House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) today issued the following statement in response to reports that the Obama Administration was negotiating and agreeing to potential plea bargains with Umar Farouk Abdul Mattallab, the terrorist who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day:

 

"Many Americans are incensed to see that the Administration is treating Umar Abdul Mattallab as a common criminal with the rights of a U.S. citizen, including the right to remain silent, a lawyer at taxpayer expense and a civil trial, rather than an enemy combatant who committed an act of war. The Administration's treatment could afford a murderous terrorist the opportunity to negotiate a plea bargain and a lesser punishment - and that is not acceptable.

 

House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) is strongly endorsing a request from the head of C-SPAN that the public have full access to health care negotiations as Democratic leaders continue to indicate they will shut the American people out and write a final bill behind closed doors.

 

We need to re-educate the American public that the Constitution is a contract between the government and the American people. That by saying it is a living document, Democrats are saying it means nothing at all. That fads, and populist opinion can drastically change the meaning of the document to the point that our freedoms are stolen from us. Whoopie Goldberg once asked McCain on The View if a strict constructionist view would mean that she could become a slave again or lose her vote. McCain should have answered that it meant that she could never become a slave or have her vote taken away because of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments. Amendments by the way that were passed with little to no Democrat support.

Legislators' FYI:
Democrats' Year End Review

In this giving season, let's see what the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats have voted to stuff in Americans' stockings in 2009:

1. Americans got higher unemployment, taxes and deficits[1];

2. Seniors got half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts[2];

3. Terrorists got new rights, trials and cells on American soil; and[3]

4. Government bureaucrats got raises[4].

Thus, Americans can but conclude:

"Democrats: too costly, too crazy, too quickly!"

 

During a meeting at the White House this week, House Republican leaders presented President Obama with a plan to create jobs and get our economy moving again. It is a responsible blueprint for action based on common-sense solutions that recognize that small business, not government, is the engine of job creation in America.

 

Republicans have the answers Obama seeks on creating jobs

John Boehner

December 4, 2009

 Boehner Previews "Where are the Jobs?" Economic Roundtable Tomorrow
GOP Leader: "We've lost three million jobs over the course of this year, we have a 10.2 percent unemployment rate, and we'll be talking about how to really help small businesses and American families get the economy moving"

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - At the weekly Republican leadership press conference, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) previewed the roundtable discussion House Republicans will hold with leading economists tomorrow to discuss job-threatening policies moving through Congress that are creating uncertainty for small businesses, the engine of job creation in America. Following are Boehner's remarks:

 

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At his weekly press briefing today, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) discussed the Republicans' plan to lower health care costs for American families and small businesses and increase access to quality care at a price our nation can afford. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed the GOP plan will lower premiums for the American people by up to 10 percent, while Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) $1.3 trillion government takeover of health care will increase Americans' costs add to our already skyrocketing debt. Following are excerpts of his remarks:

 

BOEHNER DISCUSSES THE REPUBLICANS' PLAN TO LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR AMERICANS FAMILIES:

By: SUSAN FERRECHIO

 

The Congressional Budget Office Wednesday night released its cost analysis of the Republican health care plan and found that it would reduce health care premiums and cut the deficit by $68 billion over ten years.

 

The Republican plan does not call for a government insurance plan but rather attempts to reform the system by creating high-risk insurance pools, allowing people to purchase health insurance policies across state lines and instituting medical malpractice reforms.

 

 

 

By: Susan Ferrechio Chief Congressional Correspondent

November 3, 2009

 

The $787 billion stimulus bill was passed in February and was promised as a job saver and economy booster.

 

 

Here is where some of the money went:

 

- $300,000 for a GPS-equipped helicopter to hunt for radioactive rabbit droppings at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state.

 

- $30 million for a spring training baseball complex for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.

 

- $11 million for Microsoft to build a bridge connecting its two headquarter campuses in Redmond, Wash., which are separated by a highway.

 

Legislators' FYI

Leeches vs. Laser Surgery:

The Contemporary Crux of Health Care Reform

 

 

Contrary to “conventional wisdom,” on the issue of Health Care Reform (and all others), the Democrats are the party of the past. We Republicans are the party of the present and future.

 

 

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) today issued the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the U.S. economy lost 263,000 jobs in September, raising the unemployment rate to an alarming 9.8%:

 

"Since President Obama signed his stimulus bill into law, millions of Americans have found themselves out of work. Every job lost represents a family in economic crisis. Continued job loss does not equal success despite claims to the contrary, and the American people deserve stronger economic leadership. Families across the country are struggling to cut costs and cope with a tough job market, and they see a massive disconnect between that reality and the President's claims of success and continued spending.

 

Washington, Oct 15 -

 

President Obama and the Dalai Lama: A Historic Opportunity Squandered
By Thaddeus G. McCotter

 

President Ronald Reagan successfully led the Greatest Generation's ultimate triumph, over the transformational challenge posed by the Soviet Union and its strategic threat and rival model of governance, in part because he understood the gravest threats to communism were the free exercise of religion and free and independent labor unions.

 

Rep. McCotter Discussing Iran, National Security, ACORN with MI Watchdog Podcast Radio

 

http://mccotter.mypodcast.com/2009/10/Rep_McCotter_Discussing_Iran_National_Security_ACORN_with_MI_Watchdog_Podcast_Radio-244904.html