Posts of type: Need To Know
Apr 7, 2011
Need To Know - Troop Funding
As Speaker John Boehner continues to negotiate a resolution to the fiscal year 2011 budget impasse, House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers of Kentucky has introduced H.R. 1363, the “Department of Defense and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011.”
Apr 6, 2011
Need To Know - Health Care Hassle
The House Energy and Commerce Committee, of which I am a member, passed five bills yesterday that defund and/or make mandatory funding in the “Affordable Care Act,” commonly referred to as ObamaCare, subject to the normal appropriations process.
Apr 5, 2011
Need To Know - Budget Blueprint
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin today introduced a blueprint for the fiscal year 2012 budget titled, “The Path to Prosperity.” This proposal, the first plan to fund the federal government under the new Republican majority, will reduce spending $6.2 trillion over the next decade in comparison to the President’s budget.
Apr 4, 2011
Need To Know - Senate Stalemate
The United States is facing three financial issues: the debt ceiling (yesterday's bills), the continuing resolution (today's bills) and the budget (tomorrow's bills). The Fiscal Year 2012 budget may be rolled out as soon as Tuesday by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and is anticipated to reduce spending in excess of $4 trillion over the next decade.
Mar 23, 2011
Guest Column In The Starkville Daily News: Health reforms are bad for state
One year ago today, the President signed into law the “Affordable Care Act,” commonly referred to as ObamaCare. The policies and regulations resulting from this act are among the most overreaching added to the United States Code in modern history. This law jeopardizes care for the elderly, compromises the beliefs of pro-life Americans, penalizes job creators, limits states’ flexibility under Medicaid, and results in job losses.
Mar 20, 2011
Guest Column In The Clarion-Ledger: President should promote oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
As the United States slipped into a global economic downturn in 2008, the price of gasoline was on a steady rise. Today, we find ourselves in a similar situation with a delicate economy and the prices at the pump on the climb. During a time when our economy is still in recovery and Americans continue to battle with their household budgets, the last thing Mississippians need is for the cost of gas to slow economic growth placing a direct burden on their pocketbooks.
Mar 16, 2011
Need To Know - Continuing Cuts
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.J.Res. 48, the “Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011.” I supported this legislation, which funds the federal government through April 8, 2011 and avoids a shutdown. This legislation maintains the pro-rated level of spending reductions – $2 billion per week – which keeps the government on pace to roll back spending to Fiscal Year 2008’s pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels.
Mar 10, 2011
Need To Know - Preserve The Reserves
The White House continues to hint at tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) to ease the rise in gas prices. While the escalating price of oil creates hardship and threatens economic recovery, there can be no denial that the President’s energy policies are short-sighted and restrict the advancement of domestic oil production.
Feb 24, 2011
Need To Know - Reduce. Shrink. Reform.
Last week, after 90 hours of debate, I voted in support of H.R. 1, the “Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011.” I believe that Congress must act immediately to reduce federal spending, shrink the size of the federal government and reform the budget process to focus on long-term challenges.
Feb 17, 2011
Need To Know - Stimulus (Or Not)
Today marks the two year anniversary of the President’s so-called “stimulus” becoming law. During the divisive debate on this proposal, the White House promised lawmakers that the unemployment rate would not reach 8 percent if this plan were to be enacted. Now, forty-eight months later, Mississippians are facing 10 percent unemployment and, to boot, America has lost 2.5 million jobs.
