At a press conference with Republican leaders today, Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) highlighted ongoing efforts to extend the payroll tax break for working families and help create new American jobs by taking action on the bipartisan Keystone XL energy project. Video and the text of Congressman Boehner’s remarks are below: “We had a great […]
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Last night, Congressman Boehner and members of the Capitol community gathered for the annual lighting of the Capitol Christmas Tree. Helping Speaker Boehner do the honors was seven-year-old Johnny Crawford of Sonora, CA. In brief remarks delivered prior to the lighting of the tree, Congressman Boehner talked about the importance of the Christmas story: “Though winter is […]
At a press conference this morning with GOP leaders, Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) highlighted the REINS Act, a Pledge to America jobs bill that the House will pass today, calling it a great example of how the House is listening to the American people and acting on their top priority. Boehner noted that the REINS Act is one of […]
At a press conference discussing the latest Department of Labor jobs report today, Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) said that the unemployment rate – which has been stuck above eight percent for 34 consecutive months – remains unacceptably high and called on Senate Democrats to stop blocking the 25 bipartisan, House-passed jobs bills that are […]
At his weekly press conference, Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) reiterated that Republicans stand ready to work with Democrats to extend the payroll tax break and unemployment insurance, but reaffirmed that it must be done in a fiscally-responsible way to protect Social Security and avoid compounding the crippling debt problems facing our nation. Congressman Boehner […]
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) spoke on the House floor today in support of H.Res. 364, a resolution designating HVC-215 of the Capitol Visitor Center as the “Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room,” in honor of the first congressional staffer to give his life in the line of duty: “An attack on one who serves is an […]
Congressman Boehner said today Republicans are “interested in working with the president to find common ground” on removing government barriers to job growth — and have been all fall. In addition to the jobs bills that have already been signed into law (that were included in both the president’s plan and the GOP Plan for America’s Job Creators), extending the payroll […]
At a press conference today, Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester), Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-FL), Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-WA), Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) and Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) announced that House Republicans will soon unveil legislation – the American Jobs & Infrastructure Act – linking expanded American energy production […]
On ABC’s This Week with Christiane Amanpour, Congressman Boehner highlighted the Republican jobs plan and the 22 bipartisan House-passed jobs bills that remain stuck in the Democrat-controlled Senate. He outlined why we need to fix the tax code for families and job creators (not raise taxes), and discussed the importance of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction’s work […]
At a press conference reacting to the latest Department of Labor unemployment report, Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) said “there is no reason” for Senate Democrats to continue blocking bipartisan, House-passed jobs bills, and called for them to be brought up for a vote immediately. Following are video and text of Congressman Boehner’s remarks: […]
