Georgia’s Democratic Congressmen Fail to Represent the People of Georgia
Tweet Atlanta—Georgia Republican Party Chairman Sue Everhart released the following statement in response to the United States House of Representative’s vote to pass health care reform legislation: “Today, the United States House of Representatives ignored the concerns of millions of Americans by voting to pass health care reform legislation, which increases health care premiums, creates [...]
Read More →Isakson: House Vote ‘Ignores the Will of Most Georgians and Most Americans’
Tweet WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today denounced the passage of the Democrats’ terribly flawed health care bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, because he believes it will raise taxes, raise premiums, cut benefits for seniors and place a massive unfunded mandate on the states. “Today’s action by the House ignores the [...]
Read More →Chambliss Statement on Health Care Vote by U.S.
Tweet WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., issued the following statement regarding the passage of the Senate health care bill by the U.S. House of Representatives. “The American people have spoken out against this health care bill and it’s unfortunate that the president and Democrats have chosen to ignore their concerns and force passage,” [...]
Read More →Eliminating medical malpractice premiums
Tweet If you are a physician shelling out tens of thousands of dollars annually for malpractice insurance, you should be screaming at your Congressman and senators right now. Why? Because floating around the House of Representatives last fall was a proposal that would have eliminated all of your premiums — you would have paid $0 [...]
Read More →Tanning Bed Tax? Taxing behavior they don’t like
Tweet The purpose of government is to handle a few things and leave me the heck alone. Arrest the bad guys, fight fires, enforce contracts, and I’m good. It’s been said before that it’ll happen. I never had a doubt, but I was a little shocked that it happened so quickly … and in the actual [...]
Read More →Government already taking over medicine
Tweet Don’t wear a pink ribbon during breast cancer awareness month next October, Congressman Bishop. You didn’t just vote for a government takeover of medicine, you celebrated it with parties at your district offices. Less than one week later, we see what life will be like under your plan. An Obama administration task force just [...]
Read More →Editorial: Sanford Bishop unveils hypocrisy
Tweet According to a report on WALB, U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop shows just how much of a hypocrite he really is. He is quoted as saying, “I had to ask myself, ‘What would Jesus do?’” This is a man who votes for a hate crime bill that hurts pastors in what they can say, a [...]
Read More →Why Protest Reform That Would Benefit Us: A Letter To Congressman Bishop
Tweet In a recent article about the protest at Congressman Sanford Bishop’s office against healthcare reform, Congressman Bishop said, “We have the First Amendment in this country, but I find it curious that people choose to protest healthcare reform that would benefit them.” Congressman, you find it curious because at your town hall meeting in [...]
Read More →Outlook: Sanford Bishop out of touch with his constituents
Tweet Congressman Sanford Bishop (D-2-Ga) held his final town hall meeting on healthcare reform Thursday at Albany State University. I attended the meeting to hear what our congressman had to say about the bills. Congressman Bishop said that he had not made up his mind yet about the various bills floating around Washington because they [...]
Read More →Albany Outlook: Health Care Meeting: Democracy in Action
Tweet I went to a town hall meeting last Thursday — and democracy broke out. I fully expected to see members of the lunatic fringe attempting to shout down our congressman or monopolize the microphones. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised to note that our local law enforcement was out in force and, while being studiously [...]
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