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  • “Guantanamo North” Plan Needs New Direction
    Nov 20, 2009  - The Obama Administration is inching closer to bringing terrorist prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay to the United States for detention and prosecution.  I couldn’t disagree more with their decision.    For an Administration that has continued campaigning nonstop since President Obama was elec... More
  • What’s Next in the Health Care Debate?
    Nov 13, 2009  - Around 11:15 p.m. (est) on Saturday, November 7, the House passed H.R. 3962 –  better known as Speaker Pelosi’s health care overhaul bill – by a vote of 220 to 215 (218 votes were needed to pass).  In a strong showing of bipartisanship, 39 Democrats voted against the bill (only one Republican voted ... More
  • Bigger, But Not Better
    Nov 6, 2009  - The health care overhaul bill is getting bigger.  With the addition of Speaker Pelosi’s Manager’s Amendment, it’s now up to a whopping 2032 pages, and still growing, but it’s not getting any better!  If Nancy Pelosi’s health care overhaul bill passes, the results will likely make Cash for Clunkers... More
  • Americans Shall give a Thumbs Down on Health Care
    Nov 2, 2009  - After days of shutting out the conservative voice from the discussion, last Thursday, Speaker Pelosi’s 1,990 page, trillion dollar, health care overhaul bill was introduced.  Many Members, including myself, used some of the weekend to read through it, as it’s expected we’ll be voting on it as soon... More
  • The high price of cap-and-tax
    Oct 22, 2009  - ~Column as originally published on Thursday, October 22, in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.~  With the health care debate grabbing most of the headlines, you may not have heard much about the energy war in Congress. A California-Massachusetts team of legislators is pushing expensive regulations ... More
  • Taxing the Sick, Taxing Innovation
    Oct 15, 2009  - *** Please enjoy Congressman Sensenbrenner’s Weekly Column, as published today in “The Hill” newspaper.  The column follows up on the letter Congressman Sensenbrenner sent to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer on October 7, signed by 38 other Members, expressing deep concern about the proposed... More
  • Why not have 72 Hours for Review?
    Oct 7, 2009  - Legislation is sometimes complicated, dense and lengthy.  It’s often dry to read, and can be filled with a lot of jargon.  Regardless, I strongly believe that Members and citizens should have the opportunity to read the final version of non-emergency legislation before it is voted on.  That is why I... More
  • Protecting America by Extending USA PATRIOT Act Provisions
    Sep 24, 2009  - Since President Obama took office, we haven’t agreed on many things.  However, one policy we both agree on is that the three provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that have helped keep us safe for years should be reauthorized before they expire on December 31, 2009.    The urgency for this reauthoriz... More
  • More Health Care “Misinformation”
    Sep 17, 2009  - Since President Obama spoke to the nation about health care, we’ve been left with more questions than answers.  Questions such as: if we’re at the “breaking point” with health care, why doesn’t President Obama make his health care changes effective before the 2012 elections?  And if reducing waste a... More
  • Gitmo’s the Solution, Not the Problem
    Aug 28, 2009  - When President Obama took office in January, one of his first acts was to issue an executive order to close Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo), within one year  to address a supposed “internal image problem.”    Like the growing number of examples where the President rushed, he didn’t have all the facts or a... More