Lynn Jenkins

Folks back home in Kansas have been forced to tighten their belts and rein in family budgets to weather tough times, and we don't understand why Washington isn't willing to do the same. The Federal Government should have only a few…

Just last week the Haldex brake plant in Iola, Kansas, announced it was shutting down and taking 160 good jobs from American workers and sending those jobs to Mexico, where they won't have to deal with a government intent on hitting them…

For the past 18 months, the leadership in the House has ignored the impending fiscal crisis, acting like they know best and that the economy would recover if we simply spent more money. They're wrong. And today, I'd like to remind them of…

Over the past 6 weeks, more than 1 million Americans have demanded action, and House Republicans have listened. Unfortunately, the majority in the House has not. While there are many issues that these people in this body disagree on, there…

There is no doubt Iran is working right now to acquire nuclear weapons. We must stop them. The underlying bill if passed and strongly enforced by our President would impose smart crippling sanctions on Iran's nuclear program and would make…

The U.S. has lived beyond its means for too long, and it will take commonsense ideas to restore responsible spending in Washington. But we can start by identifying what we need to fulfill the duties of the Federal Government and eliminate…

As a CPA, I've counseled folks who are in debt. The first step is to acknowledge the problem. The second step is to develop a budget that maps out the path to solvency. Our children, who stand to inherit a national debt level that is…

Short line railroads located in my district, including those in Chanute, Pittsburg and Humboldt, serve a critical role in transporting grain, cement products, steel and other industrial-based products to the national freight rail network…

This motion to recommit is concerning to me, and I encourage a ``yes'' vote. I would just like to highlight one provision because there has been a great deal of press lately about the misuse of government computers and the waste of time…

There are many problems with the Senate's government takeover of health care, problems with cuts to Medicare, problems with the Cornhusker kickback, problems with the massive job-killing taxes, problems with Federal funding of abortion…

Health care costs are unsustainable. They are bankrupting families. They are bankrupting small businesses, and if they are not reformed, they will bankrupt our government. No one denies we need reform, but what Americans do not want is for…

Last year when President Obama signed into law the so-called ``stimulus package,'' we were told that it would cost $787 billion and that it would create 33,000 Kansas jobs. Unfortunately, the facts paint a different picture. Since the…

I would like to take this opportunity to voice my support for H.R. 4095, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9727 Antioch Road in Overland Park, Kansas, as the ``Congresswoman Jan Meyers Post…

I hope that any legislation we consider will strike a balance between protecting the financial system and ensuring open and free markets.

Members of the House are being asked to say to vote for a so-called stimulus package. This comes after having only 10 hours in the dark of night to read the final language of the 1,000 page report, which itemizes how we are to spend nearly…

Times like these call for increased scrutiny before rushing to spend billions of hard-earned taxpayer dollars.

I introduced this measure because I believe it is both good patent policy and sound health care policy. It corrects an inequity in the patent law and will encourage important innovation in medical research, precisely the purpose that…

I was not present to cast my votes on rollcall votes 34 through 38 earlier today, March 9, 2006. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on the Chabot amendment--rollcall 34, ``aye'' on the Hooley amendment--rollcall 35, ``no'' on…

on rollcall Nos. 436, 437 and 438 I was in a room in the Longworth building and the bell did not ring. I was unaware of votes occurring. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 436 and ``yea'' on rollcall Nos. 437…

on rollcall Nos. 324 and 325 I was detained by business in my district. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on both. ____________________

I strongly support H.R. 4520 for many reasons. Number one, it protects American jobs. In addition, it brings some measure of relief to a segment of our economy that has been under assault for a long period of time. Lawsuits, actions and…

steadfast leadership, eternal optimism, profound faith, inspirational articulation, fierce patriotism: when America needed these qualities in a leader, President Ronald Reagan stepped in to fill the void. We come here to the Congress today…

I appreciate very much the subcommittee and the committee in their favorable consideration of this bill, and in recommending it for passage. The gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Osborne) has explained the provisions of this bill very well, and…

Mr. Speaker, the city of Bristol is two cities: Bristol, Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia; Bristol, Tennessee, being in the First Congressional District of Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia, being in the Ninth Congressional District of…

I believe in, and have always supported, capital punishment, as a legislator in a State legislative body. And I believe that there are occasions when society requires the imposition of the death penalty for certain crimes. I believe that a…