Statement by Martha Roby Passage of Senate Democrats’ Healthcare Bill

Riley, Martha, Margaret and George Roby

(MONTGOMERY, AL) – Councilwoman Martha Roby, Republican candidate for Alabama’s Second Congressional District, issued the following statement today on the Senate passing the health care bill:

“After weeks of back-room deals, the Senate Democrats voted today to pass a flawed bill that will lead to higher taxes, higher premiums for families and small businesses, massive cuts to Medicare, and even opens the door for taxpayer-funded abortions.

Congress’s priority must be real reform that increases affordability, accessibility and portability, not a government monopoly that will drastically increase taxes and limit access to necessary procedures. As a member of Congress, I will support reform measures such as allowing for purchase of health plans across state lines, finding ways to provide coverage to those who are unable to afford insurance on their own by creating high-risk pools and Associated Health Plans, reforming medical malpractice and liability procedures, and reforming the tax code to treat those who purchase individual health insurance plans and those who receive coverage through an employer equally.

We do need to fix America’s health care system, but reform must not threaten the quality, accessibility, or affordability of health care. The Democrats’ plan will ultimately harm, not improve, the quality of our health care system.”

Martha Roby for Congress, 2876 Zelda Road. Montgomery, AL 36106 (334) 239-8660 - phone. (334) 239-9449 - fax

Scott Brown's remarks from 12-23-09 news conference

Uploaded on December 6, 2009 by State Senator Scott Brown All rights reserved.

Last night’s debate revealed some significant differences between Martha Coakley and me. I want to go to Washington to be a check and balance against the spending abuses of Congress. Martha Coakley will be a rubber stamp for the tax and spend policies that will hurt our economy.

During the debate, Martha Coakley referred to higher taxes as “investments.” I believe higher taxes are job killers that will make it harder for us to get our economy moving again.

We’ve lost millions of jobs since the recession began and yet our leaders in Washington don’t seem focused on the economy.

Spending is out of control. Taxes are too high and going higher. Government keeps getting bigger and bigger.

I’m convinced that my election will send a strong message that business as usual in Washington is coming to an end.

I will vote against the health care bill because it is bad for Massachusetts and bad for the country.

It now looks as though I could be the crucial vote on final passage of the bill.

If you believe the health care bill has been mishandled and that it will lead to more government, higher taxes and increased spending, then vote for me and I will stop it from becoming law.

These are the very real differences I have with Martha Coakley.

I look forward to more debates with Martha Coakley.

I understand that she has accepted some debates, but is dragging her feet on others.

Already, the League of Women Voters has cancelled a debate scheduled for Faneuil Hall because of her refusal to participate.

Other debate sponsors have been unable to move forward with their plans because she has not responded to them.

Let’s not limit the number of debates between us. There is too much at stake for our state and our nation.

The political machine is going to pull out all the stops to keep their hands on this Senate seat, and to pass a health care bill that will raise taxes, increase spending and create bigger government.

Last week, in talking about debates, Martha said, “This is about a very important seat, and voters really should get a chance to see who’s on the ballot.”

I couldn’t agree more.

Scott Brown for U.S. Senate Committee. 200 Reservoir Street, Needham, MA 02494 | info@brownforussenate.com | 781-444-0200

Rob Simmons Statement on Health Care Vote

(MYSTIC) - Rob Simmons, candidate for US Senate, made the following statement in reaction to Senate Democrats' vote for cloture on health care legislation: "In the dead of night, after cutting back-room deals and buying votes with pork-barrel projects, Senator Dodd and the rest of the Democratic caucus voted for cloture on a more than 2,000-page, nearly one trillion dollar government takeover of health care.

Rather than following the will of the American people who want serious cost containment, this bill increases taxes, will increase premiums, cuts Medicare to the tune of $500 billion and passes a massive new Medicaid liability onto already cash-strapped states."

"Congress should scrap the bill before it altogether and focus on real health care reform that begins with controlling costs and increasing competition. We should be reducing frivolous lawsuits that fuel the wasteful practice of defensive medicine, allowing small businesses to pool and negotiate better insurance rates, removing the barriers that prevent insurance competition across state lines and giving individuals a tax deduction on their health care premiums."

Simmons for Senate. 12 Roosevelt Ave, 2nd Floor, Mystic, CT 06355, Tel: 860-415-4633 | Fax: 860-415-4629 info@joinrobsimmons.com

Former Florida CFO Tom Gallagher Endorses Gutierrez

ORLANDO, FL - Republican leaders continue to line up to support businessman and congressional candidate Armando Gutierrez. Today, Tom Gallagher announced his endorsement of Gutierrez.

"Armando Gutierrez is a bold fresh face for the conservative movement," said Tom Gallagher. "As a hard working and successful businessman, Armando Gutierrez understands that to grow this economy we need to lower taxes and decrease burdensome regulation. A tireless advocate for conservative candidates and causes, Armando Gutierrez will make a great Congressman for Florida."

Tom Gallagher was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1974 and served until 1987. Gallagher served as the Secretary of the Department of Professional Regulation in the administration of Governor Bob Martinez. He served in the elected cabinet position of State Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner, and Fire Marshal from 1989 to 1995, and then in the elected cabinet position of Education Commissioner from 1999 to 2001, and again as Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal from 2001 to 2003. After the cabinet position of Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal was abolished, Gallagher became the Chief Financial Officer, with the additional duties of Comptroller. Gallagher served as Florida's Chief Financial Officer from 2003-2007.

Armando Gutierrez is endorsed by a growing number of Republican leaders, such as former RPOF Chairman Al Cardenas, George P. Bush, Justin Sayfie, Congressman Tom Rooney, Congressman Gus Bilirakis, Congressman Aaron Schock, State Senator Steve Wise, State House Majority Whip Carlos Lopez-Cantera, State House Deputy Majority Leader Anitere Flores, State Representative Chris Dorworth, State Representative Bryan Nelson, State Representative Charles Van Zant, State Representative Jennifer Carroll, State Representative Erik Fresen, State Representative Mike Weinstein, former State Representative Randy Johnson, former Orange County Commissioner Tom Dorman, GOAA Board Member Jose Colon, and the Florida Federation of Young Republicans.

Gutierrez for Congress P.O. Box 2863 Orlando, FL 32802 email: info@gogutierrez.com
phone: 407.749.0272

Congressman Parker Griffith switching from Democrat to Republican VIDEO

Freshman Congressman Parker Griffith (D-AL) announced he is switching parties from Democrat to Republican. Representative Griffith cited health care legislation, the economic stimulus package and other measures where he differs with the House Democratic leadership.

He says that he can no longer support the liberal agenda of the Democrats and better identifies with the values of the Republican party. He also comments on the health care 'reform' bill, stating is strongly opposes this legislation.

Bob McDonnell Announces Sean T. Connaughton as Secretary of Transportation; Lisa Hicks-Thomas; Todd Haymore, Cabinet Appointments

Appoints Sean Connaughton as Secretary of Transportation; Lisa Hicks-Thomas as Secretary of Administration; Todd Haymore as Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry

Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell

RICHMOND- Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell held a midday press conference at the State Capitol to announce three new cabinet appointments in his incoming Administration. McDonnell appointed Sean Connaughton, former Chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors and later Administrator of the Maritime Administration in the United States Department of Transportation, as Secretary of Transportation.

He named Lisa Hicks-Thomas, Deputy Attorney General for the Technology, Real Estate, Environment and Transportation Division in the Virginia Office of the Attorney General, as his Secretary of Administration. Finally, McDonnell announced that Todd Haymore, who currently serves as Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, will assume the post of Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry in the Administration.

Speaking about Sean Connaughton, his selection for Secretary of Transportation, McDonnell remarked, “Improving transportation was a major focus of my campaign because it is a core responsibility of our state government, and a serious challenge that must be addressed. Sean shares my commitment to solving our transportation challenges, and his background has prepared him very well for this position. His experience as Administrator of the U.S. Maritime Administration, and service as Vice President of the American Bureau of Shipping, gives him a depth of experience and knowledge about what needs to be done at and around the Port of Virginia in the years ahead to ensure that we fully maximize the potential of this great asset. As Chairman of the Board in Prince William County, Sean established a Department of Transportation which built $300 million worth of roads in the county and gained solid understanding of the transportation challenges facing our suburban and exurban localities in the faster-growing parts of our state. He agrees with me we must be much faster and more efficient in transportation planning and decision making. And his overall background in transportation law and policy give him a broad perspective on this multi-faceted issue, the kind of perspective that is invaluable in a diverse state such as Virginia. Sean has been a longtime public servant, from his days at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy to his leadership role as Maritime Administrator. Now, he will continue his public service as Virginia’s Secretary of Transportation. The building and maintaining of a 21st Century transportation system that facilitates job creation and improves our citizens quality of life is imperative to the future prospects of our Commonwealth. I can think of no one better than Sean to lead in this endeavor.”

McDonnell announced Lisa Hicks-Thomas as his Secretary of Administration and noted, “I have worked with Lisa over the past four years in the Office of the Attorney General. As Deputy Attorney General for Technology, Real Estate, Environment and Transportation, Lisa was responsible for representing a number of state agencies, including the Department of General Services, which she will now oversee in her new position. She managed a staff of 50, including the Computer Crime Section of the office which enforces Virginia’s Computer Crimes Act. Lisa also led our successful Youth Internet Safety Task Force. She is a professional manager and a great motivator. I look forward to continuing to work with Lisa as she serves as Secretary of Administration for the Commonwealth of Virginia. She will bring a strong record of performance and leadership to the job.”

The Governor-elect will elevate current Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Todd Haymore, a Pittsylvania County native, to the position of Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry for the Commonwealth. Announcing the appointment, McDonnell stated, “Agriculture and Forestry are Virginia’s biggest industry. They account for 10% of our jobs, and contribute $79 billion a year to the economy of our state. Todd understands not only the economic importance of this industry, but also the special place farming and forestry occupy in our culture, history and way of life. A Southside native, Todd has public sector experience from his start, working for former Congressman L.F. Payne to his current position as Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. And he has extensive private sector experience as well, having held a number of senior management positions with Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, a great Virginia employer. Todd will be a great promoter of Virginia agriculture and forestry worldwide. I know his leadership as Secretary will lead to new jobs for Virginians and new markets for our products.”

Below are full biographies of today’s appointees.

Further announcements regarding additional appointments in the McDonnell Administration will continue to be made in the weeks ahead.

Sean T. Connaughton

Sean T. Connaughton is Corporate Vice President, Government Affairs for the American Bureau of Shipping. The American Bureau of Shipping is one of the world’s leading ship and marine classification societies. Prior to joining ABS, Sean served as U.S. Maritime Administrator under President George W. Bush (2006 – 2009). As Maritime Administrator, he was head of the Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, and responsible for the daily management of that agency and its promotional programs for the marine transportation industry. This included advising and assisting the Secretary of Transportation on commercial maritime matters, operation of over 50 ships in the Ready Reserve Force, supervision of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, oversight of the six State Maritime Academies, and administration of various shipyard and cargo programs. Connaughton was appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Connaughton is a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. He has served the U.S. Coast Guard as both a commissioned officer and as a civil servant in the Office of Marine Safety, Security, and Environmental Protection.

Sean T. Connaughton, administrator, Maritime Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, addresses an audience of more than 150 maritime industry representatives and U.S Navy flag officers gathered for Military Sealift Command’s annual Maritime Day memorial service in Washington, D.C., on May 22. Connaughton was the guest speaker.

After gaining a Master’s degree from Georgetown University, he joined the American Petroleum Institute, representing companies involved in the energy and marine transportation industries, during which time he also gained a law degree from George Mason University.

As a lawyer in private practice he specialized in maritime and international law. He has appeared before the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the Virginia Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar Association. He served in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1986 until retiring in 2006. He is a graduate (with honors) of the U.S. Naval War College.

Sean was elected Chairman At-large of the Prince William County (Va) Board of Supervisors in 1999 and overwhelmingly reelected in 2003. Sean served on numerous regional boards and commissions, including the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority. In 2004, he was recognized by the National Association of Counties with its Distinguished Service Award for his efforts on workforce development.

Sean was selected to receive the 2009 Vincent T. Hirsh Maritime Award for Outstanding Leadership by the Navy League of the United States. He was named the “2007 Maritime Person of the Year” by the Propeller Club of the United States. He was awarded the “2007 Government Man of the Year” by the Maritime Port Council of Greater New York and Vicinity. In 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in Public Administration from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The Journal of Commerce named him to its 2008 “JOC Leadership Roll.” In 2009, he was presented with the “Maritime Samaritan Award” from the Apostleship of the Sea of the United States.

Connaughton currently is a Trustee of the Joe Gibbs Youth for Tomorrow home, a residential program for at-risk adolescents of the Greater Washington area. He is on the Board of Directors of the Northern Virginia Family Services, a nonprofit providing housing, training, health and other social services. He is also Board of Directors of the Hylton Performing Arts Center.

Lisa Hicks-Thomas

Lisa Hicks-Thomas is Deputy Attorney General for the Technology, Real Estate, Environment and Transportation Division in the Office of the Attorney General. She was appointed Deputy Attorney General in 2007 by then Attorney General Bob McDonnell. As Deputy Attorney General, Hicks-Thomas managed a staff of 50 representing such major state agencies as the Virginia Department of Transportation, the Department of Environmental Quality, and the Virginia Port Authority. She also managed the Computer Crime Section and its investigation and prosecution of state and federal offenses involving child pornography, online solicitation, identity theft and other violations of the Virginia Computer Crimes Act.

Prior to her appointment as Deputy Attorney General, she was a Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Chief of the Computer Crime Section. As a Senior Assistant Attorney General she led Attorney General McDonnell’s Youth Internet Safety Task Force in 2006 and drafted Virginia’s Anti-Phishing Statute which was passed by the General Assembly in 2005. From 2001-2004 Hicks-Thomas was an Assistant Attorney General, and Director of the Computer Crime Unit. While an Assistant Attorney General she oversaw Attorney General Jerry Kilgore’s Identity Theft Task Force in 2002 and prosecuted Computer Facilitated Child Exploitation Cases in localities across Virginia, and worked to make the possession of child pornography a felony in 2003. From 2002-2009, Hicks-Thomas also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney prosecuting child exploitation cases.

Hicks-Thomas began her public service as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney in Chesapeake. She received her law degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law of the College of William and Mary in 1994. She gained her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia. She is a native of Chesapeake and attended Great Bridge High School.

Lisa is married to Samuel Thomas, they have two children, Carson, six, and Casey, three. She has served as an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of Richmond in the School of Continuing Studies, Secretary of the South Hampton Roads Bar Association and is currently serving as a member of the Board of Governors for the Virginia State Bar, Section on the Education of Lawyers. She volunteers at the Central Virginia Food Bank Community Kitchen. She has spoken at state and national conferences on the topics of Internet Safety and Identity Theft.

Todd Patterson Haymore

Todd was appointed Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) by Governor Tim Kaine in 2007. The Department is responsible for over 60 laws and more than 70 regulations relating to consumer protection and the promotion of agriculture. It is part of the Agriculture and Forestry Secretariat and organized into four units, the Commissioner’s Office, Division of Animal and Food Industry Services (AFIS), Division of Consumer Protection, and Division of Marketing. As VDACS Commissioner, Todd oversees nearly 500 employees in offices throughout Virginia and in Hong Kong.

Haymore is a native of Pittsylvania County, and began his professional career as a Legislative Assistant for former United States Representative L.F Payne (D-5). Following his time with the Congressman, Haymore briefly worked in Danville for DIMON Incorporated, a leaf tobacco company that later merged with Standard Commercial Corporation to form Alliance One International. Haymore then joined Richmond-based Universal Leaf Tobacco Company. He served in various leadership positions from 1999-2007, concluding his time with the company as Corporate Director, External Affairs and Vice President of The Universal Leaf Foundation.

Haymore was President of the Tobacco Association of United States Board of Governors from 2005-2007. A member of the Danville Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors in 1998-1999. A member of the National Association of Manufacturers National Public Affairs Steering Committee from 2001-2007. And he was a member of the Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association Executive Council from 2001-2006, including serving as Treasurer in 2005-2006. He currently serves on the Richmond Forum Board of Directors and the Virginia Tech Victims (VTV) Families Outreach Foundation Board.

Todd graduated from George Washington High School in Danville. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Richmond in 1991 and his Masters of Business Administration Degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is married to the former Margaret Cary Lewis and they have three children, twins Catharine Cole Haymore and Elizabeth Whichard Haymore, five, and Lillian Bryan Haymore, three.

Countdown to Arlen Specter's Health Care Disaster VIDEO

The Evolution of a Rubber Stamp (AKA Arlen Specter)

Allentown, PA – Over the next four days, Arlen Specter will vote for a mammoth health care bill, totaling 2,733 pages and nearly $1 trillion, providing the Reid/Pelosi Congress with the crucial 60th vote needed to pass the bill. Over the next four days, we will inspect the worst elements of this monstrosity, starting with the bill’s huge tax increases.

According to the Congressional Budget Office’s report released on Saturday, the Reid health care monstrosity will raise taxes by $518.5 billion and violates President Obama’s pledge not to raise taxes on the middle-class.

The $518 billion in new taxes include:

- A $149 billion tax increase on private health insurance plans that will affect many middle-class people in high cost areas.

- $43 billion in new taxes and fines on individuals and businesses as part of the bill’s new health insurance mandate.

- More than $100 billion in new taxes and fees on firms in the health sector, including a tax on manufacturers and importers of medical devises. According to the CBO, these taxes and fees “would be largely passed through to consumers in the form of higher premiums for private coverage.”

- $87 billion in new Medicare payroll taxes.

But President Obama was not the only one to break his pledge when Reid’s health care monstrosity was voted on in the wee hours of the morning today. Senator Arlen Specter had signed a Taxpayer Protection Pledge against raising taxes. Last night, he broke that pledge. (RC #385, 12/21/09)

Senator Specter was given the opportunity to vote separately against the huge tax increases in this bill, but preferred to be a rubber stamp for Harry Reid’s extreme agenda. Specter voted against an amendment to strip the bill of tax increases on people earning less than $250,000 a year. Even though five Democrats supported the amendment, Specter voted “NO.” (RC #376, 12/15/09)

“Over the past nine months, Senator Specter has gone from being opposed to a public option to being a rubber stamp for Harry Reid’s extreme liberal agenda,” Toomey Communications Director Nachama Soloveichik said. “It is shame to see Specter putting his political career ahead of the needs of Pennsylvania taxpayers. Unlike Specter, Pat Toomey supports commonsense health care reforms that will lower health care costs and introduce competition into the system. These include comprehensive tort reform, allowing individuals to purchase health insurance across state lines, allowing the formation of health associations, and giving individually purchased health insurance the same tax benefits as employee provided health insurance.”

“Pat’s principled and thoughtful approach to health care reform is just one of the many reasons why Pennsylvanians are rallying to his side and rejecting Specter’s rampant political opportunism.” -30-

Contact: Nachama Soloveichik • 484.809.7994 • 646.528.1029 Tim Kelly • 484.809.7994 Toomey for Senate VIDEO: ToomeyForSenate

Climate Scientists Behaving Badly

Steve and his wife Donna live in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Westwood. They have two children: Erica and Randy.

You remember the story – scientists at the University of East Anglia (in England) were pretty much caught red-handed, in their own emails, cooking the books and trying to stifle any opposing viewpoints on global warming/climate change. It was all over the news, right? Wait a minute, no it wasn’t. ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, etc. all but ignored the story. FOX and talk radio and conservative bloggers were all over it, so the odds are, if you read this blog, you knew about it.

But many of your fellow citizens hadn’t even heard about it (including, according to him, Congressman Steve Driehaus who in response to a question from Brian Thomas on 55KRC stated “I’m not familiar with what you’re talking about.”)

The email news story came at a particularly INCONVENIENT time for the global warming/climate change alarmists because Copenhagen was just getting underway and countries like the United States were being targeted to shift more of their wealth (through Cap and Trade) to third world countries (with the willing cooperation of the Obama Administration and the Pelosi Congress).

Well it turned out it wasn’t bad enough that the leftist climate change warriors were suppressing contrary views, they DUMPED all of the original temperature data that their dire warnings of impending doom were based on, allegedly to save space! Right. That means that it’s now impossible to go back and check basic calculations upon which much of the global warming/climate change predictions are based. With this in mind, I did a double take when a headline on the inside of the Enquirer caught my attention “Emails Don’t Negate Data.” The Associated Press writers of the article, who obviously swallowed hook, line and sinker the global warming apologists’ story, said that even though the emails showed that the global warming scientists “stonewalled skeptics and discussed hiding data,” the emails “don’t support claims that the science of global warming was faked.” And even though the emails showed “a stunning disdain for global warming skeptics,” and that “climate scientists behaved badly” that they found “no evidence of falsification or fabrication of data, although concerns could be raised about some instances of ‘generous interpretation’.”

Now wait a minute, how can they come to the conclusion that there’s “no evidence of falsification or fabrication of the data,” IF THE DATA HAS BEEN DUMPED?

It’s just another example of many in the press, and many in the academic/scientific community having bought into the whole global warming/climate change “religion,” no matter what the facts are. Yes, let’s protect the environment, protect the earth for that matter; but, let’s make sure it’s based on sound science.

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Steve Stivers officially files for 15th Congressional District VIDEO

Former Republican State Senator Steve Stivers filed petitions Dec. 17 to run for the 15th Ohio Congressional District.

Stivers will challenge incumbent Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy, whom he narrowly lost to in the 2008 election.

"Kilroy may talk a good game about how she wants to protect Ohioans and represent their needs, but she just doesn't deliver," Stivers said. "The people want someone who won't just talk the talk, they want a representative who will walk the walk. I'll do that in Congress and I'll work hard each day to make my constituents proud of the work I accomplish."

Saturday, December 19, 2009 6:00 PM

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Cornell University Library Partners with the Internet Archive

Nearly 80,000 Public-Domain Books Available Free Online

ITHACA, N.Y. (Dec. 2009) – In an effort to make its materials globally accessible, Cornell University Library is sharing tens of thousands of digitized books with the Internet Archive.

“We have been carefully preserving and storing materials for years, and now we’re diversifying the channels for them to be studied and used,” said Oya Rieger, associate university librarian for information technologies. “We have the ability to take books to the places where readers are.”

The new collaboration repurposes nearly 80,000 books that the Library has already digitized in-house or through its partnership with Microsoft and Kirtas Technologies. All the books are in the public domain, printed before 1923 mainly in the United States. They cover a host of subject areas, including American history, English literature, astronomy, food and wine, general engineering, the history of science, home economics, hospitality and travel, labor relations, Native American materials, ornithology, veterinary medicine and women's studies.

Internet Archive, a nonprofit group dedicated to preserving materials in all formats and well known for its “Wayback Machine” application, includes the Library’s digitized collection in its searchable database. Books are available for free in multiple formats, including PDF, flip book and full text on-screen. Nearly 750,000 users are registered on the site.

“Expanding access to knowledge is one of the Library’s core principles, and we are excited to participate in the open-access vision of the Internet Archive,” said Anne R. Kenney, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian.

The collaboration with Internet Archive is another step in Cornell University Library’s cutting-edge participation in mass digitization initiatives. Earlier this year, the Library announced an expanded print-on-demand partnership with Amazon.com that allows readers to pay for reprinting of books on an individual basis.

“The Internet Archive is proud to process and host the books from Cornell — these collections are priceless,” said Brewster Kahle, founder and digital librarian of the Internet Archive. “We are happy that Microsoft put no restrictions on the scanned public domain books and Cornell is encouraging maximum readership and research use.”

Performing a simple search for one of Cornell University Library’s digitized books now brings up both a copy on Amazon and a free online copy on the Internet Archive.

For more information and to see Cornell University Library’s contributions, visit archive.org/details/cornell.

About Cornell University Library: Cornell University is both an Ivy League institution and New York's land-grant university. Among the top 10 academic research libraries in the country, Cornell University Library reflects the university's distinctive mix of eminent scholarship and democratic ideals. The Library offers cutting-edge programs and facilities, a full spectrum of services, extensive collections that represent the depth and breadth of the university, and a deep network of digital resources. Its impact reaches beyond campus boundaries with initiatives that extend the land grant mission to a global focus. To learn more, visit library.cornell.edu.

About the Internet Archive: The Internet Archive is a nonprofit library based in San Francisco that specializes in offering broad public access to digitized and born-digital books, music, movies and Web pages. Please visit archive.org and openlibrary.org.

FOR RELEASE: Contact: Gwen Glazer. Phone: (607) 254-8390, E-mail: gglazer@cornell.edu

Republican Senators Ask Americans to Stop Flawed Health Care Bill VIDEO

Republicans are fighting against the Democratic health care reform plan, which would cut your Medicare, raise your taxes, and threaten your health care choices. We believe that any health care reform legislation should lower costs and expand access without raising your taxes or adding billions of dollars to the deficit.

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Senator John McCain Weekly Republican Address 12/19/09 VIDEO FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT

Senator John McCain Weekly Republican Address 12/19/09 VIDEO FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT

Weekly Remarks by Sen. John McCain of Arizona, as provided by the Republican National Committee

Hi, I’m John McCain. Today, after nearly a year, the Senate Democrats are still trying to scramble together their latest proposal to ‘reform’ America’s health care system, which constitutes one-sixth of the American economy.
Millions of Americans are very worried that whatever bill emerges from the confused and secretive process Democrats used to cobble this legislation together will ultimately do more harm than good. And, they have every right to be.

The biggest problem in our health care system, and the greatest concern of a majority of Americans, are its out of control cost increases. For years, health care costs have grown far faster than the rate of inflation, making health care insurance increasingly expensive and unaffordable for more and more Americans and their employers.

The best thing government could do to ensure more Americans have access to health care insurance is to institute reforms that would rein in costs and make health care more affordable for more Americans. Regrettably, there’s nothing in this legislation that effectively addresses the problem of health care hyperinflation – in fact, experts tells us the Democrat legislation makes matters worse.

Instead, Democrats are proposing – in an era of high unemployment, record deficits, and national debt – to spend $2.5 trillion on another unsustainable entitlement program. To pay part of the costs of this enormous new burden on American taxpayers, $500 billion in new tax increases will be authorized almost immediately.
An additional half a trillion dollars in so-called ‘savings’ will come from cutting Medicare, including from home health care services and the popular Medicare Advantage program that 11 million seniors currently use. However, reforms of the system, such as they are, will be delayed for four years.

According to the government’s own health care scorekeepers, the bill will increase the cost of health care as well as the health insurance premiums Americans pay to cover health care inflation.

That’s why thousands of physicians, large and small American businesses and, according to a recent poll, 61 percent of the American people oppose this ill-considered and ruinously expensive government failure to address the biggest threat to the viability of America’s health care system.
Contrary to assurances from the White House and the Democratic leadership in Congress, the process Democrats used to write the bill was anything but open and bipartisan. It was an exercise in legislative sausage-making conducted behind closed doors without the participation of Republicans.

The administration cut deals with the drug companies to get their support, which ensured increased profits for them and increased costs for consumers. As part of the deal, the White House even opposed an amendment authored by a senior Democratic Senator -- which I and other Republicans supported -- which would have made it easier for Americans to safely import their prescription drugs at substantially lower costs from Canada and other approved exporters.

Every major reform in American history has been a bipartisan effort. I’ve worked with Democrats on many occasions to solve some of the country’s most urgent problems. Never in my experience has one party attempted to increase the government’s influence in one-sixth of the American economy over the nearly unanimous opposition of the other party.

Despite having the best quality health care in the world, Republicans recognize it’s too expensive and too many Americans don’t have access to affordable health care. And, we are committed to doing something about it.

We would welcome the opportunity to work with Democrats to make health care more affordable and accessible by addressing the underlying problems that drive health care cost increases. We could bring down these costs by reforming litigation abuses of the system; the junk lawsuits that result in the practice of wasteful defensive medicine and drive up insurance premiums. We could lower costs and improve the quality of health care if we transformed the way we pay health care providers to emphasize the quality of the treatment and outcomes.

We could lower insurance premiums by allowing insurance companies to compete for your business across state lines. And, we could institute insurance reforms that would make sure people with existing medical conditions could get insurance and the care they need without imposing massive new burdens on taxpayers.

These reforms and others would go a long way toward addressing the most urgent problems in our health care system. They would have bipartisan support, and I believe the support of a majority of Americans.

Democrats have chosen to go another way. The result will be a health care system that costs more and still leaves millions without coverage. The hour is late, but there’s still time to stop Congress from making this terrible mistake. I’m John McCain. Happy holidays and thank you for listening. ###

Alan Nunnelee, Legislative Budget Committee Adopts Spending Cuts

lan Nunnelee wife Tori and three children, Reed (age 25) who is married to Kemily, Emily (age 21), and Nathan (age 20)

Today, I’m proud to announce that through hard work and determination we have adopted the Legislative Budget Committee’s 2011 budget for the State of Mississippi. This conservative budget accounts for savings of over $300 Million, which equates to a 5% cut in spending from the previous year.

While our leaders in Washington continue their spending spree, Mississippi has shown that we can work across party lines to adopt conservative spending limits that allow the State of Mississippi to live within its means. Just like families throughout Mississippi, State government needs to use common sense, to set priorities, and to adopt a budget that is based on resources that are available. This is a first step in achieving this goal and I will continue to work with Governor Barbour, Lt. Governor Bryant and the House Leadership to find ways to tighten our belt on state spending and to make state government more efficient.

Alan Nunnelee for Congress P.O. Box 7092 | Tupelo, MS 38802

First Class Tickets For Terrorists

Vaughn Ward, wife Kirsten daughter, Avé, 4, and son, William, 1.

“Today, President Obama announced that more than 70 terrorists from Guantanamo Bay will be transferred and housed indefinitely in Thompson, Illinois. Walter Minnick and President Obama have yet to explain how moving these terrorists to America will make our country safer. Walter Minnick and his boss Nancy Pelosi have just given dangerous terrorists who seek to harm Americans first class tickets to the United States,” Vaughn Ward said.

Ward continued, “These dangerous terrorists should not be housed on U.S. soil and granted the same rights as American citizens. Walter Minnick and his Democrat friends believe that bringing terrorists into the U.S. is a way to honor our Constitution. However, bringing these terrorists to our country and granting them Constitutional protections does nothing more than weaken our judicial system and undermine our Constitution.”

“I have spent my life fighting to keep dangerous terrorist out of our country. I am disappointed that Walter Minnick, who cast the decisive vote to close Guantanamo Bay (House Roll Call 361), has paved the way for these terrorists to easily enter the U.S. With this vote, Walter Minnick and Nancy Pelosi put American lives at risk. Minnick showed complete disregard for Idaho families by voting against this critical national security measure. If Minnick is interested in keeping our country and state safe, he needs to start standing up to Nancy Pelosi and siding with the families of Idaho.” concluded Ward.

Dec-15 First Class Tickets For Terrorists Vaughn Ward for Congress

Boehner Floor Speech Opposing the Dems’ Bill to Increase National Debt Limit by $290 Billion VIDEO

GOP Leader: “The Democratic Majority … has done nothing more than spend, spend, spend, and spend” Washington, Dec 16 -

WASHINGTON, DC – Strongly opposing the Democrats’ legislation to increase the statutory limit on the national debt by $290 billion, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) delivered the following remarks on the House floor today:

“There’s been a lot of lecturing on the House floor today about fiscal responsibility. Now, I heard a lot about fiscal responsibility in 2005 and 2006 when the then Minority wanted to take the Majority. I think it’s time for everyone in this room to take their fair share of blame for the spending that’s gone on in this town for far too long.

“For 37, 36 of the last 40 years, we’ve spent more than what we’ve taken in. There’s not a household in America that can get by with this. There’s not a company in America that can get by with it. And certainly, this government can’t get by with it. And so for the last three years, the Democratic Majority though, after having run on this mantra of fiscal responsibility, has done nothing more than spend, spend, spend and spend.

“Now, we did our best in 2007 and 2008, to put the brakes on all that spending and succeeded somewhat. But after this year, for you to criticize us about fiscal responsibility and to lecture us about fiscal responsibility, after spending $1 trillion on a ‘stimulus’ bill that was supposed to be about creating jobs, what have we done? We’ve created more unemployment. We’ve not put anyone back to work and we’re asking our kids and grandkids to pay $1 trillion in principal and interest for a bill that’s not doing anything other than increasing spending.

“But you know what? You know what makes this bill that’s on the floor here today to increase the debt limit by $290 billion a real joke? It’s that as soon as this vote is over, we’re going to take up stimulus two, or as we like to call it, ‘son of stimulus.’ We’re going to pick up ‘son of stimulus,’ which is going to spend $150 billion on the same kind of failed spending programs that we passed earlier this year.

“And what are we going to do? We’re going to use that TARP money that those banks and those financial institutions have paid back. Well, where did that money come from? We had to go borrow it. Everybody knows, everybody that voted for or against TARP in this chamber, knows that money was intended to be paid back, to pay down the deficit. And to take that $150 billion and to spend it on more wasteful Washington spending is putting it right on the backs of our kids and grandkids. That’s going to happen right after this vote.

“Who are we kidding? We’re not kidding anybody. I just think it’s time to put the brakes on all of it. Let’s get really serious about cutting spending, and the way we start is by saying no to increasing the debt limit.” #####

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Michele Bachmann Says the Democrat Health Care Bill is Far From Settled VIDEO

All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care. Sadly, there are more than 42 million Americans without health care coverage. Many of these individuals find health insurance to be unattainable, unavailable, and unaffordable. With health care costs rising and unemployment escalating, it is more important than ever to address the issue of the uninsured.

Policies that will increase competition and individual choice in the healthcare marketplace are essential to achieving greater efficiency and affordability for everyone. My bipartisan legislation, H.R. 502, the Health Care Freedom of Choice Act, would make medical expenses, including health care premiums, 100% tax-deductible for all individuals. Under current law, health insurance is tax-free for those who receive it through their employers. My bill would give this same tax benefit to people who buy their own health insurance or pay for medical care “out-of-pocket.” This would give all Americans the freedom to purchase the health plan of their choice, to pick their preferred doctors and to make their own medical decisions.

Additionally, I support the expansion of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) which currently allow Americans to save a limited amount of money for medical expenses tax-free. I also advocate the creation of Association Health Plans (AHPs), which would allow small businesses to band together through trade associations to purchase health insurance for their employees at a lower cost. Finally, the flood of frivolous lawsuits in our nation must be addressed to curb the rising cost of health care. Frivolous lawsuits impose extremely high costs on physicians, causing doctors to abandon certain areas of practice or even leave certain regions, making health care less accessible.

As your representative, I will continue to fight for competitive reforms designed to lower costs, increase accessibility and improve our country’s overall health care system.

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Trade Agreements Create More American Jobs Without Increasing the Deficit

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after the House voted to extend the Generalized System of Preferences and the Andean Trade Preferences Act:

“Today’s vote to extend the Generalized System of Preferences and the Andean Trade Preferences Act should serve as a reminder that ratifying the pending Colombia and Panama Trade Promotion Agreements would immediately create more American jobs without increasing the federal deficit. Under these two trade preference programs, many Colombian and Panamanian goods enter the United States free from tariffs and duties, but American exports to Colombia and Panama are still heavily taxed. The free trade agreements will end those one-sided costs, making it easier for American farmers and manufacturers to sell U.S. products there. As President Obama recently noted, increasing American exports is a key to creating new American jobs, and a level playing field with Colombia and Panama would increase American exports by more than $1 billion.

“That having been said, I am troubled by the fact that this legislation did not do enough to hold one of the ATPA countries, Ecuador, accountable for its failure to respect international law. Expanding trade can help create jobs, but only if our trade partners play by the rules.” #####

Trade Agreements Create More American Jobs Without Increasing the Deficit | Republican Leader John Boehner

Obama Says, 'Let There Be Loans!' Forgets That’s How This All Started

Congressman Price Joins Republican Study Committee Members to Introduce the Economic Recovery Act

Washington, Dec 14 - A visit to the White House is usually an exciting affair. Today, however, the bank CEOs who are meeting with President Obama might rather be somewhere else. After all, it’s not every day the leader of the free world blames you for a problem and then tells you to do the exact same thing that caused the problem. “Major Wall Street players say they are caught between the urging of the White House to lend and the equally forceful guidance from federal regulators not to lend to uncreditworthy borrowers.

It was willy-nilly lending to unqualified subprime mortgage customers, after all, that triggered the global economic meltdown.” (Politico, 12/13/09)

That’s a facepalm-worthy paragraph if ever there was one.

But these “willy-nilly” loans that helped bring down the economy didn’t appear out of nowhere. So where’d they come from? For the last century, banks had known that making these risky loans was, well, too risky. So what changed? You’ll have to pardon us for not buying the Obama narrative that it was all greed. Last we checked greed predates capitalism.

The actual series of events is too important not to recount. Here’s how to bring down the economy in 4 steps.

Step 1: Define a spectacularly unrealistic social goal – In recent years, Democrats in Congress (Obama notably included) made it a party plank that every American has an inalienable right to a home mortgage.

Step 2: Slander the obvious – To create some political maneuvering room, the appropriate response to anyone pointing out that not all people can afford to own their own home was to decry them as hating the poor.

Step 3: Concoct a way to grease the skids – To move this agenda along, they needed a way for financial institutions to lend to risky borrowers without having to worry about, you know – the risk. Of course, taxpayers will back it up!

Step 4: Put it into action – So they gave the government-created monsters Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac free reign to gobble up all the dubious loans in the secondary market. This way the implicit guarantee of the government served as a clearinghouse for bad assets.

And you know the rest of the story: bad lending leads to foreclosures leads to economic collapse leads to Obama scapegoating the banks he enabled with federal policies and tax dollars. The truth is if Democrats in Washington hadn’t created a massive taxpayer-backed landfill where banks could dump these high-risk loans, the banks wouldn’t have loaned the money in the first place. But who cares about pinpointing actual problems. Let’s bash some bankers!!

Welcome to the political economy. Once again, don’t worry about doing your due diligence to determine borrower risk, proper interest rates, yield, spread, terms. The White House says lend, you lend. Putting politicians in charge will surely work much better this time. ###

Republican Study Committee (RSC) - The Caucus of House Conservatives Congressman Tom Price is Chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC).

Congressman Tom Price, Washington, DC Office | 424 Cannon House Office Building | Washington DC 20515 phone: 202-225-4501 | fax: 202-225-4656

Sue Lowden Harry Reid's Broken Promises VIDEO

Senator Reid has once again turned his back on Nevadans and is taking marching orders from his Washington allies like MoveOn.org and Nancy Pelosi. Their plan is not reform, rather it is push for another massive expansion of government control over our lives.

Senator Reid + Political Desperation = More Embarrassment

‘The most powerful senator in Nevada history’ continues with pattern of insults on his own constituents

LOWDEN CALLS FOR AN APOLOGY FROM SENATOR REID

(Las Vegas, NV) – Today, upon learning that Senator Reid compared opponents of his $2.5 trillion health care experiment bill to those who supported slavery, Nevada businesswoman and former State Senator Sue Lowden issued the following statement:

“Nevadans need jobs, not insults from our own Senator. It seems that with the more power and prestige that Senator Reid gains in Washington, the more insulting he gets towards those of us back home. Senator Reid has told us that tourists smell bad when they visit him in the Capitol. He called Nevadans attending town hall meetings ‘evil mongers’ – even as he ducked doing a single town hall meeting himself. Now, he compares the majority of Nevadans opposing his government-run health care scheme proponents of slavery. When you’ve been in Washington for three decades, and voters back home start losing favor with your failed policies, it probably doesn’t help to start insulting them. Nevadans deserve better, and Senator Reid should apologize – once again – for his unfortunate comments about our citizens.”

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Congressman Marsha Blackburn Weekly Republican Address 12/12/09 VIDEO FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT

Congressman Marsha Blackburn Weekly Republican Address 12/12/09 VIDEO FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT

Weekly Republican Remarks by Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, as provided by the Republican National Committee

Marsha Blackburn

Hi, I’m Congressman Marsha Blackburn, and I have the great honor of representing Tennessee’s Seventh District. Next week, I and a number of my Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives will head to Copenhagen – Denmark’s capital city – where diplomats and politicians from around the world have gathered in an attempt to try to reach an international, UN-brokered agreement on climate change. If President Obama has his way, the Copenhagen conference will produce mandatory emissions limits that would destroy millions of American jobs and damage our economic competitiveness for decades to come.

To comply with this UN-brokered agreement, Washington Democrats want to impose a ‘cap-and-trade’ national energy tax, a bureaucratic nightmare that would make households, small businesses and family farms pay higher prices for electricity, gasoline, food and virtually every product made in America. This legislation is currently making its way through the Senate after passing the House of Representatives in June.

President Obama himself has said that as a result of this national energy tax, electricity prices would, and I quote, ‘necessarily skyrocket.’ His own Department of Energy has determined that millions of jobs would be lost.

Since Democrats in Congress have failed to get a cap and trade bill to the President’s desk ahead of the Copenhagen Summit, President Obama took unilateral action this week to pile more regulation on the backs of families and small businesses in the name of combating global warming.

On Monday the President’s EPA administrator, Lisa Jackson, took the first step toward imposing costly new regulations on businesses for emitting carbon. My bill, H.R. 391 would stop the EPA.

Just think of what will happen to small businesses and manufacturers hit with these skyrocketing energy bills, especially when nations like India and China don’t agree to these mandatory emissions limits.

With Americans already facing double-digit unemployment, there could not be a worse time to unilaterally disarm our engines of job creation and economic growth.

In fact, small businesses are already feeling anxiety and holding off on hiring due to the prospect of this national energy tax, a government takeover of health care, and other costly policies Democrats have in the works.

These aren’t issues President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Democrats in Congress will talk about when they are in Copenhagen, but Republicans will.

Also absent from the discussion in Copenhagen is the Climategate scandal. Recently leaked e-mails reveal climate scientists have a long track record of manipulating data to hide scientific evidence that contradicts the global warming establishment.

And why?

To bully citizens and lawmakers into supporting job-killing energy tax schemes. This scandal raises serious questions about Democrats’ climate control plans, questions that deserve a transparent investigation – not a rush to judgment – by the bureaucrats in Copenhagen.

Republicans are all for clean water, clean air, and clean energy. We just don't think we have to tax people out of house and home to get there. That’s why we have proposed an ‘all of the above’ energy strategy that says, let’s put every clean, responsible energy option on the table so we can create jobs, ease the strain on family budgets, and clean up our environment.

This is one of a series of common-sense solutions Republicans have proposed to empower families and small businesses while Democrats have continued to rely on more spending, more regulation and more government to try and solve every problem.

Nothing sums this up more than the trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ of borrowing and spending that has failed to create jobs ‘immediately’ and keeps unemployment below eight percent as promised. Instead, more than three million Americans have lost their jobs and unemployment has risen to double-digits.

Given the opportunity to try a new approach, President Obama has instead proposed more of the same ‘stimulus’ spending paid for by borrowing from our children and grandchildren.

It’s time for Washington to learn the hard lesson that families already know: growing debt only cripples freedom and spending more money than you have is no plan for prosperity. Only Republicans have provided a fiscally responsible blueprint for helping families and small businesses weather this economic crisis and get back up on their feet. Thank you for listening. ###

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor Endorses Frank Guinta

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"This morning Team Guinta announced that the number two Republican in the US House of Representatives Eric Cantor (R-VA) has endorsed outgoing Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta in his bid to replace Carol Shea-Porter in New Hampshire’s First Congressional District. This is good for Team Guinta as they can now claim one of US House’s emerging leaders as a supporter with significant DC connections."

Friends of Frank Guinta, P.O. Box 877, Manchester, NH 03105 info@teamguinta.com - (603) 305-7194

Andy Harris Argues for REAL Health Care Reform VIDEO

Maryland Senator and Hopkins physician Andy Harris explains the need for REAL healthcare reform

Health care: As a physician, I realize that we have problems with the health care insurance system. The answer to the ever-rising cost of insurance is not the expansion of government-run or government-mandated insurance – but, instead, bringing common-sense solutions like increased competition, price transparency, and meaningful medical malpractice liability reform.

TEXT: by Andy Harris for Congress

Scott Brown releases tax policy

Uploaded on December 6, 2009 by State Senator Scott Brown All rights reserved

Giving Taxpayers More of Their Hard-Earned Money will Stimulate our Flagging Economy Like President Kennedy, Senator Brown supports efforts to reduce the tax burden on Americans. In 1962, President Kennedy called for an across-the-board tax cut on individuals and businesses to get the economy moving again. Senator Brown agrees with this tax policy and believes it will have immediate effects on entrepreneurship, investment, and small businesses. Senator Brown understands that lower tax rates improve the incentives facing individuals and businesses to work, invest, take risks, and capitalize on new opportunities to make their lives better.

During his tenure in the Massachusetts Statehouse, Senator Brown has been a fiscal watchdog fighting higher taxes and wasteful spending.

Senator Brown would vote to extend the 2001 and 2003 Federal tax cuts, currently set to expire in 2010. These tax cuts provided relief for all by cutting taxes on income, capital gains and dividends, doubling the child care credit, eliminating the marriage penalty and phasing out the death tax. Without an extension, many Americans will see a massive tax increase in 2011. Senator Brown understands that taxes need to be kept low so people can keep more of their money to spend or to save as they choose, especially now when many families are hurting.

Senator Brown proposes lowering the corporate tax rate. Senator Brown recognizes that American companies must stay competitive to allow our economy to remain the job-creating engine and economic driver of the world. At 39 percent, the United States is tied with Japan for the world’s highest corporate tax rate. Making America’s business environment competitive with the rest of the world will attract capital, encourage investment and create new jobs.

Senator Brown supports lower taxes for individuals and families. Reducing marginal tax rates across the board will reward productivity and allow people to keep more of their own money. By leaving more money in the economy for consumption and investment, the private sector will respond with more jobs and higher salaries for workers.

Senator Brown has signed the no-tax pledge. Senator Brown is the only candidate in the race who has signed the Americans for Tax Reform pledge not to raise taxes on the American people.

Scott Brown for U.S. Senate Committee. 200 Reservoir Street, Needham, MA 02494 | info@brownforussenate.com | 781-444-0200

Jim Sensenbrenner Dr. Holdren Climategate VIDEO

Ranking Member Sensenbrenner continues his questioning of Dr. Holdren into Climategate.

Sensenbrenner Speaks with Jay Weber on Climategate

Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner spoke with radio host Jay Weber this morning about Climategate.

Some highlights include:

On Chairman Markey Not Hearing a Skeptic as a Witness

“I asked him to call a hearing before the Copenhagen Conference heats up next week, under the rules that allow the minority party to call for a day of witnesses, where I would select the witnesses, and so far he hasn’t responded and I’m not holding my breath.”

On Democrats Burying the Truth

“This is really an inconvenient truth. The President’s science advisor, who is a former Harvard professor named Holdren, is involved in the email scandals and covering up the fact that data has been lost, the fact that contrary opinions to the global warming crowd has been squeezed out of scientific journals – and as a matter of fact – the editor of one scientific journal who published contrary data has been fired. Now this is an international conspiracy. Before we end up transferring trillions of dollars from the pocketbook of American ratepayers to China and India – which is what Al Gore’s global warming treaty proposes to do – then we ought to get to the bottom of this and find out whether this is really science or whether this is a bunch of people with a political agenda that’s cooked the books.”

“This should not be political science, but should be real science.”

On the long-term effect of Climategate

“It depends on how deep the scandal is. All of the raw data from the 70s and 80s that were put into the computers at the British University to project what was going to happen 50 years from now has been inconveniently lost. We see in these emails that ended up being on the Internet that the people who say that there’s man-made global warming end up saying that this data is contrary and we’ve actually had global cooling in the last ten years.”

“They’ve use the word ‘trick’ to describe how they are synthesizing the data that they have. Honestly, if we’re talking about trillions of dollars and the health of the American economy and jobs at stake, we better make sure we’re not tricked.”

Contact: Wendy Riemann (202) 225-5101 Washington, Dec 7

Health Care Reform Bill Is a Job-Killer VIDEO

Business leaders join Republican senators to emphasize that taxes in Democrats’ health care reform bill would seriously damage small businesses, who are responsible for a majority of the job creation in this country.

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Scott Brown Primary Election Night Remarks (Acceptance Speech) 12-08-09 VIDEO TEXT

FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT: Thank you very much. With tonight's victory, we are halfway there -- and now the real race begins!

Scott with his wife Gail and their two daughters, Ayla, a student at Boston College, and Arianna, a student at Syracuse University. Image Uploaded on December 6, 2009 by State Senator Scott Brown All Rights Reserved

In 42 days, the voters of this great commonwealth will have a choice, and tonight that choice became a lot clearer. We can send another partisan placeholder to the United States Senate, or we can try something new: We can elect an independent voice for all of Massachusetts -- and that's the United States Senator I promise to be. Whatever the usual insiders and experts have to say about this election, I say this: Never underestimate the independent spirit of Massachusetts.

A year has passed since one-party rule came to Washington, and the last thing we need is more of it. When the federal government spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much, the last thing we need in the United States Senate is another rubber stamp.

We're the only state in this nation about to elect a U.S. senator. The choice we make will send a powerful message to the big-spenders in Washington, and just in time: They need to quit expanding our government and defending wasteful spending, and start expanding this economy and defending our jobs.

For my fellow citizens watching at home, my name is Scott Brown. I'm the Republican in the race. You may not have heard of me before now because all the focus has been on the other side where the candidates were competing for title of ‘most liberal.’

In this upcoming election, if you want business as usual, with higher taxes, more spending and not having a voice in Washington, then vote for my opponent. But if you want real change on January 19th, and if you want somebody who will fight to lower your taxes, keep more money in your pockets, and bring common sense back to Washington DC, then join with me and make a real difference.

To everyone in this room, your support throughout this primary has meant an awful lot to me. I congratulate my opponent, Jack Robinson, for the campaign he ran. He is a good man, and I welcome his support in the cause we now serve together.

I have learned a lot as I've traveled throughout Massachusetts these past several months. I had the luxury of not being followed by a lot of cameras and media, so I was able to actually listen to what people were telling me.

What I learned is that people are worried about what will happen to them and their families in the current economic crisis.

They want to know why the only new jobs that have been created are government jobs.

They also want to know why, at a time when their family's income is going down, their taxes are going up.

The people I have spoken with don't vote for a particular party, they vote for ideas and for convictions. They want a United States Senator who answers to conscience and to the people, and not just to the same old political machine that acts like it owns our State. The machine politicians and the special interests do not own Massachusetts anymore, and they're going to find that out on January 19th.

These are serious and difficult times for the United States, and I don't pretend to have all the answers. But I know what I believe, and I will do all that I can to help make our country strong and prosperous once again.

I don't have all the advantages in this race, and that's fine by me. I don't come from a life of advantage, and in many ways I'm grateful for that. It has taught me to work harder, and to better appreciate the opportunities of our state and our country. I am blessed to have a loving family, good friends and neighbors, and to call Massachusetts my home -- and I wouldn't trade those for anything.

I'm running because I want to leave our children and grandchildren an America that is as strong and vibrant as the one we knew growing up. My friends, our nation is at a crossroads, with difficult challenges to meet and tough decisions to make.

More of our people are unemployed today than ever before in American history. Public debt has reached 12 trillion dollars and counting, and the DC politicians want to borrow trillions more. Terrorists want to strike our country again, and they will do so if we lose our resolve and let down our guard. We have fighting forces in two theaters of war, and those men and women need the uncompromising support of the United States Congress.

On all of the great issues facing America, you are entitled to know the convictions that each candidate holds, and I have stated mine:

-- I believe in limited government, and in the boundless power of the free market to create jobs and wealth for our people.

-- I believe it is a betrayal of duty to leave the next generation with massive debts, and they deserve better than that from us.

-- I believe that one-party power breeds corruption and arrogance, and it's time we open things up in the state of Massachusetts.

I believe failure should be admitted in Washington, and not repeated. It's time to admit that while the nearly trillion-dollar stimulus had the best of intentions, it failed to create one new job. We shouldn’t make the mistake of passing yet another stimulus that adds to the debt and does nothing for American workers.

My plan for the economy is simple - an across the board tax cut for families and businesses that will increase investment and lead to immediate new job growth. In the tradition of President John F. Kennedy, we should stimulate the American economy with a broad based tax cut for the American people.

Like everyone else, I want to see more Americans with good health care coverage. I like what we did in Massachusetts. It’s not perfect, but nearly everyone is now covered by a private insurance policy -- not a government policy. I hope other states follow our example. You need to understand that the health care bill under discussion in Washington is not good for Massachusetts. I fear that the Government option in the bill would soon be the ONLY option.

It will raise taxes, increase spending, and if you are a senior and receive Medicare, it will lead to a half a trillion dollars in cuts in your health care.

Instead of restricting health care for elders -- we need to start restricting the size and intrusiveness of government.

I want to see a cleaner environment, and the way to get there is through a comprehensive approach. That would be by the development of new energy sources that are not powered only by fossil fuels. That means conservation, in addition to the development of more wind, solar, hydroelectric and - yes - more nuclear power. One thing I will not do, however, is support a cap and trade program that will cause energy prices to spike and chase businesses out of Massachusetts and cost individual families more money just to heat their homes and turn on their lights. The cap and trade bill moving its way through Congress will kill jobs at a time when our economy is on the brink. To me that is unacceptable. As your United States Senator, I will make 'jobs' job number one.

As an attorney, I believe that our Constitution and laws exist to protect this nation -- they do not grant rights and privileges to enemies in wartime. In dealing with terrorists, our tax dollars should pay for weapons to stop them, not lawyers to defend them.

I want to see a strong military that will protect our interests around the world. I proudly serve as a Lieutenant Colonel and 30-year member of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, and during that time I've witnessed the many sacrifices made by patriotic Americans who fight to defend our freedoms. I salute the President for supporting our troops and their mission, and I will work with him to ensure that when they return home in victory they are given all the services that a grateful nation can provide.

Right now in Washington, we have 10 congressmen and two senators who all vote the same way, they’re beholden to the same special interests and when they vote, the first thing they ask is how am I going to be rated on the special interest report card. Their idea of a debate is not to argue over whether to raise taxes, but how high to raise them. If change is what we have in mind, do we really need another robot who's programmed to vote like the rest of our delegation? When I take a vote, the first thing I am going to ask is, is this bill good for Massachusetts. You will be my special interest.

My entire career has been spent fighting to keep taxes low, cut out wasteful spending and keep government in check.

As your next US Senator, I will always speak my mind and act in the best interests of the people I represent. I don’t take my orders from either of the political parties, or from Harry Reid, or Deval Patrick, or the labor bosses. I plan to take my orders from you, the people who sent me to Washington DC to make a difference.

The political machine in this state is going to pull out all the stops to keep their hands on this Senate seat. Rest assured it will be me against the machine. You’re going to see all the special interests line up with my opponent and the last thing they want is someone coming in and changing the way business is done on Capital Hill.

They say I’m the long shot, and if the same old powers-that-be get to decide this election, I guess that's right. But I'm betting that a new day is coming in Massachusetts. I am here in the name of every independent-thinking citizen, whether they be Democrat, unenrolled-independent or Republican, to take on one-party rule, and the Beacon Hill bosses, and their machine, and their candidate … and with your help I intend to win.

Please give me your vote on January 19th. Will you join me in this fight? I can’t do it alone. Thank you very much and let’s get to work. ###

Scott Brown for U.S. Senate Committee. 200 Reservoir Street, Needham, MA 02494 | info@brownforussenate.com | 781-444-0200

Marco Rubio Comments on President Obama’s Jobs Summit

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Miami, FL – U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio today released the following statement regarding President Obama’s Jobs Summit: “With America’s unemployment at 10.2 percent and Florida’s at a 34-year high, it’s clear the $787 billion stimulus has failed to get Americans back to work as President Obama, the Democrat Congress and Governor Crist promised. Their failed policies have had devastating consequences for the millions of Americans who are out of work.

“Today’s jobs summit reminds us that governing by photo-op and showmanship is no substitute for sound policy. True economic development and job creation begins by empowering small businessmen and women, cutting government red tape, reducing the anxiety Americans feel about runaway Washington spending, and pursuing bold and far-reaching tax reform. Growing government through the stimulus and other liberal initiatives simply cannot replace or compete with the private sector’s limitless potential to create jobs and prosperity.

“If the President, congressional Democrats and their allies are serious about job creation, they should abandon their current path of job-killing government takeovers of health care, cap-and-trade and even another round of wasteful stimulus spending. Instead, they should enact tax policies that encourage private sector investment, work to open new markets for American goods, and salvage what’s left of unused stimulus funds by redirecting them towards the entrepreneurs and risk-takers who built our economy in the first place.”

Rubio Comments on President Obama’s Jobs Summit « Marco Rubio 2010

Pat Toomey on President Obama's Visit Jobs and the Economy VIDEO

Pat Toomey Press Conference on President Obama's Visit Jobs and the Economy

There is no more important issue today than the economic recession and the rising unemployment rate. All across the Commonwealth, hard-working Pennsylvanians are struggling to make ends meet and provide for their families.

But the approach taken by politicians in Washington is not working. Government bureaucrats cannot create sustainable jobs. When they try to create jobs by spending taxpayer dollars, they merely take money out of the private sector that would be better spent in the marketplace by the people who earned it.

Worse, the current Congress is favoring policies that actually discourage job growth. Instead of encouraging businesses to hire new employees, Washington is threatening new and heavy costs and burdens on businesses. If these policies are enacted, Pennsylvania businesses won’t be able to hire new employees and may even be forced to lay off workers to survive.

Instead, the government should be making it less expensive and easier for businesses to hire people. It can do this by cutting taxes and decreasing regulation. For example, if we rescind the stimulus and cut both employees’ and employers’ payroll taxes instead, every worker would see an immediate increase in their take home pay and it would be less expensive for businesses to hire new workers. If we eliminated the tax on capital gains and lowered the tax on businesses, it would make U.S. companies more competitive, and lead to major job growth.

Toomey for Senate 484-809-7994 | info@toomeyforsenate.com | 3440 Hamilton BLVD, Allentown, PA 18103.