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October 03, 2006Press Release

House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement after President Bush signed into law the FY 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations Conference Report (H.R. 5441):
    "The American people want our homeland secure and our borders secure, and Republicans have responded by working with President Bush to strengthen our border security and ensure our illegal immigration laws are strictly enforced.

October 03, 2006General

By almost every measure, the U.S. economy is strong.  Republican economic policies have created 5.7 million new jobs since August 2003.  Wages are up, falling gasoline prices are providing welcome relief to Americans, and yesterday the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a

October 02, 2006Press Release

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September 29, 2006Press Release

Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL), Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), and Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-OH) today released the following joint statement on the Congressman Mark Foley matter:
    "Members of Congress are given the trust of the American people who have elected them to office. They are expected to live up to the highest standard by those who send them to our nation's Capitol.

    "The improper communications between Congressman Mark Foley and former House Congressional pages is unacceptable and abhorrent. It is an obscene breach of trust.


September 28, 2006Press Release

U.S. House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today praised swift House passage of the Military Commissions Act (S. 3930), legislation that preserves the national security program for detaining and interrogating terrorists and authorizes military tribunals to bring suspected terrorists to justice. The bill is now ready for President Bush’s signature.

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