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BROUN: Obamacare: Costs double in two years
Mar 28, 2012 -
By Rep. Paul C. Broun Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Two years ago, President Obama signed into law his massive 2,700-page takeover of our health care system. Those thousands of pages are full of mandates controlling exactly how patients, doctors and employers must handle health care decisions. They also h...
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Put funds where they help
Mar 23, 2012 -
Last week, my staff had conversations with two medical specialists in Athens whose local practices cannot afford to accept any Medicaid patients or children who are on PeachCare, Georgia’s version of the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). As a physician, I found this to be alarming ...
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Keystone Pipeline Would Fuel the Economy
Jan 31, 2012 -
The American people deserve more. You deserve real solutions. You deserve a stable and secure business environment. You deserve an economy where everyone benefits and where hard work is still rewarded. And you deserve results instead of rhetoric. Unfortunately, President Obama’s words all too often ...
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A Physician’s Prescription for Healthcare Reform
Jan 20, 2012 -
The American people spoke loud and clear during the healthcare debate that raged in Washington. Through rallies, town halls, and poll after poll, Americans expressed their fierce opposition to a government takeover of the nation’s healthcare system. However, instead of listening to the people, Presi...
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America needs a lasting cure for health care reform
Nov 6, 2011 -
During the debate over the president’s government takeover of health care, lively town hall meetings cropped up all across the country, many making national headlines. The dispute that began in Washington, D.C., raged like wildfire in main street America, as hardworking citizens voiced their concern...
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Freedom for Our Job Creators
Sep 18, 2011 -
A legendary Georgia businessman recently characterized the federal government as the single biggest impediment to job growth today. That same man, Mr. Bernie Marcus, also claims that the business he founded could never have succeeded if he had tried to start it in today’s regulatory climate. His Geo...
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Thinking Outside the Box: Let's Lower the Debt Ceiling
Jul 6, 2011 -
In the midst of our economic emergency, which is beginning to resemble a full-on Greece-style meltdown, every politician in America has taken to the soap box to say the exact same thing: We need to reduce our national debt and cut spending to get America back on track. Unfortunately, Congress has pr...
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Money must be saved every step of the way
Jun 22, 2011 -
Every time a piece of legislation crosses my desk, I apply the same four-way test. The test reads: Is it Constitutional? Is it morally right? Is it something we need? Can we afford it? Only after I am confident a bill merits a “yes” to each of these questions do I sign on in support. Now that we ha...
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A Blueprint for the Obama Administration
Jun 21, 2011 -
I often say that Washington can learn a lot from using some good ole Georgia common sense. Earlier this month, after one of my town hall meetings, a mayor of a small town in my district told me a story about the struggles her city has been facing. With the economy in the worst state since the Great ...
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Broun: No More Short Term CRs
Mar 16, 2011 -
In H.R. 1, House Republicans fulfilled part of our promise to the American people. We continued to dismantle Obamacare, cut more than $100 billion, and laid a framework for moving away from outrageous, job-destroying spending. Senate Democrats balked at the measure, killing it in their chamber. This...
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