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| King Comments on Senate Judiciary Postponement of Vote on Johnsen Nomination |
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Friday, February 05, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Steve King, a Member of the House Judiciary Committee, today made the following statement regarding the Senate Judiciary Committee’s postponement of a vote on the nomination of Dawn Johnsen to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel. King has previously called on President Obama to withdraw his nomination of Dawn Johnsen and written letters (letter 1, letter 2) to the President calling for her nomination to be withdrawn. The first letter was signed by 62 other House Members. King’s statement follows:
“Nominating Dawn Johnsen to head the Office ...
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
King Statement on $894 Billion Liberal Health Care Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Steve King today responded to the $894 billion health care bill unveiled by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other liberals.
“After weeks of closed door meetings, the Pelosi Democrats have cobbled together a 1,990 page, $894 billion, deficit expanding government takeover of health care. Liberals say the problem with the American health care system is we spend too much money. So their solution is to spend a whole lot more. Democrats have now perfected a form of ‘irrational logic.’
“The Pelosi Democrats are willing to spend nearly a trillion dollars to reduce the perc |
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Mighty Obama Has Struck Out On Health Care
President Obama’s September 9 address before a joint session of Congress may have been his last chance to salvage his health care plan. Listening to Obama’s speech that night reminded me of the end of a famous poem, Casey at the Bat, about a baseball slugger who strikes out with the game on the line.
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville - mighty Casey has struck out.
In the poem, the Mudville baseball team i |
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Iowa Farmers Deserve Better
In Iowa, we have grown accustomed to meritless attacks on farming by people who know nothing about agriculture. Many of these critics, like New Yorker Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have not spent time learning about all that actually goes into farming, yet they never hesitate to attack the agriculture industry.
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Study Shows Farmers Hurt By “Climate Change” Bill
House Agriculture Committee Will Hold Hearing on Bill Thursday
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