Keep Your Health Plan Act
Americans who have a health care plan that they like ought to be able to keep that plan. To that end, I joined Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and a number of other Members of Congress in introducing H.R. 3350, the Keep Your Health Plan Act. This bill would allow health insurance plans currently available on the individual… Read more »
This Week in Washington: Coal and Obamacare
Obamacare
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday, October 30 testified before my colleagues and me on the Energy and Commerce Committee on the rollout of the health care law. Even after her testimony, more questions remain.
However, what Secretary Sebelius made clear to me was that she doesn’t want to… Read more »
Obamacare Implementation Failures – Website and Rural America
Since the launch of the health care reform law’s exchanges on October 1, we have seen many reports of significant problems with the law’s website and, even worse, health insurance plans that are more expensive and/or have significantly higher deductibles. Furthermore, an October 24 piece in Forbes* stated that more… Read more »
Implementation of Obamacare is “fabulous??”
October 1 was the day that the website for Obamacare launched, and Americans were able to try and research or sign up for health care coverage through the law’s exchanges.
Leading up to the website’s launch (and despite warnings of significant problems and an impending train wreck)…
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, known… Read more »
The House as a Footstool?
The President refused to negotiate with any Republican in either the House or the Senate to work out a potential solution to the partial government shutdown until Thursday, October 10, which was the tenth day of the partial shutdown. House discussions with the Obama White House collapsed the next day, however, and Senate leaders took up negotiations over… Read more »
Ongoing Funding Negotiations
Congress is embroiled in a fight over the spending of your tax dollars. As I write this, agreement has not yet been reached. At this time, I think it is important to quickly review the role of Congress as envisioned at this country’s founding.
The Constitution formed a republic based on democratic principles, with the Republic including a system… Read more »
Defunding Obamacare and Controlling Spending
With my support, on Friday, September 20, the House passed legislation known as a continuing resolution that prevents a government shutdown AND also prevents money from being spent by the federal government on the so-called Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). PPACA is also known as Obamacare.
It is my belief that the… Read more »
Government Spying – An Update
In early July, I joined with Congressman Justin Amash (R-MI) and fourteen other Members of Congress in filing an amicus (friend of the court) brief in support of a motion to disclose Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA court) secret opinions interpreting Section 215 of the Patriot Act. I am pleased to report that the FISA court recently… Read more »
Syria – A Vote of Conscience
I have been hearing from people throughout the Ninth District of Virginia about President Obama’s request that Congress authorize military action in Syria. This is a grave and serious issue, and I am grateful for every opinion I have received. More than 1,200 people have contacted my offices to formally express their views on this matter. … Read more »
