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Press Releases
Feb 15, 2013
Release - Rokita Votes to Freeze Bloated Federal Employee Pay, Override Obama-Ordered Raise
U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita today released the following statement after casting his vote in support of the Federal Employee Pay Freeze Act, H.R. 273, which passed the House of Representatives with a 261-154 vote.
Feb 13, 2013
Release - Rokita: Ready to Work with President on Education Reform
Issues: Education
U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita (IN-04), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, released the following statement regarding new education proposals from the President during the State of the Union address last evening.
Feb 12, 2013
Release - Rokita: President Obama “Offers More Empty Promises”
Rep. Rokita's response to the State of the Union offered by the president on February 12, 2013.
Feb 7, 2013
Release - Rokita Fights for Hoosier Jobs; Cosponsors Medical Device Repeal
U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, a member of the House Budget Committee and the House Medical Technology Caucus, cosponsored legislation introduced yesterday to repeal the job-killing Medical Device Tax that was included as part of ObamaCare.
Feb 5, 2013
Release - VIDEO: Rokita Questions Witnesses at Education and Workforce Hearing
Issues: Education
U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita today questioned witnesses at a full hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, titled “Challenges and Opportunities Facing America's Schools and Workplaces.” Rokita is chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Feb 5, 2013
Release - Rokita Reintroduces State Health Flexibility Act
U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, a member of the House Budget Committee, today reintroduced the State Health Flexibility Act, which would reform the Medicaid program by block-granting the federal share of Medicaid funding to states, ultimately saving taxpayers $2 trillion over ten years through efficiency and fraud reduction. Rokita was joined on the bill by 32 original cosponsors.
Feb 1, 2013
Release - GOP Leaders Criticize Obama Administration's Failure to Support Low-Income Children through D.C. OSP
Issues: Education
House Republican leaders today sent a letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan on the administration’s failure to properly support and implement the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), which helps low-income children in the nation's capital escape underperforming schools.
Feb 1, 2013
Release - Rokita on Jobs Report: Washington Should Follow Indiana’s Lead with Pro-Growth Policies
Issues: Economy and Jobs
U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, a member of the House Budget Committee, today issued the following statement on the Department of Labor’s report on the January employment numbers:
Jan 31, 2013
Release - Committee Leaders Seek Clarification on Obama School Safety Recommendations
Issues: Education
U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN) today sent letters to Attorney General Eric Holder, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking for additional details on the school safety components of the Obama administration’s recommendations to reduce gun violence.
Jan 28, 2013
Release - Kline and Rokita Recognize National School Choice Week
Issues: Education
U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN) today released the following statements in recognition of National School Choice Week (January 27 through February 2):
