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  • Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill
    June 6, 2012 - The House Energy and Water Development appropriations bill provides $32.09 billion in discretionary budget authority, $87.5 million, or 0.3 percent, above the enacted FY 2012 levels and $965 million below the president's request, a 2.9 percent decrease. The bill includes $26.1 billion for the Depar... More
  • House Budget Committee Votes To Advance FY2013 Path to Prosperity
    March 21, 2012 - WASHINGTON – Moments ago, the House Budget Committee advanced a Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 budget resolution that cuts government spending, repairs the safety net, and lifts the crushing burden of debt. The FY2013 budget resolution is expected to be considered on the House floor next week. Following pass... More
  • The Empty Promise of Green Jobs
    September 22, 2011 - In the fall of 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama made a campaign promise to jumpstart the economy with an influx of green jobs. “We’ll invest $150 billion over the next decade and harness private efforts to build a clean-energy economy,” he said. This expenditure of taxpayer dollars, averaging $15 b... More
  • Solyndra Deal Violates 'Fundamental Laws of Economics'
    September 22, 2011 - This month, as President Obama pressed Congress to pass another misguided “stimulus” proposal, the consequences of the administration’s first $800 billion stimulus law are becoming painfully clear. High unemployment and anemic growth are serving as constant reminders of the president’s broken promi... More
  • Restoring the Rule of Law
    September 15, 2011 - view video Thanks very much, Larry, for your kind introduction. It’s always a pleasure for me to speak to Hillsdale folks. Your mission here at the Kirby Center is a great example of what Hillsdale College is all about – that is, in the words of James Madison, “liberty and learning, each leaning on... More
  • Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill
    July 8, 2011 - The House Energy and Water Development appropriations bill provides $30.6 billion in discretionary budget authority, $1 billion, or 3 percent, below the enacted FY11 levels and $5.9 billion below the president's request, a 16 percent decrease. The total funding for the bill is almost at 2006 levels.... More
  • The Path to Prosperity Builds on the Success of the Fiscal Commission
    April 12, 2011 - Fiscal Commission Co-Chair Erskine Bowles: President Obama’s Budget goes “nowhere near where they will have to go to resolve our fiscal nightmare” (February 14, 2011 - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/13/AR2011021302969.html) Fiscal Commission Co-Chairs Erskine Bowles and... More