June 28, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Culberson (TX-07) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:
“I am deeply disappointed…
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March 23, 2012
Washington, DC – Congressman John Culberson (TX-07) issued the following statement on the second anniversary of the President’s health care law:
“Today marks two years since the President signed the flawed Affordable…
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March 22, 2012
Washington, DC – Today, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) by a vote of 223-181. Congressman John Culberson (TX-07) issued the…
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March 19, 2012
Doctors and medical students share their concerns on the future of medicine in America
Houston, TX – Congressmen John Culberson (TX-07) and Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) joined Dr. Giuseppe N. Colasurdo,…
Continue reading Reps. Culberson and Burgess Discuss Health Care Reform at UT Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School
February 10, 2012
Washington, DC – This week, Congressman John Culberson (TX-07) became a cosponsor of H.R. 1179, the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act, that would amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act…
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March 17, 2011
Washington, DC – Congressman John Culberson (R-TX) sent the following letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor urging them attach a full repeal of Obamacare to the…
Continue reading Congressman Culberson: Speaker Boehner, Attach Full Repeal of Obamacare to Debt Ceiling Vote
February 01, 2011
Yesterday Federal Judge Robert Vinson issued a decision declaring ObamaCare unconstitutional. The Wall Street Journal describes this ruling as “the best legal vindication to date of Constitutional principles that form the…
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January 24, 2011
Please join me this evening for a live telephone town hall meeting. You can view this meeting by clicking on the screen below and send me questions via Twitter @CongCulberson and via facebook at Rep. John Culberson. I look forward to speaking with you.
Continue reading Live Telephone Town Hall tonight at 6:30 PM (Central)
December 13, 2010
Today, Congressman John Culberson (TX-07) issued the following statement in support of U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson’s ruling which declared President Obama’s individual mandate unconstitutional.
Continue reading President Obama’s Individual Mandate Declared Unconstitutional
October 22, 2010
It’s been seven months since President Obama’s health care bill was signed into law, and its disastrous consequences continue to mount. In recent weeks, we’ve seen reports of companies being…
Continue reading ObamaCare, Seven Months Later
March 26, 2010
Since the Democrat take over of health care was signed into law this week, my offices have received numerous questions about the provisions in the legislation and when they will go into effect.
Continue reading Here Come the Taxes: A Health Care Timeline
March 25, 2010
Nowhere in the Constitution does it authorize the federal government to mandate, either directly or under the threat of penalty, that all citizens have qualifying health care coverage.
Continue reading Reclaiming Our Constitutional Rights
March 24, 2010
Why do we need $600 million in new “emergency spending” when we haven’t spent the $400 million of emergency spending from last year?
Continue reading Another Day, Another Billion Dollars
March 21, 2010
The House will soon vote on H.R. 4872, the Senate-passed health care bill. H.R. 4872 increases taxes by $569.2 billion over ten years, which will harm small businesses and middle-class families in the middle of an economic downturn. The Senate bill also employs a trick by implementing 10 years of tax increases and cuts to Medicare in order to pay for just 6 years of benefits.
Continue reading Tax Increases in the Senate Health Care Bill
March 18, 2010
Below are a few excerpts from the Congressional Budget Office’s score of H.R. 4872, the Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Continue reading CBO Director Doug Elmendorf: “the [CBO] has not thoroughly examined the reconciliation proposal…”
March 16, 2010
Speaker Pelosi should be embarrassed and ashamed that she is shutting out the American people.
Continue reading Fox Business Interview on Health Care Bill
March 03, 2010
Over the past year, Americans have said in every possible way – through letters, phone calls, town hall meetings, and elections – that they do not want a government takeover of health care. Today, the president will once again deny the American people the right to a clean start with health care reform, instead opting to push through his own agenda.
Continue reading America Can’t Afford Another Entitlement Program
February 25, 2010
President Obama should listen to the millions of Americans who have said no to a government takeover of health care.
Continue reading President Obama, Listen!
December 22, 2009
Rather than thoughtful policy, the Senate health care bill includes countless political handouts.
Continue reading Senate Democrats Unveil a Formal Government Takeover of Health Care
November 06, 2009
Here are five examples of the additional tax burden we would face under the President’s budget and the House of Representatives energy and health care tax bills. Many District 7 residents will bear the brunt of tax increases with some of the highest tax increases in the country. Our district ranks 9th out of 435 congressional districts in total projected tax increase. It is clear that our district cannot sustain this new tax burden.
Continue reading What the Proposed Tax Increases Mean to District 7
November 02, 2009
1. SMALL BUSINESS SURTAX (Sec. 551, pg. 336)……………..$460.5 BILLION
Continue reading Top Ten Tax Increases Included in H.R. 3962