Delivering the Weekly Republican Address, House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) stresses the need to boost our economy by focusing on cutting spending and fixing our tax code. “The spending problem is getting worse, not be...tter,” Camp says, adding, “we’re committed to making our economy stronger and healthier, and getting our spending under control by making Washington fully accountable to you, the hardworking taxpayers of America.” http://www.speaker.gov/video/weekly-gop-address-republicans-call-spending-cuts-tax-reformSee More

"The American Dream is in peril so long as its namesake is weighed down by this anchor of debt. Break its hold, and we begin to set our economy free. Jobs will come home. Confidence will come back. We do this not just to boost GDP or red...uce unemployment, but to secure for our children a future of freedom and opportunity. Nothing is more important." http://www.speaker.gov/video/full-text-speaker-boehner-addresses-opening-session-113th-congressSee More

The House of Representatives will vote today on two measures to shield families and small businesses from the looming “fiscal cliff” by cutting spending and protecting millions from tax hikes. The Spending Reduction Act of 2012 (H.R. 6684) ...replaces the president’s defense ‘sequester’ with common-sense spending cuts and reforms, and reduces the deficit by an additional $242 billion over the original sequester. And the Permanent Tax Relief for Families and Small Businesses Act of 2012 (H.J. Res. 66) permanently protects millions of taxpayers from President Obama’s tax rate hikes. Learn more here: http://www.speaker.gov/general/house-vote-cut-spending-replace-defense-sequester-protect-millions-tax-hikesSee More

Speaker Boehner: "Tomorrow, the House will pass legislation to make permanent tax relief for nearly every American – 99.81 percent of the American people. And then the president will have a decision to make: He can call on Senate Democrats ...to pass that bill, or he can be responsible for the largest tax increase in American history." More on the GOP bill here: http://www.speaker.gov/general/joint-tax-committee-confirms-gop-bill-39-trillion-tax-cutSee More

Speaker Boehner: "Now it’s clear the president’s just not serious about cutting spending. But spending is the problem. How big a problem? Look at this chart put together by Paul Ryan and the Budget Committee. ... if the president got everyt...hing he wanted – over $1.4 trillion in taxes – this is what that would represent. But if you look at the spending problem, you see it does nothing – nothing to solve the spending problem that our country has."See More

Speaker Boehner: “As of today, the president’s plan to avert the fiscal cliff still does not meet the two standards that I laid out the day after the election. His plan does not fulfill his promise to bring a balanced approach to solving th...is problem. It’s mainly tax hikes. And his plan does not begin to solve our debt crisis. It actually increases spending.

“Our plan meets these standards. It cuts spending, and paves the way for real job growth in our country.

“In the five weeks since we signaled our willingness to forge an agreement with the president, he’s never put forth a plan that meets these standards. And frankly, that’s why we don't have an agreement today.

“You know, the longer the White House slow-walks this discussion, the closer our economy gets to the fiscal cliff – and the more American jobs are placed in jeopardy.”

http://www.speaker.gov/video/speaker-boehner-president-s-plan-not-balanced-does-not-begin-solve-debt-crisisSee More