This week I had several opportunities to talk about the work I’ve been doing on the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.Many media pundits have begun to speculate about the Commission’s final report and what it will recommend.  When...

As I have been travelling around Texas this week talking to people about jobs and the economy, everywhere I go folks are asking, number one, “where are the jobs?” and number two, “why all the debt?”For the first time in...

This week I have been out talking to people around Texas and what I’ve been hearing over and over again is “when is Washington going to stop spending?”The short answer is, “when we get a new attitude and new leadership...

This week I was in Henderson County participating in the Barefoot Economic Summit.  If I wasn't depressed before I got there I certainly was somewhat depressed by the time I left.What I heard from Summit participants was the same thing...

This week in Washington I continued my fight to protect our children and grandchildren from the sea of red ink engulfing the federal budget by participating in another meeting of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.A number of...

This week in Washington I was honored to be one of 13 members of the House GOP Conference asked to participate in the Pledge to America announcement.My part in the program was to speak on the second part of the...

To View Congressman Jeb Hensarling’s Opening Statement on YouTubeClick the LinkHensarling statement as deliveredhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiSsO5iV_Jo Congressman Jeb Hensarling is the top Republican on the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and a member of the National Commission on...

This week in Washington I asked one simple question that millions of Americans ask every day: “Where are the jobs?”The Democrats in Washington have tried to spend their way into more jobs with the stimulus.  Three million of our fellow...

This week I met with job creators to get their ideas on how to get more Americans, and particularly more East Texans, working.  What I heard from them was that it is the uncertainty caused by President Obama’s economic policies...

This week the big news from Washington is that unemployment went up… again.  The Department of Labor reported this morning that the U.S. economy lost jobs for the third straight month in a row despite the Obama Administration’s promise of...