Weekly Columns
With the economy still faltering and the debt limit deadline approaching in August, Democrats continue to tout tax increases as the great panacea to cure the nation's deficit and unemployment woes. President Obama doubled down on this flawed policy in a much-discussed press conference on June 29.
President Obama committed American forces to intervene in Libya without congressional authorization on March 19, and the operations in Libya remain unauthorized today.
Last week marked exactly one year since President Obama declared the summer of 2010 to be "Recovery Summer" -- the season, so we were told, when his $787 billion "stimulus" plan would finally start creating jobs.
It has been almost three months since President Obama sent U.S. forces to Libya -- without bothering to seek authorization from Congress. This action violates both the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution -- both of which clearly identify Congress as the sole governmental body with the responsibility to declare war and raise and support the armed forces. With U.S.
Since 1985, Congress has voted 27 times to increase the debt limit -- often with little fanfare. The debt ceiling has already been raised three times and by almost $3 trillion just since President Obama took office.
The Obama administration floated a draft Executive Order in April that would require federal agencies to collect information about the campaign contributions and other political expenditures of any company applying for a federal contract. At first glance, this may seem like an acceptable method to promote transparency in the federal contracting process.
Medicare will run out of money by 2024. The latest annual report from the trustees of Medicare and Social Security states bluntly that Medicare, along with Social Security, is headed for bankruptcy unless Congress acts soon.
The increase in gas prices has become a significant hardship for American families and was one of the top concerns Oklahomans expressed to me during recent town hall meetings. House Republicans share these concerns and have passed three bills in the past several days to provide relief at the gas pump and create greatly needed jobs by expanding access to American energy.
Americans justly welcomed the news that Osama bin Laden has been dealt with in the manner which he deserved. This hard-won victory has taken almost a decade to achieve. Great respect and appreciation are due to the U.S. military, our intelligence services and those who assisted them in this ten- year effort.
I’ve had the privilege of spending the past two weeks visiting with Oklahomans at a series of town hall meetings. At assemblies in Ardmore, Marietta, Moore, Chickasha, Norman, Ada, Lawton, and Duncan, residents of the Fourth District came out to make their views known. As always, Oklahomans had thoughtful, commonsense perspectives on the important issues of the day.