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  • Thornberry releases statement on President Obama's gun control proposals
    Jan 16, 2013  - U.S. Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon) made the following comments in response to President Obama's gun control proposals: "No words can describe the unspeakable tragedy that occurred in Connecticut. It is not surprising that the loss of so many innocent lives, including those of the children... More
  • The Blizzard of Statistics and the “Fiscal Cliff”
    Dec 21, 2012  - In the blizzard of statistics surrounding the “fiscal cliff,” two numbers give us the essential bottom line. They are 20.6 and 24.3. Let me explain. Since World War II, the top income tax rate has varied widely. It has been as high as 94 percent and as low as 28 percent. Usually it was somewhere in ... More
  • Texans oppose insurance mandate
    Nov 15, 2011  - Wichita Falls Rep. Mac Thornberry said he hopes the Supreme Court agrees with him that President Barack Obama's 2010 health care overhaul is unconstitutional. Thornberry and other Republicans have long taken issue with the law's individual mandate requiring Americans to buy health care insurance, st... More
  • Times Record News: Defining the New Regular Warfare
    Nov 5, 2011  - WASHINGTON— Wichita Falls Rep. Mac Thornberry doesn't want the U.S. military to have to learn all over again the hard lessons from 10 years in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thornberry convened a hearing this week to drive home the importance of "irregular warfare" in future conflicts and find out where the ... More
  • Editorial: Cyber security--War without end
    Nov 5, 2011  - U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry stopped by the other day to talk about cyber security, something in which he has a huge stake. The Clarendon Republican chaired a House select committee tasked with making recommendations on how to make our vast Internet information network safe against those who would laun... More
  • Thornberry speaks on cyber security
    Oct 21, 2011  - U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Clarendon, spoke at a Legislative luncheon at Luby's Thursday on the topic of cyber security in honor of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Thornberry serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Speaker of the House John Boehner asked Thornberry ... More
  • CBS News: Republicans say defense cuts should not be part of super-committee plan
    Oct 13, 2011  - Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee Thursday unveiled their single recommendation to the congressional committee tasked with slashing spending--no new defense cuts. California Republican Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, the panel's chair, said the so-called "Super Committee" must avoid addin... More
  • In and From Congress, Calls to Limit Pentagon Cuts
    Oct 13, 2011  - Leading members of Congress joined the defense secretary and the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Thursday in arguing against any additional cuts in military spending as a special committee seeks to find more than a trillion dollars in new savings in the overall budget. The Pentagon is a... More
  • House GOP Task Force Issues Cybersecurity 'Blueprint'; Favors Private Sector Incentives
    Oct 6, 2011  - A group of 12 Republican lawmakers issued a detailed set of recommendations Wednesday on how the federal government should work with private sector owners and operators of the nation's critical infrastructures to enhance cybersecurity. The long-awaited 20-page report by the House Republican Cybersec... More
  • Times Record News: Thornberry Probes SEAL Funds
    Sep 27, 2011  - WASHINGTON — Wichita Falls Rep. Mac Thornberry asked top special operations officials how deep budget cuts could affect the elite forces whose members include Navy SEALs who took down terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. Lawmakers might not realize that cutting Air Force and other branches' budget... More


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