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Government-run Health Care Plan Will Cost
Jobs and Increase Taxes, Congressman Jerry Lewis Warns
WASHINGTON – The
government-run health care plan that is being rushed through Congress by
the Democratic majority will cause many small businesses to sacrifice
jobs, raise health care costs, and could allow government bureaucrats to
decide what health care choices are available to all Americans,
Congressman Jerry Lewis warned Thursday. Read
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House
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LEWIS WARNS OF JOB LOSSES PREDICTED UNDER
CAP-AND-TAX ENERGY BILL
WASHINGTON
– Congressman Jerry Lewis Friday vigorously opposed the energy plan
brought to the House floor Friday, warning that economists have predicted
millions of jobs could be lost because of higher energy taxes associated
with the plan.
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Congressman Lewis Posts
WASHINGTON
– Congressman Jerry Lewis announced Monday that he has posted on his
website the San Bernardino and Riverside County projects he is
recommending for funding under the upcoming five-year federal highway
bill, to further efforts to provide full transparency on federal spending
matters. Read More…
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Congressman
Lewis Posts Federal Spending Requests for Inland Empire
Projects on Website
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jerry
Lewis announced Friday that he has posted on his website all of the
requests he is making for federal spending in the Inland Empire for the
coming fiscal year, in accordance with Congress’s efforts to
provide full transparency in the appropriations process.
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Federal
Spending Bill Will Fund
WASHINGTON
– Congress has approved a $410 billion federal spending bill that
includes funds for
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Congressman
Jerry Lewis Statement on Economic Stimulus Legislation
WASHINGTON
– Congressman Jerry Lewis issued the following statement regarding House
consideration of H.R. 1, the economic stimulus plan:
“I
have said from the beginning of this Congress that we all want to help our
president to succeed in providing relief to American workers and beginning
our economic recovery. All of my efforts have gone toward ensuring that
the spending and tax cuts in this legislation give us the maximum value in
new or saved jobs, which should be the only goal of an emergency economic
stimulus package.”
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Flawed
Stimulus Legislation Will Hurt, Not Help, our Nation’s Future
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CONGRESSMAN
LEWIS HOSTS INAUGURAL OPEN HOUSE FOR VISITORS FROM CALIFORNIA’S 41ST
DISTRICT
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Congressman
Lewis’s Floor Statement on Economic Stabilization Legislation
WASHINGTON
– Congressman Jerry Lewis presented the following statement during the
House of Representatives floor debate on the Economic Stabilization Act:
Mr.
Speaker, there is a sense of urgency in the Capitol. We all know that this
urgency is real: we have seen the largest U.S. bank failure in history,
the demise of century-old Wall Street firms, and a nearly total freeze of
our credit system.
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House
Disaster Relief Bill Fills Firefighting Funding Gap for
WASHINGTON
– The House of Representatives Wednesday approved $500 million in
emergency spending to cover unexpected U.S. Forest Service firefighting
costs and an additional $250 million in fuels management and fire
prevention funding as part of a stopgap spending bill for the upcoming
fiscal year, Congressman Jerry Lewis said. Read
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House
OKs Stopgap Spending Bill that Ends Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Allows Oil
Shale Exploration
WASHINGTON
– The House of Representatives voted Wednesday on a stopgap spending
bill that also ends the ban on offshore oil drilling and allows research
into oil shale development – two measures that have been championed by
Congressman Jerry Lewis for the past three months as part of the
congressional budget process.
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Lewis:
Democrat Smoke and Mirrors Energy Bill a Sham
WASHINGTON
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CONGRESSMAN LEWIS THANKS VOLUNTEERS FOR
HOME OWNERSHIP PRESERVATION EVENT
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Lewis
Welcomes Housing and Urban Development Secretary to
SAN
BERNARDINO
– Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Steve Preston will join
Congressman Jerry Lewis Friday, August 15 for a visit to the Redlands Boys
and Girls Club and a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Vista del Sol
affordable senior housing project in
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Congressman Lewis calls on colleagues to support more bipartisan work on energy, appropriations
“Mr.
Speaker, I want to congratulate both Chairman Edwards and Mr. Wamp for
producing a truly bipartisan fiscal year 2009 Military Construction-VA
Appropriations bill in the longstanding tradition of this committee.
Their work is a demonstration to the House that Democrats and Republicans
can work together to create legislation the majority of our Members can
support.
“As
we all know, the Appropriations Committee has steered off course this year
because of one single issue which is critical to the American public and
which has significant bipartisan support in the House and Senate.
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Congressman
Lewis Praises Supreme Court Decision Upholding the Second Amendment
WASHINGTON
– Congressman Jerry Lewis Thursday hailed the U.S. Supreme Court
decision striking down the restrictive
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Passage
of Intelligence Bill Will Help Prevent Another September 11, Lewis Says
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House Approves Funding to Support Troops,
Enhance GI Bill, Provide
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Agriculture
Appropriations Subcommittee approves FY 2009 funding legislation with big
spending increases, more government interference
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Reckless
spending fills Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bill
WASHINGTON
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Lewis:
Financial Services Appropriations bill needs “more frugality, less
spending”
WASHINGTON
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Lewis:
Energy and Water Appropriations bill does little to address rising gas
prices
WASHINGTON
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Record-breaking,
Robust Veterans and Military Construction funding bill passes
Appropriations Subcommittee
WASHIGNTON
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Lewis:
CJS bill “does nothing to rein in spending or address the nation’s
energy crisis”
WASHINGTON
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Lewis
Again Calls on Democrats to Take Up Clean
WASHINGTON
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Interior
Appropriations Subcommittee approves funding bill minus critical domestic
energy production amendment
WASHINGTON
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HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
BILL TAKES ON STEP FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK
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HOUSE
APPROVES VETERANS PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY LEWIS
WASHINGTON
– In the continuing
effort to provide full support to the nation’s veterans, the House of
Representatives has passed a number of important measures that will ease
mortgage loan restrictions for veterans, increase compensation for those
with service-related disabilities, and provide reimbursement for emergency
medical care, Congressman Jerry Lewis said Friday.
