I will use this section of the website to share with you details of initiatives, legislation, or ideas I will be bringing forward in the Congress and elsewhere. This section will be updated as will each individual initiative with any new news. I encourage you to comment and contribute to my blog and email me with any comments or ideas you have about these initiatives.
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 I believe that America should be energy independent. Not ten years from now, but today. America has more oil in shale, ANWR, and the outer continetal shelf then Saudi Arabia. As Chairman of the Western Caucus, I have led and will continue to lead on this issue. Energy in America now. For more information, please click here.
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 ** Signed Into Law, Oct 2007 ** Congressman Cannon has continued to lead the fight to make the Internet Tax Moratorium permanent. As Ronald Reagan said of government's view of the economy, "If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." We CANNOT allow that to happen to the Internet. Similarly, we must stop taxing Satellite TV and other services at higher rates then Cable TV. Allow the marketplace to choose which service provides better service, higher quality, and lowest prices...(click here for more)
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 The arrest and conviction of Agents Ramos and Compean for defending our borders is a travesty. I was an original co-sponsor of HR 563 The "Congressional Pardon for Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean Act" and will continue the work needed to get these men released from prison...(Click here for more)
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 Congressman Cannon has spent his career fighting to give American taxpayers and American consumers more of their own money. He is now leading the charge to save consumers billions of dollars by exposing a hidden fee everyone pays, every time they use a credit card. A fee that is negotiated in secret, forced on business, and foisted on consumers…(click here to read more)
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 As America's brave men and women continue to fight in the global war on terror, the majority has sought to do everythign they can to stifle their efforts. Unable to garner enough votes to cut and run, unable to garner enough votes to defund the war, and unable to garner enough votes to pull troops out, they have now begun to find ways to derail the mission using resolutions and attacking private companies working in Iraq. These attacks have also fallen on us in Congress who have steadfastly defended our men and women in uniform and those who risk their lives in Iraq outside of the Government. (click here to read more)
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 Congressman Cannon believes taxes are too high, the tax code is too complex, and the government does not have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem. One of the issues that we can tackle now is dscriminatory taxation. (Click here to read more)
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 ** Signed Into Law, April 2008 ** The Second Chance Act brings together state and local governmental entities to work on reentry together. Using state task forces and better coordination between the different agencies we can improve the efficiency of reentry services and make sure the federal, state and local governments work together for the returning prisoners and the communities and families they come home to... (click here for more)
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