Tag: Economy

Speaker Boehner today applauded House passage of the Northern Route Approval Act (H.R. 3), legislation introduced by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) that approves the Keystone pipeline

Helping to build a stronger, healthier economy for all Americans is priority number one for House Republicans. The Republican Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs is a straightforward set of conservative solutions that will help create new jobs today, make life work for families across the country, and expand opportunity for everyone – without expanding government.

Technological innovations like hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling are driving a “nascent energy boom” that is creating new American jobs, making energy more affordable, and leading us toward energy independence. But that could all come to a screeching halt under new regulations proposed by the Obama administration.

How much could you (and everyone else) pay for health care in the years ahead thanks to the president’s health care law? According to the nation’s insurers, a lot more -- in the individual market an average of double what we pay now with some rates soaring by more than 400 percent. That’s what the nation’s 17 largest insurers told the House Energy & Commerce Committee. You can see the whole report here.