The Facts

FACT: Gregg Harper is committed to creating jobs, driving down spending and shrinking the size of the federal government.

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Previous Weeks' Facts

FACT: Gregg Harper voted to make America more globally competitive.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 5326) funding the departments of Commerce and Justice as well as science related federal agencies at three percent below the amount designated for 2012. This funding level is consistent with the House-passed budget resolution that cuts spending by $5 trillion relative to the president’s budget. House appropriators focused resources on fighting crime, boosting innovation, promoting competitiveness and investing in scientific research.

FACT: Gregg Harper voted to freeze the retirement of C-27J aircraft.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 4310) freezing the retirement of C-27J Spartan aircraft, a cancellation originally included in the president’s budget. This aircraft performs tactical intratheater airlift and has been an incredible asset according to reports from Afghanistan.

FACT: Gregg Harper voted to give small businesses a 20 percent tax cut.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 9) allowing small businesses to take a tax deduction equal to 20 percent of their active business income. This proposal seeks to improve jobless numbers by freeing up business capital for employers to retain and hire new workers.

FACT: Gregg Harper voted to reduce the federal deficit by $3 trillion.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed a fiscal year 2013 budget (H.Con.Res 112) cutting spending by $5 trillion relative to the president’s budget, preventing the White House’s proposed tax increases and reducing deficits by $3 trillion compared to the Obama administration’s financial plan. The blueprint also trims the federal debt by placing the budget on a path to being balanced and shrinks the size of government to 20 percent of the economy by 2015, allowing the private sector to grow and create jobs.

FACT: Gregg Harper voted to prevent the White House’s proposed tax increases.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed a fiscal year 2013 budget (H.Con.Res 112) cutting spending by $5 trillion relative to the president’s budget, preventing the White House’s proposed tax increases and reducing deficits by $3 trillion compared to the Obama administration’s financial plan. The blueprint also trims the federal debt by placing the budget on a path to being balanced and shrinks the size of government to 20 percent of the economy by 2015, allowing the private sector to grow and create jobs.

FACT: Gregg Harper voted to cut federal spending $5 trillion.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed a fiscal year 2013 budget (H.Con.Res 112) cutting spending by $5 trillion relative to the president’s budget, preventing the White House’s proposed tax increases and reducing deficits by $3 trillion compared to the Obama administration’s financial plan. The blueprint also trims the federal debt by placing the budget on a path to being balanced and shrinks the size of government to 20 percent of the economy by 2015, allowing the private sector to grow and create jobs.

FACT: Gregg Harper voted to shrink the size of the federal government by 20 percent.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed a fiscal year 2013 budget (H.Con.Res 112) cutting spending by $5 trillion relative to the president’s budget, preventing the White House’s proposed tax increases and reducing deficits by $3 trillion compared to the Obama administration’s financial plan. The blueprint also trims the federal debt by placing the budget on a path to being balanced and shrinks the size of government to 20 percent of the economy by 2015, allowing the private sector to grow and create jobs.

FACT: Gregg Harper has voted over 25 times to reverse the president’s health care law.

            House Republicans have voted approximately 25 times to repeal, defund or dismantle the "Affordable Care Act." In fact, our efforts have halted three of the act’s programs, including the elimination of a crippling new 1099 paperwork mandate and the cancellation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board – a 15-member panel handpicked by the president that robs Congress of its governing authority.

FACT: Gregg Harper voted to end taxpayer funding of presidential election campaigns.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 359) ending taxpayer funding of presidential election campaigns and party conventions, saving the federal government $617 million.

FACT: Gregg Harper voted to deregulate the FCC’s control of the Internet.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill (H.J.Res. 37) disapproving of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices, protecting as many as 1.45 million jobs that could be lost by 2020 according to an estimate by The Brattle Group.

FACT: Gregg Harper voted to create thousands of jobs through domestic oil production.

                The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 1938) pushing for final approval of the Keystone XL pipeline and bringing nearly 1.3 million barrels of oil from Canada and North Dakota to U.S. refineries each day, creating more than 100,000 jobs according to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

FACT: Gregg Harper voted four times to increase American oil production.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed four bills resulting in increased domestic oil production putting Americans back to work and leading to a reduced dependence on foreign oil and lower gas prices at the pump:

  1. H.R. 1229, the “Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act,” speeds up the permitting process for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and helps put Americans back to work in the Gulf of Mexico.
  2. H.R. 1230, the “Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act,” requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct more offshore oil and gas leases and reduces federal government spending by roughly $40 million over the next decade.
  3. H.R. 1231, the “Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act,” directs the Department of Interior to proceed with exploration and production in areas estimated to contain the most oil and gas and reduces the deficit by $800 million.
  4. H.R. 2021, the “Jobs and Energy Permitting Act,” eliminates the administration’s bureaucratic delays that have stalled offshore energy production in the Outer Continental Shelf, brings billions of barrels of domestic oil online and creates tens of thousands of American jobs.

FACT: Gregg Harper voted to repeal the president’s health care law.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 2) repealing the “Affordable Care Act,” cutting federal spending $2.6 trillion over ten years and reducing the deficit by $700 billion.

FACT: Gregg Harper voted to eliminate abortion services from the president’s health care law.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 3) codifying prohibitions of federal funding for abortion services that are currently renewed on an annual basis, known as the Hyde Amendment, and prohibiting federal subsidies for insurance coverage currently allowed by the “Affordable Care Act.”

FACT: Gregg Harper voted to cut his own budget 11.4%.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed two bills (H.Res. 22 and H.R. 2551) reducing members of Congress operating budgets by an initial 5 percent, saving the federal government $35 million each year, and then an additional 6.4 percent in the “Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of 2012.”

FACT: Gregg Harper voted to cap federal spending.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011” (H.R. 2560) which would immediately cut total non-defense discretionary spending below 2008 levels, cap federal payments at the historical average of 20 percent of GDP by 2021, and balance the budget by requiring that a Balanced Budget Amendment pass Congress and be sent to the states for ratification before the federal debt limit could be increased.

FACT: Gregg Harper voted to cut spending $5.8 trillion.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed a fiscal year 2012 budget (H.Con.Res 34), reducing future federal government spending by $5.8 trillion over the next decade relative to current law, projecting budget levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2021, and proposing entitlement reforms. This budget pays off the national debt by 2060, which would be the first time the federal government has held no debt since President Andrew Jackson’s Administration, and balances the budget by 2040.

FACT: Gregg Harper voted for a Balanced Budget Amendment.

            The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011” (H.R. 2560) which would immediately cut total non-defense discretionary spending below 2008 levels, cap federal payments at the historical average of 20 percent of GDP by 2021, and balance the budget by requiring that a Balanced Budget Amendment pass Congress and be sent to the states for ratification before the federal debt limit could be increased.