PRESS RELEASES
House Republicans, Small Business Owners Highlight Impact of Dems’ Government-Run Health Plan
Oct 22, 2009 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today joined other GOP leaders and two small business owners to highlight the impact of the Democrats’ costly government takeover of health care on small businesses. Following are Boehner’s remarks at today’s event: ... More
Boehner on the Dems’ Economic Forum: Where Are the Jobs?
Oct 21, 2009 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a weekly press conference following a House GOP Conference meeting, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today discussed the economic forum House Democrats are holding with the same economists who pushed for the trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ that isn’t working. ... More
Boehner on the Dems’ Economic Forum: Where Are the Jobs?
Oct 21, 2009 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a weekly press conference following a House GOP Conference meeting, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today discussed the economic forum House Democrats are holding with the same economists who pushed for the trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ that isn’t working. ... More
Boehner: House GOP Has Better Health Care Solutions to Help Small Businesses
Oct 20, 2009 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today delivered remarks on the House floor on the better health care solutions House Republicans are offering to lower health care costs for small businesses struggling in today’s economy. As a former small business owner, B... More
Boehner on the Dems’ Health Care Plan: ‘Higher Premiums, Higher Taxes, Fewer Jobs, and Fewer Benefits for Seniors’
Oct 15, 2009 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) appeared at a news conference with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) today to highlight the fact that House and Senate health care legislation would lead to higher premiums, higher taxes, fewer jobs for struggling families, and fewer Medicare... More
Boehner Statement on Senate Finance Committee Health Care Vote
Oct 13, 2009 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after Senate Finance Committee Democrats approved legislation that will increase health care premiums, raise taxes, cut seniors’ Medicare benefits, destroy jobs, and jeopardize the health covera... More
Boehner on Democrats’ $500 Billion in Medicare Cuts: “Are You Kidding Me?”
Sep 30, 2009 - WASHINGTON, DC – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today highlighted the irony of House Democratic Leaders holding a press conference to talk about “protecting Medicare” while pushing legislation that would cut Medicare by $500 billion. Boehner issued the following statement: ... More
Boehner & Rogers Join GOP Governors in Speaking Out Against Unfunded Mandates in Democratic Health Care Scheme
Sep 28, 2009 - WASHINGTON, DC – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), Leader Boehner's liaison to the nation's governors, today echoed a growing number of state leaders in warning about the devastating fiscal impact the health care bills proposed by Congressional Democrat... More
Boehner: Stop the Obama Administration’s “Gag Order;” Seniors Deserve Truth About the Democrats’ Medicare Cuts
Sep 22, 2009 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement today criticizing actions by the Obama Administration to impose a gag order on critics of the $500 billion in Medicare cuts proposed by the congressional Democrats: “It is outrageous that the Obama Administration is tryi... More
Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) Delivers Weekly Republican Address
Sep 18, 2009 - WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) today delivered the weekly Republican address on the need for fiscally responsible health care reform that makes health care more affordable and accessible for every American. Rep. Myrick, a breast cancer survivor and former small business owner, talks about h... More
Boehner, House GOP Move to Stop All Federal Funding of ACORN
Sep 15, 2009 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today is introducing legislation – the Defund ACORN Act – to sever all ties between the federal government and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). At the same time, House Republicans are also sending a letter to President Ob... More
Boehner: President Obama Should Listen to the American People on Health Care
Sep 9, 2009 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today joined Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at a news conference to discuss the need for responsible, bipartisan health care reform in advance of tonight’s Presidential address to a Joint Session of Congress. Boehner made the following re... More
Rep. Boustany to Call for Bipartisan Health Reform America Can Afford in This Evening’s GOP Address
Sep 9, 2009 - Below are excerpts from tonight’s Republican address, to be delivered by Dr. Charles Boustany (R-LA) tonight following President Obama’s speech to a Joint Session of Congress: “Republicans are pleased that President Obama came to the Capitol tonight. We agree much needs to be done to lower the c... More
Rep. Boustany Delivers Republican Health Care Address
Sep 9, 2009 - Below is the full text (as prepared) of tonight’s Republican address on health care, delivered by Dr. Charles Boustany (R-LA) following President Obama’s speech to a Joint Session of Congress: “Good evening. I’m Dr. Charles Boustany, and I’m proud to serve the people of Louisiana’s Seventh Congr... More
Rep. Boustany to Deliver Republican Address Following President’s Remarks to a Joint Session of Congress
Sep 8, 2009 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) announced today that Cong. Charles Boustany (R-LA) will deliver a Republican address following the President’s speech to a Joint Session of Congress on Wednesday, September 9th. Boustany, a doctor with more than 20 years of medical experience, has lo... More
New Jobs Numbers Require Dems to Drop Plans for Job-Killing Government Takeover of Health Care, Boehner Says
Sep 4, 2009 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement reacting to the latest jobs figures released by the U.S. Department of Labor: "Where are the jobs? Approximately 2.4 million private-sector jobs have been destroyed since February 2009. In light of these numbers, i... More
Rep. Boustany to Deliver Republican Address Following President’s Remarks to a Joint Session of Congress
Sep 8, 2009 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) announced today that Cong. Charles Boustany (R-LA) will deliver a Republican address following the President’s speech to a Joint Session of Congress on Wednesday, September 9th. Boustany, a doctor with more than 20 years of medical experience, has lo... More
Boehner: “From Day One, the White House Has Taken a Go-It-Alone Approach on Health Care”
Aug 19, 2009 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement today after news reports this morning about Democrats continuing their go-it-alone approach to health care: “The announcement that Democrats will abandon bipartisanship in order to pass their costly government takeov... More
Republicans’ Plan Helps Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions – Without a Government Takeover of Health Care
Aug 11, 2009 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after the President’s town meeting in New Hampshire today where he discussed the Democrats’ government-run health care plan as well as improved protections for Americans with pre-existing medical conditions who are seeking he... More
Boehner Statement on Speaker Pelosi & Majority Leader Hoyer’s “Un-American” Comments
Aug 10, 2009 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement on comments by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) in this morning’s USA Today calling Americans who express vocal opposition to the Democrats’ health care plan “un-American”: “For mont... More
Boehner Unveils New Video on President Obama’s Health Plan
Aug 3, 2009 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today released a new web video on President Obama’s health care plan that uses footage from a classic ‘80s TV ad in a humorous way to make a serious point – despite what the President and congressional Democrats say, government doesn’t know best when it co... More
Boehner: After Cutting Deal on Government-Run Health Care, Democrats Are in for a Long, Hot Summer
Jul 31, 2009 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement on the Energy & Commerce Committee’s markup of a government takeover of health care: “Democrats are in for a long, hot summer once they return to their congressional districts, where Americans are lining up in ... More