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Tuesday May 21st
Westmoreland Supports Legislation Banning Late-Term Abortions Nationwide
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Westmoreland has signed on as an original cosponsor of H.R. 1797, the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The legislation would ban late-term abortions, or abortions after 20 weeks. Currently, nine states ban abortions after 20 weeks. Three additional states, inc...
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Tuesday May 21st
Five Interesting Facts About the Keystone XL Pipeline
Courtesy of the House Energy and Commerce CommitteeMay 21, 2013 It’s been more than 1,700 days since TransCanada first submitted its application to the U.S. State Department for a Presidential Permit to construct the Keystone XL. Here are five things you should know about the landmark jobs ...
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Monday May 20th
Capitol Corner: The Truth Behind the Curtain: A Culture of Corruption in Obama's White House Revealed
It’s been a rough month for the president so far. His administration is under fire from even some of its biggest supporters. First it was revealed that the White House lied to the American people about who was behind the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi and then lied about their...
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Friday May 17th
Westmoreland Votes to Repeal ObamaCare
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 45, a bill to repeal ObamaCare. Congressman Westmoreland is a cosponsor of the legislation and joined a bipartisan majority of his colleagues in the House to vote for the bill. This week’s vote marks the 37th time House Repu...
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Thursday May 16th
One of the Sequester's Effects on FAA: Bonuses
By Leigh Claffey May 16, 2013 The sequester has affected all Americans and businesses, forcing us to create tighter budgets with little wiggle room. One of the most talked about industries affected by these cuts was the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In preparation of seques...
Press Releases
Tuesday May 21st
Westmoreland Supports Legislation Banning Late-Term Abortions Nationwide
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Westmoreland has signed on as an original cosponsor of H.R. 1797, the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The legislation would ban late-term abortions, or abortio...
Press Releases
Monday May 20th
Capitol Corner: The Truth Behind the Curtain: A Culture of Corruption in Obama's White House Revealed
It’s been a rough month for the president so far. His administration is under fire from even some of its biggest supporters. First it was revealed that the White House lied to the Ameri...
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Friday May 17th
Westmoreland Votes to Repeal ObamaCare
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 45, a bill to repeal ObamaCare. Congressman Westmoreland is a cosponsor of the legislation and joined a bipartisan majority of his...
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Monday May 13th
Capitol Corner: Targeting the Tea Party
It’s like something out of George Orwell’s novel “1984”: a government agency using its authority to spy on and obstruct any opposition to the ruler. Except it’s not the plot of some science fict...
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Thursday May 9th
Westmoreland Votes to Uphold the "Full Faith and Credit" of this Country
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 807, the Full Faith and Credit Act. If the United States hits the debt ceiling, the legislation requires the US Department of Trea...
Press Releases
Wednesday May 8th
House Passes Legislation to Promote Flexibility in the Workplace
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House has passed H.R. 1406, the Working Families Flexibility Act, legislation that would allow greater flexibility for private sector employees who fall under the Fair Labor Sta...
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Monday May 6th
Capitol Corner: Americans Should Learn from Europe's "Collapsing" Carbon Market
Cap and trade is a giant energy tax on American companies pushed by President Obama and Congressional Democrats. It would cap the amount of emissions companies are allowed. Companies who d...
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Monday April 29th
Capitol Corner: Westmoreland Disappointed in Obama Administration's Handling of Benghazi, Vows to Continue Investigation
More than six months ago, our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was breached and US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were brutally murdered. Initially, the White House tried to bla...
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Tuesday April 23rd
Capitol Corner: Westmoreland Congratulates Winners of Congressional Art Contest
I would like to recognize and congratulate this year’s winners of the annual Congressional Art Contest in Georgia’s Third District. This year’s competition took place at the Central Ed...
Press Releases
Monday April 15th
Capitol Corner: God Bless Our Farmers
In this day and age of computers, it seems like many people can forget the importance and impact of our agriculture industry. So I want to take this time to share something with you. If you e...
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Friday April 12th
Westmoreland Votes to Prevent National Labor Relations Board from Violating Constitution
Washington, D.C. - In January 2012, President Obama made three so-called recess appointments to the controversial National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) – however Congress was not actually in recess. &...
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Monday April 8th
Capitol Corner: Keystone XL Means Jobs for Americans
88,000. That’s how many new jobs were added last month. A scary number when our economy is making a slow recovery. This low number is a reminder of how desperately we need to get more people back to w...
Press Releases
Tuesday April 2nd
Capitol Corner: Tax Day Is Just Around the Corner
Until we can pass the Fair Tax, there are two little words that will strike fear into the hearts of Americans all across the country: Tax Day. And, unfortunately, it’s just around the corner. As you s...
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Monday March 25th
Capitol Corner: Westmoreland Fights to Save Our Community Banks
All over Georgia, community banks have closed their doors to the detriment of the community. Since 2008, Georgia has led the nation in bank failures with 85 failures. But that’s just the b...
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Thursday March 21st
House Passes Budget to Put America on Path to Fiscal Responsibility
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives has passed its budget for the 2014 fiscal year. The budget lays out the fiscal plan for the 2014 fiscal year as well as a spending outline for the next ...
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Tuesday May 21st
Five Interesting Facts About the Keystone XL Pipeline
Courtesy of the House Energy and Commerce CommitteeMay 21, 2013 It’s been more than 1,700 days since TransCanada first submitted its application to the U.S. State Department for a Presidentia...
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Thursday May 16th
One of the Sequester's Effects on FAA: Bonuses
By Leigh Claffey May 16, 2013 The sequester has affected all Americans and businesses, forcing us to create tighter budgets with little wiggle room. One of the most talked about industries a...
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Thursday May 16th
The ObamaCare Broken Promises Keep Piling Up…
By Stephanie NewtonMay 16, 2013 The president’s broken promises about ObamaCare have become so common lately, it’s hard to keep track. Since the law passed in 2010, Congressman Westmoreland and Hous...
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Wednesday May 15th
37 Reasons to Repeal ObamaCare
Courtesy of the House Committee on Ways and MeansMay 15, 2013 After $1 trillion in new taxes and more than $2 trillion in new spending, three years later the Democrats’ law has failed to deliver on t...
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Wednesday May 15th
Like the Rest of Obama's Administration, the EPA Plays Favorites
By Leslie SheddMay 15, 2014 You know that old saying when it rains it pours? Well, it’s pouring over the White House right now. According to recent news reports, the Environmental Protection A...
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Tuesday May 14th
Hagel’s Bad Decision
By Kevin DoranMay 14, 2013 Today, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced that he will furlough around 800,000 civilian employees for 11 days, beginning July 8th. Each employee will have to tak...
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Thursday May 9th
Speaker Boehner, Leader McConnell Decline to Recommend IPAB Appointments
By Leigh ClaffeyMay 9, 2013 This morning, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell sent a letter to President Obama informing him that they will respectfully decline to...
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Wednesday May 8th
My Internship on Capitol Hill
By Amber PorterMay 8, 2013 Currently, I am a junior at Georgia Southern University where I major in International Studies and minor in French. However, for the past four months, I have had th...
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Wednesday May 8th
Carney Claims on Changing Benghazi Talking Points at Odds with the Facts
By Brendan Buck, Courtesy of the Office of Speaker BoehnerMay 8, 2013 It’s well documented that in the days and weeks following the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi on September 1...
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Wednesday May 8th
ObamaCare: The 190 Million Hour Debacle
By Rep. Lynn WestmorelandMay 8, 2013 Things that you would need 190 million hours to do: Build Mt. Rushmore 1,547 times See Halley’s Comet 285 times (Halley’s Comet passes Earth every 67 years) ...
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Tuesday May 7th
May Is Lupus Awareness Month
By Leslie SheddMay 7, 2013 May is lupus awareness month, and as a member of the Congressional Lupus Caucus, Congressman Westmoreland invites you to join him in his fight against lupus. Lupus ...
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Tuesday April 23rd
FAA Chooses Furloughs Over Trimming the Fat, to the Detriment of the American People
By Leslie SheddApril 23, 2013 I’m sure many of you have been hearing on the news the impact of the FAA furloughs. Many in the liberal media are blaming Congress and the sequester for the issues...
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Wednesday April 17th
Democratic Senate Chairman Sees ObamaCare as Huge Train Wreck
“I just see a huge train wreck coming down.”- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (ND-D) In a Senate Finance Committee hearing yesterday, Chairman Max Baucus told HHS Secretary Kathleen Seb...
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Friday April 12th
Westmoreland Cosponsors Legislation to Repeal Renewable Fuel Standards
By Amber Porter April 12, 2013 Earlier this week, Congressman Westmoreland signed on as an original cosponsor to two bills that would reform the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The first bill...
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Monday April 8th
Remembering the Iron Lady
By Rep. Lynn WestmorelandApril 8, 2013 Today we lost a conservative giant with the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Dubbed the “Iron Lady” by a Soviet journalist, she held t...
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