantor's office has done a great job compiling facts for Republicans to lean on as America's economic turmoil continues. This week, they've called out the Democrats for a dishonest asessment that the Democrats' plan will "half" the deficit in four years. Most notably, they report that the Democrats' projections are $2.3 trillion lo [...]  More

House Republicans want you to know there is a better way and we've got an alternative plan that is almost complete. Here is House Leader John Boehner discussing an alternative with core priniciples for longterm success: We've boiled it down for you. A Republican alternative that works:  -- Help create and protect jobs by letting families and [...]  More

Rep. Jeff Flake (AZ) gets a few words in at the American Spectator this morning, offering insight from the mind of Republicans' leading anti-earmark crusader. On healthcare: For good reason, Americans are naturally skeptical about the federal government’s ability to manage a national healthcare program. So Republicans have an advantage [...]  More