WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman John Fleming, M.D. released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 5293, the Defense Appropriations Bill to fully fund our nation’s military. The bill included two amendments Rep. Fleming co-sponsored including an amendment to prohibit defense dollars from being used to fund two of President Obama’s Executive Orders on climate change and green energy, and another amendment to prohibit defense funds from being used to house illegal aliens on military b...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman John Fleming, M.D. released the following statement after voting against H.R. 5055, the Energy and Water Appropriations Act because of bloated spending and the attack on religious liberties. “America’s debt is crippling our future. Instead of cutting up our credit cards, today’s atrocious Energy and Water bill raises spending by 23% compared to FY2014 and affirms the past Boehner budget. You know Congress isn’t serious about addressing our over-spending problem when...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman John Fleming, M.D. made the following statement after the President released his Fiscal year (FY) 2017 Budget: “Not surprisingly, the President’s $4 trillion budget proposal focuses on expanding the federal government, while forcing hard-working Americans to pay for it. His plan includes vast resources for a Global Climate Change Initiative while underfunding our military. The President has made it clear he cares more about “green energy” than natural security. And ...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman John Fleming, M.D. released the following statement after learning from a Financial Services Committee report that the Obama Administration and Treasury Department conducted exercises during the financial crises of 2011 and 2013 proving that the government could function during a shutdown by prioritizing specific government obligations over others. The Obama Administration hid these findings from Congress and the public. “The House report says Obama used ‘debt ceili...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman John Fleming, M.D. released the following statement after voting against the $1.149 trillion fiscal year (FY) 2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill: “Our country is financially broke. Our total future obligations are in the hundreds of trillions of dollars and yet once again we do nothing in our annual spending bill to change that trajectory. In fact, we do the opposite. I could not support a spending bill that increases spending, with most of it aimed at helping the Pre...
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Congressman John Fleming, M.D., issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union speech: “For six years this president has pushed failed and costly policies that seem aimed at pitting various sectors of our society against one another. Tonight’s speech is no different; he still wants the kind of wealth transfer that punishes success and diminishes job creation. The millions who are unemployed or underemployed are looking for good-paying, full-time jobs, not gove...
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Congressman John Fleming, M.D., issued the following statement after voting against the $1.1 trillion spending measure that was on the House floor today: “Louisianians have been absolutely clear: they want the president’s amnesty scheme defunded, and they want it done now. We had the chance to force his hand today, but the House leadership capitulated. The so-called cromnibus that was on the House floor today looked no different from what I would have expected to see had Democrats been successfu...
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Congressman John Fleming, M.D., released the following statement after his amendment passed on the House floor today by a bipartisan vote of 254-172: “Federal, state, and local governments should not be in the business of tracking and storing data about the activities of innocent Americans. This amendment gets the federal government out of the business of buying cameras to collect and store images of license plates. State and local governments may still decide to buy and use cameras for that pur...
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Congressman John Fleming, M.D., released the following statement about H.Res. 360, a resolution he introduced which reiterates the Constitutional guarantee that Congress, and not the President, retain the authority to establish the nation’s debt limit: “Under President Obama’s watch our national debt has shot up by more than $6 trillion, and is now approaching the $16.7 trillion limit of what can be borrowed. The Obama Administration is already claiming there will be 'catastrophic' consequences ...
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Congressman John Fleming, M.D. (LA-4), Chairman of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs,released the following statement in response to President Obama’s proposed budget for the Fish and Wildlife Service for fiscal year 2013: “With his budget proposing a deficit of nearly a trillion dollars for 2013, President Obama submits to my subcommittee a land acquisition budget that's almost 100% higher than last year! He wants more tax dollars to buy up mo...
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