Speaker's Blog
Health Care Bill Will Destroy Jobs (Boehner Op-Ed on AOL.com)
November 05, 2009The federal government reported today that thousands of Americans lost their jobs last month. Earlier this year, President Obama presented the trillion dollar "stimulus" to the American people as a plan that would put people back to work immediately, but since it became law, our economy has lost more than 3 million jobs.Now, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Democrats are getting ready to pass a 2,032-page, $1.3 trillion government takeover of health care that would destroy millions more jobs. Read More
Republicans Have a Much Better Plan (Boehner Op-Ed in The Miami Herald)
November 03, 2009By now, the American people have made it crystal clear to Washington that what they want out of healthcare reform is a plan focused on reducing costs, not growing government.Unfortunately, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Democratic leaders ignored Americans' concerns and wrote a bill that would implement a government takeover of healthcare that actually increases costs and adds to our already skyrocketing debt. Read More
Let America Read the Bill (Boehner Op-Ed in The Dallas Morning News)
October 28, 2009Special-interest deals forged in secret behind closed doors. Massive bills unveiled in the dark of night and rushed to a vote before anyone in America could possibly know the details. Wasteful pork projects stuffed into giant bills passed without scrutiny or debate.This is what passes for business as usual in Congress today. It is the way Washington has done business for generations, under majorities Republican and Democratic alike. Read More
New-Media Tools Boost Transparency, Help to Hold Congress Accountable (Boehner Op-Ed in The Hill)
October 14, 2009Since I was first elected to Congress in 1990, I’ve sought to promote a smaller, more accountable government. As a freshman I worked with other reform-minded colleagues in the “Gang of Seven” to close the House Bank and stop illegal activities within the House Restaurant and Post Office. Back then, we brought our case to the House Floor and hoped that America was watching C-SPAN. Read More
Boehner Op-Ed on Townhall.com: Fact-Checking President Obama’s Health Care Talking Points
September 22, 2009http://townhall.com/Common/PrintPage.aspx?g=3e31ef87-f29a-47cc-ae59-bb809ec05110&t=cFact-Checking President Obama’s Health Care Talking PointsBy John BoehnerWednesday, September 23, 2009 Read More