Capitol Hill Updates

  • Congressman Price Votes to Protect the “Full Faith and Credit” of the United States
    Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Price, M.D (R-GA) voted on Thursday in favor of H.R. 807, the Full Faith and Credit Act of 2013. This bill removes the threat of default on the national debt. He applauded the passage of the bill, saying:“It is imperative that we address the catalysts of the nation’s spending-driven debt crisis that threatens our national security and impedes the pursuit of the American Dream. We have a moral obligation to act as good stewards of the financial future of this great nation. To that end, the Full Faith and Credit Act would ensure our nation does not...
  • House Passes Full Faith and Credit Act
    Washington, D.C. – The U.S. House on Thursday passed H.R. 807, The Full Faith and Credit Act.  The RSC initiative, sponsored by Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-4), prevents default should the debt ceiling be reached. “Today, the House took a proactive step to prevent default, provide certainty to seniors, and preserve America’s credit rating,” Scalise said.  “Under President Obama’s watch, the American credit rating was downgraded for the first time in history, and our economy simply cannot afford for that to happen again.  Without this bill, America’s credit rating will be...
  • Speaker Boehner Calls on President Obama to Release Benghazi E-Mails
    At a hearing yesterday, the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee continued holding the Obama administration accountable for its failure to level with the American people about the nature of the terrorist attacks that killed four Americans in Benghazi last year.  At his weekly press conference today, Speaker Boehner backed the committee’s efforts by calling on President Obama to release e-mails – which his administration is withholding – that would shed light on what the administration knew about the attacks, and what it told the American people.  Here’s more...
  • Congresswoman Blackburn Joins House Colleagues Introducing Resolution to Review Illegal Abortion Practices
    WASHINGTON – Last night Congressman Marsha Blackburn, along with two other co-sponsors introduced H. Res. 206, a resolution calling on the U.S. House of Representatives to review public policies that led to illegal abortion practices, such as those of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion provider. Dr. Gosnell is currently standing trial for four counts of first-degree murder and one count of third-degree murder for killing four babies who survived abortions, and a woman who died after a botched pain-killer injection, among other charges. The resolution, which was...
  • In Wake of Gosnell Trial, Committee Leaders Examine How States Monitor and Regulate Abortion Clinics and Protect Women’s Health
    WASHINGTON, DC – Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday sent a letter to public health officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to examine how each state regulates and monitors abortion clinics and protects the health and safety of women. The trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell raises troubling questions about the practices of abortion clinics, and whether state health departments are appropriately monitoring these facilities. For example, the Pennsylvania District Attorney investigating Dr. Gosnell found that the Pennsylvania Department of Health...
  • Congressman Price Applauds Passage of Working Families Flexibility Act
    Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA), commended the passage of H.R. 1406, the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013, today saying:“The Working Families Flexibility Act is a commonsense piece of legislation that simply guarantees private sector employees the same workplace flexibility and opportunity that government workers have enjoyed for many years. Specifically, it gives employees the opportunity to voluntarily decide to receive paid time off as compensation for overtime work – allowing, of course, that an employee could choose to continue to receive monetary...
  • Leader Cantor Highlights Committee Efforts To Prevent Future Gosnell Atrocities
    Washington, D.C. – Today, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) commended House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) for urging state attorneys general and state health officials to provide additional information about the regulation of abortion clinics and prosecution of related crimes:“We have all watched with horror as the atrocities allegedly committed by Pennsylvania abortionist Kermit Gosnell have been revealed during his ongoing trial for the murder of four babies, allegedly causing...
  • Speaker Boehner, Leader McConnell: “We Respectfully Decline to Recommend Appointments” to ObamaCare IPAB
    WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) today sent the following letter to President Obama informing him that they will be declining to recommend appointments to the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). “We believe Congress should repeal IPAB,” they wrote, “just as we believe we ought to repeal the entire health care law” which is driving up costs and making it harder for small businesses to hire new workers. Find the full text below: May 9, 2013 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC...
  • Congressman Price Introduces "Pro-Growth Budgeting Act"
    Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Price, M.D (R-GA), vice chairman of the House Committee on the Budget, introduced the Pro-Growth Budgeting Act (H.R. 1874) on Wednesday. This legislation would require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to analyze the longer-term economic impact of legislation that is estimated to have a budgetary impact of more than 0.25 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). By statute, any proposed legislation that meets this threshold will enact a trigger mandating CBO to perform a dynamic analysis that will show the macroeconomic impact of the bill....
  • From Speaker Boehner's Blog: Carney Claims on Changing #Benghazi Talking Points at Odds With the Facts
    It’s well documented that in the days and weeks following the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, the Obama administration conveyed to the American people a wholly inaccurate account of the events.  The talking points used by senior administration officials, including U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, had been altered to remove any references to the participation of Islamic terrorists in the attack and the previous terrorist threats in the area.  For months, the White House has suggested it had no part in editing the talking points – which served as...