Politics

NATO Must Reflect and Renew Itself to Meet the Challenge in Afghanistan on the 20th Anniverasy of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Posted on November 12, 2009
20 years ago, the world?s democracies celebrated as the Berlin Wall was torn down and the people of Eastern Europe began to claim a new freedom. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) played a major role in helping to bring down the Wall.  Now the NATO alliance is united to protect Afghans and the U...

The Bureaucracy of the Pelosi Health Care bill

Posted on November 07, 2009

House Switchboard Flooded With Calls

Posted on November 06, 2009
Americans are voicing their opinions, thoughts and concerns to their congressional representatives on H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act. I have received several emails today from Third District residents telling me they have had a tough time getting through to me on the phone...

House Call to Congress

Posted on November 05, 2009
 The crowd on the west front lawn of the Capitol for the House Call to Congress and line to get into the Cannon House Office Building to talk with representatives.  

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Doctor Caucus Hearing

Posted on October 28, 2009
Congressman Boozman is participating in a Doctors Caucus Hearing to examine what physicians and economic experts think about the impact of health care legislation proposed by Congressional Leadership. This is streaming live on the internt at:  http://www...

State Unemployment Figures Confirm Regrettable Truths

Posted on October 22, 2009
Eight months ago the President signed a $787 billion ?stimulus? bill that was rushed through Congress. At the time President Obama Speaker Pelosi and claimed the bill would ?save or create? 4 million U.S. jobs. Since then, nearly 3 million jobs have been lost and the unemployment rate has soared from 8...

In God We Trust

Posted on October 20, 2009
I have been supportive of the correct portrayal of America?s religious history in the newly-constructed Capitol Visitor Center (CVC). I am pleased to say that our efforts are succeeding. ?In God We Trust,? is finally engraved in a permanent and prominent location...

Stimulus provides too little for water and environmental projects

Posted on October 08, 2009
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced funds made available to the Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority (OMRPWA). This project is designed to provide a source of safe and reliable drinking water for tens of thousands of people, many of them in Newton and Searcy Counties...

Addressing Delays in Post 9/11 GI Benefits

Posted on October 07, 2009
We are working to address concerns about the delays our veterans are experiencing in receiving the money they?ve earned to continue their education and job training. Today I met with House Veterans Affairs Committee Members and VA Secretary Shinseki to discuss possible ways to improve the delivery system of the GI benefit.

Boozman Member of Anti-Value Added Tax Caucus

Posted on October 06, 2009
Americans know how to spend their hard-earned money better than Washington. Unfortunately, Speaker Pelosi is open to the idea of imposing a value added tax or national retail tax as reported in The Hill.This idea has been circulating since this summer as a way to raise additional revenue...

Clearing Up the Rumors: The Truth About The ?Gun Tax Bill?

Posted on September 01, 2009
My office has received several calls and emails concerning the S. 2099 and wanted to pass along this information from the NRA: Over the past few months, NRA-ILA has received hundreds of e-mails warning us about “SB-2099,” a bill that would supposedly require you to report all your guns on your income tax return every April [...

Cash for clunkers-inefficient program

Posted on July 31, 2009
House majority leaders today cobbled together and passed legislation to provide another $2 billion for the wildly popular ?cash for clunkers? program.The bill passed 316-109.The program, which gives people thousands of dollars to go toward trading in old cars for more fuel-efficient vehicles, took effect Monday and has already nearly exhausted its $1 billion fund...

Health ?Reform? By the Numbers

Posted on July 20, 2009
An important list of numbers relevant to the White House supported 1,018-page ?America?s Affordable Health Choices Act:?   114 million?Number of individuals who could lose their current coverage under the bill, according to non-partisan actuaries at the Lewin Group  4...

The Bureaucratic Nightmare of Government-run Healthcare

Posted on July 16, 2009
This chart details Speaker Pelosi?s $1.5 trillion healthcare plan and identifies more than 30 new federal programs, agencies, commissions and mandates that would accompany a government takeover. This is a bureaucratic nightmare that will not help patients receive the care they need...

Deficit Breaks $1 Trillion Milestone

Posted on July 14, 2009
We marked a historic milestone when the U.S. budget deficit for Fiscal Year 2009 broke $1 trillion. Some estimates indicate that the final deficit for the year will approach the $2 trillion mark. This is not a proud day in American history. Our Founding Fathers certainly never  imagined that Washington could be so frivolous with taxpayer dollars and [...

Fiction vs. Reality

Posted on June 09, 2009
The President promises 600,000 jobs over the next 100 days,  we hope any measure of reported success will not rely on the same fuzzy math he has used in the past.   Fiction:  $45.6 billion of the stimulus has been spent and is helping struggling Americans...

Reality vs. Fiction

Posted on June 09, 2009
The President promises 600,000 jobs over the next 100 days and we must hold him accountable because the facts aren’t matching reality for some information he used in the past. Fiction:  $45.6 billion of the stimulus has been spent and is helping struggling Americans...

Who Will Pay for President Obama?s Tax Increases?

Posted on May 28, 2009
According to the President?s fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget blueprint, wealthy taxpayers will indeed pay a higher tax rate on the income they derive from wages and salaries, taxable interest, business income, capital gains, dividends, and retirement income...

Boozman signs discharge petition

Posted on May 20, 2009
I recently signed a discharge petition, which is a process to force a bill out of committee and be brought to the House floor for a vote. H.Res. 251 directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit to the House of Representatives, no later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of the [...

Washington Spending

Posted on April 30, 2009
There are only 111 million federal taxpayers in America. At the rate of spending by this Congress in the first 100 days, congressional leaders put each taxpayer into debt at the rate of: $1,400 a week $3,200 a quarter Over $9,000 each for just the first four months of this Congress

Boozman Opposes H.R. 1913

Posted on April 29, 2009
Hundreds of constituents have called the Washington, D.C. office expressing their concern of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009. Congressman Boozman opposed this legislation in the 110th Congress and he will vote against it again...

No More Wasteful Spending

Posted on April 15, 2009
I am just as frustrated with the out-of-control spending in Washington that Americans who are participating in taxpayer tea parties all across this country are. Americans want lawmakers to create policies that create jobs, protect jobs and protect pension plans...

Veterans deserve our assistance

Posted on March 19, 2009
Like many of you I am concerned with the proposals the Obama Administration  made earlier this week in regards to Veterans Healthcare. I very much oppose the idea of charging veterans for the services they receive at VA clinics and hospitals. We have an obligation to care for the men and women who make sacrifices [...

DoD policy on small arms cartridge cases

Posted on March 18, 2009
I have received many emails and phone calls from Arkansans concerned over a new Department of Defense policy that would end the sale of used brass for remanufacturing of ammunition. In an email from a Defense Logistics Agency official, we have been informed that small arms cartridge cases will continue to be sold...

Vision Center of Excellence

Posted on March 17, 2009
I authored language in the 110th Congress to create a Vision Center of Excellence so our troops suffering from eye related injuries can get the care they need. The project has been slow getting off of the ground. Today I was invited to participate in the VA Oversight Hearing on the Vision Center of Excellence and [...

I support the Parental Rights Amendment

Posted on March 16, 2009
I have received several letters in the last few days about the Parental Rights Amendment. In the 110th Congress Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) introduced H. J. Res. 97 which sought to amend the U.S. Constitution to establish the ability of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children as a fundamental right...

Taxing Mileage Not Good Policy

Posted on February 20, 2009
Several calls have been taken by my staff after reading this story:AP Interview: Transportation secretary says taxing how much we drive may replace gasoline tax  I strongly oppose any legislation that requires drivers pay a per mile user fee. This is very unfair to people in the Third District...

Boozman Happy to go Without Pay Raise

Posted on January 27, 2009
Since being elected to Congress in 2001, Congressman Boozman has voted against the Congressional pay raise every year. House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer said today it is likely Members will receive the automatic pay raise next year. Roll Call has more on the story...

Boozman shows support for Israel

Posted on January 12, 2009
U.S. Representative John Boozman (R-AR) Friday reaffirmed support for Israel, voting for H. Res. 34, Recognizing Israel?s right to defend itself against attacks from Gaza, reaffirming the United States? strong support for Israel and supporting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process...

Boozman opposes Congressional pay raise

Posted on December 19, 2008
Since being elected to Congress in 2001, I have voted against the Congressional  pay  raise every year.  I have always thought that granting an automatic  pay  raise is not the proper manner in which Congress should address the issue of Members’ salaries, especially now when our country is facing an economic crisis...

Boozman Salutes Veterans

Posted on November 12, 2008
Since 1938, Americans have paused each November to recognize our nation?s most selfless and brave individuals, our Veterans.  Armistice Day was initially enacted to recognize the end of World War I on November 11, 1918, and to honor Americans who served in the first Great War...

Boozman Honored for Protecting Taxpayers

Posted on October 29, 2008
U.S. Representative John Boozman (R-AR) today was recognized as a Tax Fighter for his votes on tax and spending issues in the 110th Congress. The National Tax Limitation Committee (NTLC) honored Boozman with its Tax Fighter Award. ?We should not be forcing hardworking taxpayers to pay more of their money to the government,? Boozman said...

Boozman: Oversight Needed for any Bailout Plan

Posted on September 22, 2008
Congressman Boozman?s office has received hundreds of calls and emails from constituents concerned with the Administration?s proposed $700 billion bailout plan. While no legislation has been formally introduced in the House of Representatives the Congressman agrees Washington needs to restore confidence in the financial sector, which includes overseeing the practices of lending institutions...

Boozman announces funding to improve water supplies

Posted on September 15, 2008
Congressman Boozman announces more than $2 million for water supply improvements for Pea Ridge and Elkins. The funds were appropriated through the recently passed 2008 Farm Bill. Pea Ridge will receive a loan for $1,044,000 and the Mt. Olive Water Association in Elkins will receive a $1,159,000 loan to impove the water supply of the community...

Boozman Honors Fayetteville?s First Christian Church on House Floor

Posted on September 12, 2008
Members of First Christian Church will celebrate the church’s 160th Anniversary on Sunday with a service, photo and groundbreaking. On the eve of this historic event, Congressman Boozman honored the service and the commitment of the church in the following statement given on the floor of the U...

Boozman Original Cosponsor of Veterans Physical Therapy Services Improvement Act

Posted on August 06, 2008
Congressman Boozman signed on as an original cosponsor of H.R. 6792 “Veterans Physical Therapy Services Improvement Act of 2008.” The bill will improve the recruitment and retention of physical therapists in the Veterans Health Administration...

Boozman visits with Arkansas troops on weekend trip to Iraq

Posted on August 04, 2008
On a conference call from a U.S. military base in Italy, Congressman Boozman told reporters that he saw progress on his weekend visit to Iraq. Boozman met with members of Arkansas’ 39th Infantry Brigade. He said the soldiers indicated they were getting the proper equipment to carry out their missions...

Boozman Comments on Center for Immigration Studies Report

Posted on July 31, 2008
A drop in the number of illegal immigrants is a reflection on our stricter laws and enforcement that is going on around the country, but we must do more to hold illegal immigrants and employers who hire them accountable for breaking our laws.   Despite the immigration raids across the country, it?s hard to believe that [...

Boozman Votes Against Adjournment

Posted on July 30, 2008
Arkansans and all Americans need Congress to pass a commonsense energy bill before members adjourn for the August recess. Unfortunately, the majority party offered a motion to adjourn two days before the scheduled adjournment date without allowing an up-or-down vote on the American Energy Act or any other pro-production energy legislation...

Boozman Fights for Second Amendment Rights

Posted on July 29, 2008
Congressman Boozman is a supporter of Second Amendment Rights. Today, he signed a discharge petition, a process to force a bill out of committee, to bring H.R. 1399 the ?District of Columbia Personal Protection Act? to the House Floor.   In late June, the U...

Boozman says leave politics out of the Olympics

Posted on July 23, 2008
As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Boozman heard testimony today about a topic that?s been in the news, China.   Chosen as host of the 2008 Summer Olympics, the country has been the focus of news reports on a variety of issues including human rights...

Congressman helps answer your questions

Posted on July 22, 2008
Congressman Boozman was in Ozark on Monday to meet with constituents to see how he can help with problems they have with the federal government.   About 30 people came to the Ozark Chamber of Commerce building during the Mobile Office event. The congressman and his staff helped answer questions about the new VA satellite campus, grant [...

Boozman Committed To Opening Up Additional Land for Domestic Energy Exploration

Posted on July 17, 2008
Congressman Boozman reaffirmed his commitment to help Arkansans suffering from the high cost of fuel, by voting against H.R. 6515.   The approach to expanding America?s energy supply needs to include opening up new land for exploration. H.R. 6515 doesn?t allow us to utilize areas like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), an area the U...

Boozman Votes to Override Medicare Veto

Posted on July 16, 2008
Congressman Boozman voted to give Arkansans on Medicare continued coverage, voting for H.R. 6331, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act. President Bush’s veto on the bill was overridden by the House of Representatives by a vote of 383 to 41 on Tuesday...

Energy Fact of the Day

Posted on July 10, 2008
Coal is America?s largest domestic energy resource ? enough to last 250 years at current rates of use. Source: Department of Energy 

Local Immigration Laws Survive Court Challenges

Posted on February 11, 2008
Interesting story in the New York Times on how lower courts have affirmed state and local immigration laws which have met opposition by illegal immigrant organizations. And, in an even more sweeping ruling in December, a judge in Oklahoma, James H. Payne, threw out a lawsuit against a state statute enacted last year requiring state contractors [...

Pelosi swings and misses, yet again

Posted on February 11, 2008
?There haven’t been gains, Wolf,? the speaker replied. ?The gains have not produced the desired effect, which is the reconciliation of Iraq. This is a failure. This is a failure. Those were the words from Speaker Nancy Pelosi while speaking to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Sunday...

Protect America Alert

Posted on February 07, 2008

The New Green Gourmet Direction

Posted on January 15, 2008
The limp corn-based straw and the recycled coffee cup: a legacy of the “New Direction” from Speaker Pelosi. Notice how you need two cups to not burn your hand, and how the straw doesn’t hold up to the heat. The response from the powers-that-be: ?We have had a few people observe that [straw] phenomenon and we had to [...

Detour to a ?new direction??

Posted on January 15, 2008
From The Washington Times:

Gold Mouse Award Winner

Posted on January 14, 2008
Rep. John Boozman was honored Monday with the 2007 Gold Mouse Award for having one of the top Internet sites in Congress. Click here for the press release. This is the second Gold Mouse Award for Rep. Boozman - the first coming in 2003. Congratulations to all the winners! 2007 Gold Mouse Award Winners House Members Rep...

A New Direction: Impotence

Posted on January 14, 2008
From the Washington Times comes an article which predicts an impotent 2nd session of the 110th Congress. Included in the dire analysis is the liberal Brookings Institution: “The stars are in configuration for this to be the least productive [legislative session] during an eighth year of a [presidential] administration,” said Stephen Hess of the Brookings Institution, [...

King o? Pork

Posted on January 14, 2008
An editorial from this morning’s New York Times on porcine spending of taxpayer money which results in deepening campaign coffers. The new earmark disclosure rules put into effect by Congress confirm the pre-eminence of Representative John Murtha at procuring eye-popping chunks of pork for contractors he helped put in business in Johnstown, Pa...

An Iraqi ?Fairy Tale?

Posted on January 14, 2008
From Bill Kristol in The New York Times on how a certain candidate for the presidency who had to suspend disbelief to believe General David Petraeus is claiming some success for the improving situation in Iraq: Yesterday, on ?Meet the Press,? Hillary Clinton claimed that the Iraqis are changing their ways in part because of [...

AMT Tax Patch

Posted on December 19, 2007
Passes. 23 million Americans saved from a tax they have never had to pay before. 352-64.

Honoring Coach Broyles

Posted on December 19, 2007
Rep. John Boozman joined with the Arkansas House delegation in honoring University of Arkansas Athletic Director Frank Broyles.

Rock Bottom

Posted on December 17, 2007
From the Washington Times: an editorial decrying the denigration of the political process. The chief concern: how Republicans “like” the war. It finishes strongly: “Notices also went out to all Army command facilities in the United States and abroad with civilian employees and contractors, and to U...

Want to soak the rich? Lower those rates.

Posted on December 17, 2007
Some interesting reading from this morning’s Wall Street Journal. Turns out the rich have been paying an even larger “fair share” than ever, and it is thanks to the Republican in the White House. Here is the full text: Taxes and Income The Wall Street Journal December 17, 2007; Page A20 Every Democrat running for President wants to raise taxes [...