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9/23/2008 Republican Leadership Stakeout
"...that is what this plan is really all about. It’s about saving our economy. It’s about protecting Americans’ jobs, protecting their retirement security, their savings, their college loans, and frankly their way of life."
9/16/2008 Republican Leadership Stakeout
"Democrats aren't serious about bringing real energy to the marketplace to lower energy and gas prices...all they want to do is play more politics".
9/9/2008 Republican Leadership Stakeout
The American people are demanding that we do everything possible to maximize U.S. energy production in order to become more energy secure. Our "all of the above" energy plan, the American Energy Act, does exactly that.
9/9/2008 Republican Leadership Stakeout
"The American people are demanding that we do everything possible to maximize U.S. energy production in order to become more energy secure. Our "all of the above" energy plan, the American Energy Act, does exactly that".
7/15/2008 Republican Leadership Stakeout
“We’ve only got two and half weeks before the August recess comes and it’s pretty clear they’re (House Democrats) trying to bob and weave and come up with excuses to avoid doing what the American people want, what Republicans are pushing them to do and that’s to allow more domestic production and homegrown American-made energy.”
7/9/2008 Republican Leadership Stakeout
"The American people are expecting Congress to act. As we can see from the floor schedule this week there is nothing there…There’s actually almost nothing at all there but there’s certainly nothing there when it comes to producing more American-made energy...the Democrat Leaders in this Congress continue to defy the will of the American people. House Republicans are going to fight every single day for our 'all of the above strategy.'"
6-19-08 Republican Leader Press Briefing
“This week the Democrat Leadership had time to schedule a vote on the interstate sale and movement of monkeys, but no time to deal with the serious energy shortage we have in our country. I just can’t help to ask what is it the Congressional Democrats are afraid of? What is it they fear in allowing the House of Representatives to vote on common-sense energy solutions?”
5-21-08 GOP Energy Agenda Press Conference
5-15-08 Republican Leadership Stakeout
“We’re going to continue over the next several weeks to roll out the rest of our agenda. Whether the issue is energy, where it’s health care, whether it’s security, whether it’s taxes or the economy, Republicans want to make sure Americans families get the changes they deserve”.
5-6-08 Republican Leadership Stakeout
“Democrats are bringing a housing bill to the floor that is going to reward scam artists and reward those who were speculating in the market place. To ask American tax payers to bailout those who were scamming the system, I think is very, very unfair”.
4-24-08 Republican Leader Press Briefing
“We’re 16 months into this Democrat majority here in congress, and Democrats still haven’t learned that if we’re really going to solve the issues the American people sent us here to solve, we’ve got to find ways to work together.”
4-15-08 - Blogger Conference Call
Leader Boehner talks to bloggers about taxes, housing, the economy, and other issues facing Congress and the nation.
4-24-08 Republican Leader Press Briefing
“Two years ago today, then Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Democrats had a common sense plan to lower gasoline prices. That was a $1.25 ago and two years ago…I think the American people are tired of empty promises, and if she doesn’t have a plan I hope she will work with Republicans…to in fact bring down gasoline prices in America”.
4-23-08 - Republican Leadership Stakeout
“Two years ago, Speaker Pelosi promised the American people a common sense plan to lower the rising gas prices. Well not only have we not seen this plan, gasoline is up a $1.18 since she became Speaker. You might call this the ‘Pelosi Premium’”.
4-15-08 - Republican Leadership Stakeout
“Today House Republicans will force a vote on the floor of the House to stop the largest tax increase in American history. The Democratic tax hike would raise taxes on virtually every American, regardless of their income. I think this tax cut is the single greatest threat to the slow economy that we already have…I don’t think the American people want to bankroll more Washington spending”
4-9-08 - Republican Leader Press Briefing
“It is clear we have seen a lot of success in Iraq, since the General’s [Petraeus] plan was put into effect about a year ago, and as a result we see a safer Iraq…but some in Congress on the Democrat side want to continue to deny there has been any success…and just declare defeat in the face of all the success that is occurring”.
3-13-08 - Republican Leader Press Briefing
"I think it's important to remember that Speaker Pelosi never objected to these [FISA] programs in repeated briefings after 9-11."
3-11-08 - Republican Leadership Stakeout
"I think most Americans believe that DC is broken, and needs to be fixed. We don't need to fix it with higher taxes and more spending. What we need to fix is this whole earmark mess that's been going on."
3-06-08 - Republican Leader Press Briefing
"Let's just be clear: politics in the way of keeping the American people safe is never a very good idea…Our intelligence officials don't have all the tools they need to keep Americans safe... This bill [FISA] will pass with a big bipartisan majority if in fact they'll [Speaker Pelosi and Leader Hoyer] allow it to come to the floor."
2-07-08 - Republican Leadership Stakeout
"Americans know that Washington is broken, and it's not going to be fixed until we find a way to quit wasting billions of dollars in taxpayer funds."
1-28-08 - Republican Leadership Stakeout
"We sent Speaker Pelosi a letter that outlined a plan that there ought to be a moratorium on earmarks…the speaker thus far has just kind of ditched the idea... and she shouldn't be allowed to get by with that."
01-23-08 - Republican Leadership Stakeout
"We believe taking the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 and making them permanent is critically important…because it's important to our long term economic progress."
1-16-08 - Republican Leadership Stakeout
"We stopped a big tax increase on middle income America families, we insured that our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan had the funding they needed to continue their successful efforts there, and we saved tax payers some $22 billion in excess spending that was proposed."
12-19-07 - Leadership End of Year Press Event
"At the end of the day, I think this Majority and this Congress has been a great disappointment...we could have gotten a lot more accomplished this year if they had in fact begun this process in the way the promised to, in a bipartisan way".
12-18-07 - Republican Leadership Stakeout
"If a major corporation in America handles its books the way Congress handles its, they'd put everyone in jail around here".
12-12-07 - Republican Leadership Stakeout
"Congress should make the same kind of tough choices the American people and American families have to make everyday…We don't want extraneous policy included in this bill, but it's time for someone to get serious about bring this bill to the floor".
12-12-07 - Omnibus Press Conference
"They're trying to pass this [FY 2008 omnibus bill] on the backs of our troops and our veterans. We've got soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan out their fighting for our freedom...the security of the American people, and to hold our soldiers and veterans hostage so the Democrats can get their way on more worthless spending here in Washington is wrong."
12-05-07 - Republican Leadership Stakeout
"Democrats are waging an aggressive policy war on American jobs and the economy…This job-killing agenda is the worst possible news at the worst possible time for American families and small business"
11-14-07 - Republican Leadership Stakeout
"All year, Congress has wasted invaluable time having some 50 votes here in the house trying to tie the hands of our troops and trying to ensure frankly failure in Iraq…I think our troops are doing a marvelous job in Iraq, we should encourage their progress so they can have success and our troops can begin to come home".
11-08-07 - MATH Tax Press Conference
"I think the American people sent us here to work together, to solve the nation's problems, not to compound their problems, and that's why the Republicans will stand united in opposition to the mother of all tax hike. We stand ready and willing to work with our Democratic colleagues on making permanent the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003".
