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Supreme Court Reaffirms Second Amendment Rights
Jun 28, 2010
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Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court reaffirmed in McDonald v. Chicago that Americans have a Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. This decision comes on the same day that the Senate begins confirmation hearings for...
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Rep. Tiahrt Seeks to Strip Treasury Sec. Geithner’s Authority to Administer Bailout Funds
Nov 20, 2009
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Congressman Todd Tiahrt this week introduced the Ensure TARP Expires Act of 2009 that blocks the U.S. Treasury Secretary from expending more funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) – commonly referred to as the Wall Street bailout program. All unobligated TARP funds remaining after...
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Broun Op-ed: Judge Sotomayor and the Second Amendment
Jun 9, 2009
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Recently, as citizens across America were learning about Judge Sotomayor’s troubling Second Amendment rulings, a new story broke that increased concerns. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled to uphold a Chicago law banning handguns and automatic weapons within city limits. This is exactly...
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Fallin Feature: The Gun Control Crowd is Back
Mar 24, 2009
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The gun grabbers are back. A measure introduced in Congress would enact the most rigorous and oppressive gun control rules in American history, creating a national licensing and registration system that would severely impinge on Second Amendment rights.
I will oppose this measure, but it is...
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RSC Lauds Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Unconstitutional D.C. Gun Ban
Jun 26, 2008
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Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, today issued the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Washington, D.C.’s ban on handguns was unconstitutional:
“Today, the Supreme Court finally opened the door for citizens of...
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Hensarling Praises Newly Proposed Firearm Regulations by Department of Interior
May 1, 2008
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Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, today praised Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and the Department of the Interior’s proposed updates to national park and wildlife refuge regulations. Under the new regulations, law-abiding citizens would be allowed to...
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Hensarling, Lamborn Introduce the "Protecting Americans from Violent Crime" Act
Feb 14, 2008
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Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, and Congressman Lamborn (R-CO) today introduced the Protecting Americans from Violent Crime Act of 2008 (H.R. 5434). The bill is a companion to Senator Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) Senate legislation and would prohibit the...
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