Oct 8, 2021
I once met him in New York during the Obama years to plead with him to put a leash on some of the crazies he was putting on the air. It was making my job trying to accomplish anything conservative that much harder.
John Boehner
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December 24, 2022
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by number of sources- Let me thank my colleague for yielding and remind my colleagues that once again we're debating the Cash for Caulkers bill. We are going to weatherize homes around America, and we're going to put Americans back to work once again. The only problem is that we spent almost $5 billion in the stimulus bill 15 months ago, the States are awash in weatherization funds, and a lot of the money that has been spent has gone to crooked contractors, shoddy work, and there are investigations going on all over the country. But in spite of all of the evidence that this plan is not really working, we're going to authorize $6.6 billion of money that we don't have so that we can caulk homes. Now, I think it's a good idea to caulk your home, to weatherize your home, to make our homes more energy efficient; but we have to remember something: 43 cents of every dollar the Federal Government spends this year we're going to borrow. And guess who gets to pay that money back? It's going to be our kids and our grandkids. The gentleman from Massachusetts is suggesting that we ought to pass this bill, continue this Cash for Caulkers program, and then send the bill to our kids and grandkids. Count me out.3 sources2010govinfo.gov
- Mr. Speaker, the bill before us today is supposed to be about helping small businesses. We do need to help small businesses as they are the engines of economic growth in our country. When you look at the jobs report that came out last month, there were only 41,000 private-sector jobs created. Yet, if we really want this bill to work and if we really want small businesses to be able to begin hiring once again, what we really need to do is to repeal the job-killing health care law that was passed in this Chamber on March 21. The heart of that law is something that is called the ``individual mandate.'' The individual mandate forces Americans to buy health insurance whether they want to or not, whether they can afford it or not. For small businesses, if they don't provide health insurance, guess what? The government is going to tax you. This is preventing small businesses from hiring additional people. Twenty States and the Nation's leading small business organization agree that this law is unconstitutional, and they are fighting to overturn it. The Federal Government shouldn't be in the business of forcing you to buy health insurance and of taxing you if you don't. If we really want to help small businesses get back to creating jobs, we should repeal the job-killing health care law, and we should replace it with reforms that will lower the cost of health insurance and that will help protect American jobs.3 sources2010govinfo.gov
- Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, yesterday the President of the United States said at a Democratic fund raiser in Boston--he decided to use the occasion to attack the Republican Party, and he attacked the Republican Party as the party of no--no to this and no to that--and he began to blame the Republican Party for his problems with regard to Whitewater. Well, Mr. Speaker, with regard to the party of no, if he is calling the Republican Party the party of no because we are saying no to his health care reform that would socialize medicine, case rationing and put Government in charge of the Nation's health care, he is right. And if he is calling us the party of no because we do not want watered-down welfare reform that will not end welfare as we know it, that will do nothing more than expand the welfare state, he is right. And if he is saying that we are the party of no on the budget that called for higher taxes on American families, he is right. And if he is calling us the party of no on real crime reform; the bill that he supported last year would weaken the penalties against drug dealers, he is right, and it would have been legislative malpractice for Republicans to put aside our principles only to work with the party in power at the White House. But in each of these cases the Republican Party has met their duty as the opposition's party and have supported alternatives, real alternatives, to his programs.3 sources1994govinfo.gov
- Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the substitute offered by the gentleman from Illinois. Before I came to this body I had the opportunity to serve on a local school board for several years. I served with four concerned members of the community and together we spent countless hours trying to meet the needs of the young people for whom we were responsible. A friend of mine once told me that people who serve on school boards are going to have a special place in heaven. When I was first elected to the board, our budget was approximately $16 million dollars. At the end of my 9 years, that budget was up to $40 million. Over 85 percent of this money came from the State and Federal Governments. That's a lot of money and I think we could have done an excellent job of educating our young people. The problem was that even though we were elected as local, on-the-spot officials, we had very little say in what went on in our schools. While the Federal and State Governments sent us most of the money, they sent even more mandates. We were constantly trying to do all the things they asked us to do rather than do what was really best for the children. I'm a strong advocate for local control of the educational process and for minimizing Federal and State mandates.3 sources1994govinfo.gov
- let me congratulate our colleague from California, the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means (Mr. Thomas), for what really was a very successful negotiation with the Senate over putting this Trade Promotion Authority bill together. We all know that much of the growth in our economy over the last 10- 20 years has come from our ability to trade more with others around the world. As we reduce trade barriers around the world, it will continue to enure to the benefit of our children and theirs in this global economy we find ourselves in. The most significant part of this package, though, is the fact that, for the first time, we make a significant effort to help those who may lose their jobs as a result of their company ceasing operations here. I think the help that is in this bill is in fact substantial. We expand the National Emergency Grants to help those workers, whether it is with health care, child care, transportation, training. This bill authorizes some $510 million to help dislocated workers through these grants. It is a good bill. It deserves our support.2 sources2002govinfo.gov
- the time for final passage of the reauthorization of the Office of Education Research and Improvement, OERI, has come. The Senate and the House have agreed on the language of the bill, and both houses, on a bipartisan, bicameral basis have agreed to vote on it before we adjourn. My colleagues, Mr. Castle, Mr. Kildee, and Mr. Miller in the House, and Senators Kennedy and Gregg deserve a great deal of credit for moving the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 and finally bringing the bill to a final vote. Without the leadership and determination of these gentlemen, it wouldn't have happened this year. Providing high quality, scientifically based education research is vital if we are to improve our nation's schools and help every child receive a quality education. The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 ensures such research will occur. In addition, it provides for technical assistance to States, school districts, and schools that is accountable, customer-driven, and focused on the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act.2 sources2002govinfo.gov
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Sep 23, 2021
Let me just be clear here. A debt limit increase without any reforms to lower our deficit just isn`t going to cut it.
Aug 22, 2021
The modern Republican Party is filled with, as John Boehner put it, people who spend more time tearing things apart than actually building anything.
Jun 24, 2021
For a bill that was supposed to be about jobs, jobs, jobs, has turned into a bill that`s all about spending, spending, and spending.
Apr 11, 2021
I think there’s a point here where the American people are wondering, is the president above the law? The president could have put this whole issue behind us, not put the country and the world through this misery, if he had just told us…
Apr 11, 2021
Even though I didn`t really want to go the direction where the team`s gone, they were the ones who elected me to be the leader, and I had an obligation to go lead them.
Apr 11, 2021
This bill is the greatest threat to freedom that I have seen in the 19 years I have been here in Washington.
Apr 11, 2021
I`m a Republican actually, I`m a conservative Republican, but I`m not crazy and then they`ve got, I don`t know, these noisemakers I`ll call them. Ted Cruz, Jim Jordan, I could go down a long list of people more interested in making noise…
Apr 8, 2021
I want to work with you on it. My caucus doesn`t want to. I have a bunch of people in my caucus who are -- just don`t like immigrants.
Apr 7, 2021
Trump incited that bloody insurrection for nothing more than selfish reasons, perpetuated by the BS he`d been shoveling since he lost a fair election the previous November.
Apr 7, 2021
I`ll admit I wasn`t prepared for what came after the election. Trump refusing to accept the results and stoking the flames of conspiracy that turned into violence in the seat of our democracy, the building over which I once presided.
Apr 2, 2021
There is nothing more dangerous than a reckless expletive deleted, who thinks he is smarter than everyone else? Ladies and gentlemen, meet Senator Ted Cruz.
Apr 2, 2021
Take it from me. You`ll never know where you`ll end up. That`s freedom. I`ll raise a glass to that any day. P.S. Ted Cruz, go fuck yourself.
Apr 1, 2021
There is nothing more dangerous than a reckless 'expletive' -- you guys can guess what it is -- who thinks that he`s smarter than everyone else. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Senator Ted Cruz.
Feb 18, 2021
Lucifer in the flesh. I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.
Apr 16, 2018
We need to look no further than our nation's 20 million veterans, 20 percent of whom... reportedly use cannabis to self-treat PTSD, chronic pain and other ailments.
Jan 18, 2018
We've been locked in a fight over here trying to bring government down to size, trying to do our best to stop Obamacare. We fought the good fight. We just didn't win.
Dec 12, 2017
I doubt anyone will ever accuse me of being soft on crime. To the contrary, there would be very few Members of Congress ever who have sent more people to prison.
Jun 6, 2017
I am a big believer in the Golden Rule--treat other people the way we want to be treated.
Jun 6, 2017
If we had somehow been able to do that deal, we would not be having to negotiate this situation now with $20 trillion in debt.
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