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Speaker Boehner has kept the majority of his conference intact by refusing to acquiesce to either the Senate or the White House. The President on Thursday rejected the Speaker’s plan to raise the debt ceiling for six weeks to engage in broader budget negotiations. Read more »

After voting to open the WIC program and Head Start centers, remove barricades from National Parks and memorials, and ensure veterans are paid and their applications for benefits aren’t delayed, a bipartisan House majority today voted to immediately fund our national nuclear safety programs. Read more »

The House on Friday voted to go to conference with the Senate on a farm bill, advancing a long-stalled bill that had to be split in two pieces in order to pass the House this year. Read more »

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., joined by fellow Republicans, speaks to reporters following a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. Read more »

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Steel Bridge Team was invited to participate inAmerican Iron and Steel Institute's "Steel Day" event, held on October 4, 2013 in Washington, D.C. at AISI's downtown headquarters. Read more »

Border security programs should be up and running as part of our country’s Homeland Security system. While we wait for Senate Democrats to come to the table and negotiate a way to reopen our government and require basic fairness under Obamacare, Democrats and Republicans in the House are working together to get other parts of government functioning. Read more »

the leaders laid out the House proposal to temporarily extend the debt limit, formally appoint budget negotiators, and begin immediate discussions over how to re-open the government. No final decisions were made; however, it was a useful and productive conversation. Read more »

Watch the Video of WBTV’s interview and analysis of Meyer-Cuno’s difficulties. Read more »

"After today’s unanimous vote from the House of Representatives to ensure the immediate distribution of final expense payments and survivor benefits from the Department of Defense, the shameful delay of that certainty will be resolved. The men and women who bravely and selflessly volunteer to wear America’s uniform and then give their lives providing for her defense are guardians of our freedom, and we are forever in their debt." Read more »

Thursday I will be attending a meeting at the White House with members of the House Republican leadership team. It is my hope that the President intends to use this time to begin good-faith negotiations with House Republicans to fund our government while ensuring fair treatment for all Americans under Obamacare, and to find common ground on critical spending reforms. Read more »