In this week's address, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks from his district in New Orleans, discussing the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac and its effect on constituents and the surrounding area. Hundreds of thousands of people still remain without power, and the threat of flooding continues throughout southeast Louisiana. "In tough times," he says, " [...]  More

President Obama’s policies have failed and have made our economy worse. He’s invested taxpayers' money into failed projects, rejected domestic energy production and wants to raise taxes to increase government spending. Because he can’t stand on his record, he is resorting to the politics of envy and division, oftentimes promoting [...]  More

The House has passed dozens of jobs bills that are stuck in the Democrat-run Senate. This week, the House will continue to pass legislation that expands American energy production and creates American jobs.   More

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) today released “TESORO: Made in the U.S.A.,” a new video in which local resident and refinery worker Ron Day – the Environmental Health and Safety Manager at the Tesoro-Mandan Refinery – tells the economic boom story of North Dakota oil and gas production: “In 1952, they disc [...]  More

In this week's address, Rep. Lynn Jenkins discusses The House Republican Plan for America's Job Creators and our all-of-the-above approach to domestic energy production. This past week, members of the House Energy Action Team (HEAT) toured energy sites across the country including oil rigs, fracking areas, and a pipeline factory to highlight our o [...]  More

This week, the House will vote on cybersecurity legislation to preserve thousands of American jobs and protect our nation from cyber attacks. We'll also go to conference with the Senate on legislation approving the Keystone XL Pipeline. It's time for Senate Democrats to get serious about expanding American energy production.   More

A recent news report highlighted a new course to be offered by Harvard Law School titled, “Understanding Obama.” Before you enroll, take a minute to ruminate on the 10 facts below and consider your course on “Understanding Obama” complete. Click here for a large version    More

This week, House Republicans will vote on the Small Business Tax Cut Act that will help small business owners hire new workers. We'll also vote on legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline to address skyrocketing gas prices and create thousands of jobs across the nation.   More

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) delivers this week's address on House Republicans' 'all-of-the-above' energy plan to address skyrocketing gas prices and help create jobs. We've passed several energy bills now stuck in the Democrat-controlled Senate. If the president and Senate democrats are serious about removing gov [...]  More

In the Weekly Republican Address, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) challenges President Obama to press for Senate action on bipartisan, House-passed energy bills. All of these bills have passed with bipartisan support, and many are backed by the president's own jobs council. The address caps off a week that saw passage of the GOP's "Path to Prosp [...]  More

Voices from the 5th district of Texas are echoed across the country--we're hurting from skyrocketing gas prices. We must become energy independent to help ease the pain at the pump. Let's start with the entire Keystone XL Pipeline.   More

@SpeakerBoehner: #ObamaGap: while POTUS is in OK, new chart shows gap between his words & his actions: http://j.mp/GGl9ZC #KXL #4jobs   More

In this week's address, Congressman Cory Gardner (CO) discusses our nation's skyrocketing gas prices.  House Republicans believe that we should enact  an 'all-of-the-above' energy strategy to help lower gas prices and make our nation more energy independent. The president's energy policies have failed and cause more pain at the pump. Ame [...]  More

Cookouts and picnics are a favorite springtime activity for many American families.  As the weather warms up and families start making plans, they will be reminded of the president’s failed economic policies and the impact they have on everyday items families use.  Under the Obama administration, the average family income is down m [...]  More

This week, House Republicans will vote on the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act to provide entrepreneurs and small businesses with the confidence they need to expand and hire again. We're working to find common ground with the president, but unfortunately he continues to focus on his own re-election. We hope he will call on Senate Democra [...]  More

In this week's address, Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee Doc Hastings (R-WA) discusses how the president is unwilling to work toward energy independence in our nation. Gas prices are on the rise again, and our current administration has given no impression that they're serious about lowering our energy costs and creating much-needed job [...]  More

Speaker of the House John Boehner announced yesterday that House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA) will deliver the Weekly Republican Address tomorrow, Saturday, March 3. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at Chairman Hastings delivering the address, which will focus on House Republicans' efforts to address rising gas prices [...]  More

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The president says he's for an "all-of-the-above" energy approach, but we've yet to see him produce anything. We're for expanding American energy production to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and grow the economy. It's all part of our plan for jobs at jobs.GOP.gov.   More

Speaker Boehner announced today that Congressman Pat Meehan (R-PA) will deliver the Weekly Republican Address on Saturday, February 2nd. Here is a behind-the-scenes photo of Rep. Meehan delivering the address, in which he'll discuss the House Republican Plan for America's Job Creators. You can watch the address here on Saturday morning.   More

In the coming weeks, House Republicans will vote on the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act, which will support job creation through removing barriers to economic growth. The president's policies have failed, and they're making our economy worse. House Republicans have solutions. We've sent 30 jobs bills to the U.S. Senate to get our cou [...]  More

House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivers the Weekly Republican Address on the president's upcoming State of the Union. "The State of the Union is a time for truth-telling," he says. "And the sad truth is that the president's policies are making our economy worse."  More

Today, President Obama announced that he rejected the Keystone pipeline project permit. It would create thousands of jobs nationwide and grow our economy. It's disappointing that the president puts politics before job creation in America.   More

Via Speaker Boehner: What would you do if you were president and, with one decision, could help create at least 20,000 jobs in the United States?  More

@GOPWhip: #HEAT mbr. Rep. Scalise discusses the negative effects WH energy policies have had on job creation & gas prices. bit.ly/l0Cb13   More

@GOPWhip: Fed up with gas prices? The #GOP is. Check out the new #HEAT video. http://bit.ly/kORIYN   More

Speaker Boehner announced yesterday that Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL) will deliver the Weekly Republican Address tomorrow, Saturday, May 14. Here's a sneak peek of Rep. Martha Roby recording the address, which will focus on how House Republicans are working to lower the cost of energy, and reiterate that Americans will not tolerate an increase in the d [...]  More

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House Republican leaders are introducing legislation this week to speed up energy production in America and push to create thousands of jobs. We cannot continue to rely on foreign oil with gas prices on a steep rise. We can use the resources we have at home and boost our economy with our own American energy policies.   More

@RepJeffDenham: Gas is almost $5 in the 19th district. WATCH my interview on how we can lower gas prices here: http://bit.ly/m09e6d   More

Energy Bill Press Conference: http://on.fb.me/iC1IBP   More

House Republican leaders congratulated the president and our Armed Forces for their successful efforts in killing Osama bin Laden. They also discussed the recent Constituent Work Week where Members heard from their constituents on the necessity for America to be energy independent, especially in the current wake of skyrocketing gas prices. We have [...]  More

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced yesterday that Rep. James Lankford (R-OK) will deliver the Weekly Republican Address on Saturday, April 30. Rep. Lankford will discuss how rising gas prices are impacting families and small businesses, and will highlight the American Energy Initiative – an ongoing effort by Republicans to create ne [...]  More

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (TN), a Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and leader against net neturality, recently gave an interview on the topic to CNBC. The FCC approved net neutrality rules today but Republicans like Blackburn are ready to fight back when they take back power in January. Blackburn spoke with bloggers today about her bill -- [...]  More

Rep. James Sensenbrenner (WI) published a piece today in The Hill regarding the UN climate change talks in Cancun. Read his thoughts below: To listen to United Nations delegates, Cancun was a resounding success. After the recent negotiations, U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Chief Christiana Figueres declared that the climat [...]  More

Ozone Rule Would Kill 7.3 Million Jobs, Raise Costs Reports indicate that the Obama administration will soon finalize a new job-killing environmental regulation.  Earlier this year, just two years after a significant adjustment to the ground-level ozone standard, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed lowering the limit from the cu [...]  More

Democrats, Big Labor, and Radical Environmentalists Plot Rule Changes for Post-Election Climate Bill White House climate czar Carol Browner recently floated the prospect of Congress passing climate change legislation—a national energy tax—during a lame-duck session sometime after November 2, 2010.  Conventional wisdom suggests th [...]  More

Carol Browner: Liability cap increase “will mean that you only have large companies.” White House climate czar Carol Browner has admitted that Democrat legislation moving through Congress to eliminate the cap on liability for oil spills would effectively bar small and independent U.S. energy firms from being able to explore for natura [...]  More

According to a new study by the nonpartisan American Council for Capital Formation, cap-and-tax legislation such as the House-passed Waxman-Markey bill or the Kerry-Lieberman proposal in the Senate would amount to a national energy tax that particularly harms the Midwest, especially Michigan as detailed in the study.  Other states that rely o [...]  More

by Rep. Gregg Harper (MS) For nearly two months, oil has been flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig, affecting not only Gulf Coast states’ environments but their economies as well. BP and the federal government have been working to stop the stream of oil and to minimize the environmental impact of th [...]  More

CBO Confirms Other Negative Impacts for Families and Communities According to a May 5, 2010, CBO report, under cap-and-tax legislation such as the House-passed H.R. 2454 or the Kerry-Lieberman Senate bill, “some people would lose health insurance coverage associated with their previous employer” after they lose their job due to the nat [...]  More

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA) and Rep. Steve Scalise (LA) spoke with bloggers today about the cap and tax energy bill being debated in Congress currently. Scalise participated in the hearings last week, questioning 60 professional witnesses and presenting statements on why the bill is wrong for America.   “The more people see the negative i [...]  More

After three days of hearing on the cap and tax global warming legislation last week, Republicans are billing it a "national energy tax," according to a piece in the Hill today. Almost everyone who testified in the hearings agreed that the bill would raise gas and energy prices across the board, costing American families more of their hard-earned m [...]  More

*This post originally published on Townhall.com by Rep. Steve Scalise (LA) President Obama is proposing a “cap and trade” energy tax that will raise utility costs on every American family to generate $646 billion in new taxes, while shipping millions of American jobs to foreign countries. I am very concerned about how the liberals in [...]  More

6:52 p.m. The Democrat Energy Plan Cap and Trade: Caps Economic Growth and Trades Jobs Overseas 6:25 p.m. Rep. Michael Burgess on the consequences of "cap and tax" legislation: President Obama and Democrat leaders in Congress expect to raise billions of dollars through an unprecedented “cap and tax” proposal.  With this money [...]  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

Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC) has been stirring the pot lately, with her explosive House floor ventures and determined messages on fiscal responsibility. She made her first appearance today on Right Wing News, ready as usual, to tell it like it is: Instead of taking a steady, measured approach to these outrageous AIG millionaire bonuses, Congress did th [...]  More