Speaker's Blog
Harnessing Our Energy Boom to Boost Manufacturing & Create Jobs
November 20, 2014Steve Scalise’s bill will help promote more jobs and manufacturing by requiring a more efficient, timely, and transparent process. Read More
House Condemns Iran Human Rights Violations
November 19, 2014Formally condemning these actions is an important step on the part of the House, but it remains incumbent upon the president to use all the tools at his disposal, including sanctions, to hold accountable those responsible for these heinous acts. Read More
Scenes From a Meeting With The Gershwin Prize Honoree
November 19, 2014
Speaker Boehner today welcomed to his office Billy Joel, the sixth recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Read More
PHOTO: Fellow Speakers
November 19, 2014
Speaker Boehner welcomed his counterpart from the Czech Republic to the U.S. Capitol earlier today. Jan Hamáček, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, attended the Bust Dedication Ceremony honoring the former president Václav Havel. Read More
House Honors Vaclav Havel at Bust Dedication Ceremony
November 19, 2014
“With this ceremony, we give a curtain call to this cast of unwitting heroes and the playwright at the center of the drama. And with this bust, we pay tribute to the great things ordinary people can achieve." Read More