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November 15, 2010
November 15, 2010
This week, Congress will reconvene for a “lame duck” session where it will consider another giant omnibus spending package in lieu of passing a budget for FY2011. Rather than submit to this massive piece of spending legislation, I, along with 67 (and counting) of my conservative colleagues are opting for a more responsible solution known as H.J.Res. 96. This joint resolution would provide a full-year continuing resolution (CR) that would protect defense and veteran spending while returning all non-military discretionary funding to FY2008 levels. H.J.Res. 96 would also defund ObamaCare, place an earmark moratorium on any FY2011 appropriations legislation, and prohibit “extraneous emergency spending.” You may read the full text of H.J.Res. 96 by clicking here.
November 3, 2010
Yesterday, Americans spoke out against the oppressive big-government, big-spending, policies of the Pelosi/Obama regime by electing a Republican majority to Congress. I could not be happier with this outcome. I announced my retirement in February. I believed then that America's response to the overreach of the Obama administration would give the Republicans the majority. I am pleased to leave Congress in the capable hands of strong conservative leaders; leaders who will act in concert with their constituents, not their own egos; leaders who will repeal legislation that the American people never wanted. I am particularly pleased that my replacement, Rob Woodall, is already equipped to be one of those leaders. Our incoming majority has an enormously difficult job ahead of it and will be performing under pressure from a skeptical America. However, I am confident they will rise to the occasion and surpass our expectations.
November 8, 2010
The authorization for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay (RSLSP), which provides an additional $500 per month for those members of the Armed Forces who served in a stop loss status, was scheduled to end on October 21, 2010. Currently, more than 145,000 service men and women are eligible for this benefit, but less than half that number have submitted a claim. I am happy to announce that the RSLSP claims deadline has been extended to December 3, 2010. As a reminder, all service members who were involuntarily extended between September 11, 2001 and September 30, 2009 are eligible to receive RSLSP. Although I am pleased that the claims deadline has been extended, the entire process we use to deploy our soldiers, as well as the basis for which we use stop loss, needs to be reexamined. Repeated deployments and involuntary recall after completion of a term of service placed tremendous strain on our service men and women, their families, and the Armed Forces as a whole. For more information about this extension, and the requirements and qualifications set forth under this provision, please click here.
November 15, 2010
This week, Congress will reconvene for a “lame duck” session where it will consider another giant omnibus spending package in lieu of passing a budget for FY2011. Rather than submit to this massive piece of spending legislation, I, along with 67 (and counting) of my conservative colleagues are opting for a more responsible solution known as H.J.Res. 96. This joint resolution would provide a full-year continuing resolution (CR) that would protect defense and veteran spending while returning all non-military discretionary funding to FY2008 levels. H.J.Res. 96 would also defund ObamaCare, place an earmark moratorium on any FY2011 appropriations legislation, and prohibit “extraneous emergency spending.” You may read the full text of H.J.Res. 96 by clicking here.
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