Weekly Republican Address Susan Brooks, Gregg Harper, Martha Roby, and Fred Upton 02/01/14 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO

WASHINGTON, DC – In this week’s Republican address, Reps. Susan Brooks (R-IN), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Martha Roby (R-AL), and Fred Upton (R-MI) call on President Obama to support House-passed bills that address issues he discussed in the State of the Union. Among these areas of common ground are federal research, job training, workplace rules, and natural gas. The address echoes a letter House

Posted on: 2 February 2014 | 9:16 am

Rand Paul response to President Obama State of the Union address FULL VIDEO

Republican National Convention Blog. Sen. Rand Paul delivered his response to President Obama's State of the Union address in Washington, D.C. Below is the video and excerpts of his speech. TEXT EXCERPTS: "Let me say from the outset, I will work with the President, Democrats, Independents and anyone else who wants to get people back to work and alleviate poverty in our country." "In the

Posted on: 29 January 2014 | 8:34 am

Republican Address to the Nation State of the Union LIVE VIDEO

Republican Address to the Nation State of the Union LIVE VIDEO. 2014 House Republican State of the Union Response House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) will deliver the Republican Address to the Nation. You can watch her address via live stream at SOTU.gop.gov. Learn more about Cathy in this brief Biography and biographical video. Tune in beginning at 8:30pm ET on

Posted on: 28 January 2014 | 5:56 pm

Cathy McMorris Rodgers Biography Biographical Video

Cathy McMorris Rodgers Biography Biographical Video. Republican National Convention Blog. House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) will deliver the Republican Address to the Nation. You can watch her address via live stream at SOTU.gop.gov. Learn more about Cathy in this brief biographical video. Now in her fifth term representing Washington's Fifth District, McMorris

Posted on: 28 January 2014 | 5:17 pm

Weekly Republican Address Roy Blunt 01/25/14 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT VIDEO

Republican National Convention Blog. Weekly Republican Address Roy Blunt 01/25/14 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT VIDEO. In the Weekly Republican Address, Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri says he'd like to see President Obama embrace real job creation solutions when he delivers his State of the Union address next week -- things such as approving construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline that would generate tens of

Posted on: 25 January 2014 | 9:21 am

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy Republican leadership team drafting “principles” for overhauling immigration laws

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) In a Tuesday evening interview with Eyewitness News, McCarthy said he is in favor of granting legal status to those undocumented immigrants who qualify. "The principles aren't written yet, but in my personal belief, I think it'll go with legal status that will allow you to work and pay taxes," "That's a decision that every Republican will have to make in laying

Posted on: 23 January 2014 | 3:06 pm

RNC Message Commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus and RNC Co-Chairman Sharon Day released the following message on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: “Today we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and we honor his legacy,” said RNC Chairman Priebus. “He dedicated his life to building a more just society where opportunity is afforded to all. In the face of often

Posted on: 20 January 2014 | 10:05 am

Weekly Republican Address Marlin Stutzman 01/18/14 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO

Weekly Republican Address Marlin Stutzman 01/18/14 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO . WASHINGTON, DC – In this week’s Republican address, Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) calls on President Obama to help make this a year of bipartisan action by urging his party’s leaders in the Senate to take up House-passed jobs bills: “Mr. President, the American people haven’t backed down and neither can we.

Posted on: 18 January 2014 | 2:23 pm

Weekly Republican Address Thad Cochran 01/11/14 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO

Weekly Republican Address Thad Cochran 01/11/14 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO. In the Weekly Republican Address, Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi says the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, isn't living up to the promises made by its supporters and he called for repealing the defunding the law because of its cost and complexity. "We should go back to the drawing board and craft

Posted on: 11 January 2014 | 8:22 am

Weekly Republican Address Gregg Harper 01/04/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO

Weekly Republican Address Gregg Harper 01/04/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO. In this week’s Republican address, Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) calls on the United States Senate to pass the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act, which boosts funding for pediatric research at the National Institutes of Health by ending taxpayer subsidies for party conventions. The measure, which enjoys strong

Posted on: 5 January 2014 | 4:37 pm

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 Full Text and Analysis

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 Full Text and Analysis. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Budget Committee chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) and House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that they have reached a two-year budget agreement in advance of the budget conference’s December 13th deadline. “I’m proud of this agreement,” said Chairman Ryan. “It reduces the deficit—without raising

Posted on: 1 January 2014 | 8:44 am

Weekly Republican Address James E. Risch 12/24/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO.

Weekly Republican Address James E. Risch 12/24/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO. In the Weekly Republican Address, Senator James E. Risch of Idaho delivers a holiday message in which he calls on Americans to count their many blessings and remember the brave and dedicated men and women in the military who keep our nation free. "They serve in our homeland and in faraway places across the

Posted on: 28 December 2013 | 1:00 pm

Weekly Republican Address Aaron Schock 12/21/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO

Weekly Republican Address Aaron Schock 12/21/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO. Delivering the Weekly Republican Address from the campus of Eureka College in Eureka, IL, Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) talks about the House’s efforts to deliver fairness and better solutions for young people hurting from the president’s health care law. Schock is one of the youngest members of Congress and

Posted on: 23 December 2013 | 11:32 am

The Path to Prosperity: The House Republicans’ FY2014 Budget FULL TEXT

The Path to Prosperity: The House Republicans’ FY2014 Budget FULL TEXT The United States faces many challenges. This year, unemployment will hover around 8 percent, according to the Congressional Budget Office. 1 Economic growth will remain tepid. The national debt recently eclipsed the size of our economy. Millions of families are stuck in foreclosure. Student loans are piling up. Gas prices

Posted on: 16 December 2013 | 10:25 am

Weekly Republican Address Pat Toomey 12/14/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO

Weekly Republican Address Pat Toomey 12/14/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO. In the Weekly Republican Address, Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania talks about how the President's deeply flawed health care law is causing millions of Americans to lose the insurance plans they liked and pay higher premiums and deductibles under new Obamacare plans. He tells of a constituent with multiple

Posted on: 14 December 2013 | 3:51 pm

Weekly Republican Address Renee Ellmers 12/07/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO

Weekly Republican Address Renee Ellmers 12/07/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO WASHINGTON, DC – Delivering the Weekly Republican Address, Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) talks about the House’s ongoing focus on jobs and shares stories from constituents struggling to cope with the effects of the president’s health care law. Rep. Ellmers serves on the House Energy & Commerce Committee and is chair

Posted on: 8 December 2013 | 9:05 am

Weekly Republican Address Lindsey Graham 11/28/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO

Weekly Republican Address Lindsey Graham 11/28/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO In the Weekly Republican Address, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina says that Thanksgiving is a great time to express gratitude and appreciation for the service of America's men and women in uniform. A senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee who meets regularly with America's soldiers,

Posted on: 30 November 2013 | 2:54 pm

Weekly Republican Address Michael Burgess M.D 11/23/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO

Weekly Republican Address Michael Burgess M.D 11/23/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO. WASHINGTON, DC – Delivering the Weekly Republican Address, Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) shares stories from his constituents that show how the reality of the president’s health care law doesn’t match what he promised. Dr. Burgess spent nearly thirty years practicing medicine in North Texas before being

Posted on: 23 November 2013 | 9:52 am

Weekly Republican Address Ron Johnson 11/16/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT VIDEO

Weekly Republican Address Ron Johnson 11/16/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT VIDEO In the Weekly Republican Address, Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin calls on Democrats to join Republicans in passing legislation he authored to limit the damage of the deeply flawed Obamacare health law. Referring to the President's comments at a news conference this week, Senator Johnson says that President Obama did "far

Posted on: 16 November 2013 | 6:27 pm

Darrell Issa Statement on Low ObamaCare Enrollment Numbers

WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., released the following statement on the low ObamaCare enrollment numbers released today. “The 27,000 enrollments through federally facilitated exchange pale in comparison to the millions of Americans who have lost their health insurance under ObamaCare,” Issa stated. “The president promised that if you

Posted on: 14 November 2013 | 2:23 pm

Weekly Republican Address Todd Young 11/09/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO

Weekly Republican Address Todd Young 11/09/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT PODCAST VIDEO WASHINGTON, DC – Delivering the Weekly Republican Address, Rep. Todd Young (R-IN) shares some of the many stories he has received from constituents who have had their health insurance canceled and their premiums increase as a result of the president’s health care law. The full audio of the address is here.

Posted on: 10 November 2013 | 12:00 pm

Chris Christie Acceptance Speech 2013 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT and VIDEO

Chris Christie Acceptance Speech 2013 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT and VIDEO "Thank you, New Jersey, for making me the luckiest guy in the world," "I did not seek a second term to do small things," he said. "I sought a second term to finish the job. Now watch me do it." "If we can do this in Trenton, New Jersey, maybe the folks in Washington, DC should tune in on their TVs right now, see how it's done

Posted on: 6 November 2013 | 7:05 am

Congressman Robert Hurt: A Bipartisan Call for Delay of the Individual Mandate within the President's Healthcare Law

This week, after watching the failed roll out of Healthcare.gov take the spotlight, several new and unnerving facts emerged as Congress held hearings to investigate further the inner workings of the Administration’s handling and implementation of the President’s healthcare law. Maintaining and introducing the website should have been the simplest aspect of this complex piece of legislation, and

Posted on: 5 November 2013 | 3:48 pm

President Obama "If you like your current health care plan, you can keep it." A Promise He Could Not Keep

A Promise He Could Not Keep . President Obama repeatedly promised Americans that, "If you like your current health care plan, you can keep it." Now, millions of Americans are discovering that is a promise the President could not keep. Category: News & Politics. License: Standard YouTube License

Posted on: 5 November 2013 | 3:19 pm

Weekly Republican Address Dan Coats 11/02/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT VIDEO

Weekly Republican Address Dan Coats 11/02/13 FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT VIDEO In the Weekly Republican Address, U.S. Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana says that fixing the faulty Obamacare website isn't going to solve the deep and systemic problems plaguing the ill-conceived health care law. "The failure of Obamacare launch is just the tip of the iceberg, and unless we act, Americans will be stuck on board

Posted on: 2 November 2013 | 3:37 pm