Congress Members

Rogers: Celebrating 225 Years of the US Constitution

(WASHINGTON, DC)— Congressman Mike Rogers made the following remarks on the 225th anniversary of the adoption of the US Constitution. “Today I join my fellow Americans in celebrating the signing of our Constitution. This history-making document represents everything we as Americans stand for. “225 years ago today, our Founding Fathers joined together and signed our Constitution,

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Rogers: Eleven Years After 9/11 Tragedy

(Washington, DC)—Congressman Mike Rogers made the following remarks on the 11th anniversary of the deadly terrorist attacks across our country on September 11, 2001. “Every single American was affected by those heinous acts of terror on American soil.  So many lives were lost, and families were torn apart. Our country wept on that early autumn

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U.S. Debt Per Household Up $80,000 Over Past Decade

Under President Obama’s budget policies, debt per household will reach $191,000 in 2022. His plan received zero votes in either the House and the Senate. The last time a budget proposal was adopted in the Senate was 1,225 days ago. For three consecutive years, the Senate’s Democratic majority has not brought a budget plan to

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Inspector General: Tax Payments To Illegal Aliens Quadrupled In 5 Years

    Ranking Member Sessions has raised concerns in recent weeks about the nature of welfare and other financial assistance provided to non-citizens, including those in the country illegally. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, for example, has entered into a partnership with Mexico to boost food stamp enrollment among Mexican nationals, migrant workers, and non-citizen

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Over 100 Million People In U.S. Now Receiving Some Form Of Federal Welfare

  The federal government administers nearly 80 different overlapping federal means-tested welfare programs. Social Security and Medicare are not part of this category and not included in the figures in this chart. This data from the U.S. Census’s Survey of Income and Program Participation shows that nearly 110,000 million individuals received a welfare benefit in

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Aderholt Votes to Stop the Administration’s Proposed Tax Hike

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1, 2012                                      CONTACT: Anne Marie Malecha, 202.225.4876 Aderholt Votes to Stop the Administration’s Proposed Tax Hike Supports the Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act Washington, D.C. — Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04) released the following statement in support of H.R. 8, the Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act. H.R. 8 would prevent the Administration’s

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Roby: Extend Lower Tax Rates to All Americans

“I reject the view that allowing a tax hike in the middle of a painfully slow economic recovery is good for our economy.”   WASHINGTON—Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL) made the following comments today following the House approval of legislation to extend the reduced 2001 and 2003 tax rates: “The legislation approved by the House tonight

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Rogers: Let’s Stop the Coming Tax Increase

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Unemployment in the state of Alabama for June ticked up to 7.8 percent from May’s 7.4 percent. Too many folks across East Alabama are still out of work. More tough economic news looms each week. With a bad economy holding down job creation, I just don’t believe Congress should raise taxes on

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Sessions: President’s Updated Budget Shows Need For Ad To Be Pulled

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today about President Obama’s mid-year budget update, which is required by law to be submitted to Congress every year no later than July 16: “President Obama is currently running a campaign ad saying he has a plan to ‘pay

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VIDEO: ICE Union Chief: Agents Face Threat Of Pink Slips If They Enforce The Law

“The Administration’s new policies do not provide officers with new options or increased flexibility, but instead order officers not to enforce laws and not to take enforcement actions against specific groups with officers under threat of losing their jobs if they do so.”   U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) serves on four Senate committees: Armed

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