Previewing Boehner's Pen And Pad
Here's what House Maj. Leader John Boehner (R-OH) will say at this morning's pen and pad before he takes questions.
"With three appropriations bills on the floor, this week the House will continue its efforts to hold the line on spending and demonstrate fiscal discipline. Of note I would like to highlight the Homeland Security bill, which increases funding for border and port security."
"Two of the three bills cut funding below last year's enacted level. So far this year, Appropriations Committee Democrats have now requested $26.1 billion in new spending above and the levels outlined in the FY 2007 appropriations bills thus far. For the American people, it provides a clear choice between Republicans' focus on lower taxes and fiscal responsibility and Democrats who are once again proposing tax hikes and more spending."
"Later this week, the House will consider ANWR legislation which will create American jobs by authorizing environmentally safe energy production on just 2,000 of ANWR's 20 million acres. Using 21st Century technology that is environmentally safe, we can create more than a million American jobs, strengthen American energy security, and increase our energy independence. Had President Clinton not vetoed ANWR in 1995, the U.S. could be getting nearly 1.5 million barrels of oil per day from the arctic - an amount equal to the daily production lost in the Gulf after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita."
"While Republicans offer solutions, the Democrats' chronic negligence on energy solutions continues to impact working Americans every day. The Democrats have shown that their energy policy runs on nothing but hot air. They are on the wrong side of the issue of American energy independence with regards to the policy AND politics. Even their supporters in the labor movement recognize that Democrats are standing in the way of increased American energy production."
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