Statement on Resignation of Speaker Boehner
(Editor’s note: California’s Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, the Congressional Majority Leader, is considered a leading candidate to become the next Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives. If he becomes speaker he will be the second Speaker of the House from California in the last decade following Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco who served […]
NLRB’s Latest Attack on American Jobs
Small businesses are at the heart of the American economy. The spirit and vision of an aspiring entrepreneur or small businessperson is what this country was built on. Every day, people take great risk in starting something of their own. The endeavor can turn out to be a success or it can fail. At either […]
Water Bill Promotes a Prosperous Future
(Editor’s note: Below are the comments made by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on the House floor yesterday in support of H.R. 2898, the Western Water and American Food Security Act.) I thank the gentlelady for yielding, and I thank my colleague on the other side, Mr. Costa (CA-16), for his work on this in […]
Congress: Yes on Transportation, No on High Speed Rail
The House passed H.R. 2577, the Transportation, Housing, & Urban Development funding bill. America is a big country that relies on efficient and flexible transportation options to exchange goods, visit family, or simply head out to work. For many, it can take a lot to get from point A to point B, so our country […]
House Legislation Helps Small Business Thrive
This week marks National Small Business Week. Here in the House, we salute small business owners and entrepreneurs for their contributions to our nation’s economy and communities. According to the U.S. Labor Department, small businesses create two out of every three net new jobs. That’s why it’s essential we provide our small businesses with the certainty they need to […]
Bipartisan Effort Needed to Deal With Drought
The current drought in California is devastating. The order from the governor should not only alarm Californians, but the entire nation should take notice that the most productive agriculture state in the country has entered uncharted territory. We have experienced extreme drought conditions in years past but thanks to the most sophisticated water system in the […]
Let the People See What the EPA is Trying to Hide
In the Central Valley, exhaust and pollution from big cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles gets blown in and trapped because of our topography. As a result, our air is notoriously worse than other parts of the country. Of course, we want to do whatever we humanly can to clean the air up, and […]
Business Regulatory Reform Starts Here
(Editor’s Note: Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 527, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act. Below are remarks made by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California before the vote on the bill.) I recently read a headline about the President’s budget. You know what it said? ‘Budget Proposal is Obama’s Map Back […]
California Water Bill Would Reduce Unemployment in Central Valley
(Editor’s note: A bill to temporarily deal with the California’s water crisis during the drought, particularly in the Central Valley, has run into a roadblock as Senator Dianne Feinstein who worked on fashioning the bill has pulled her support. A Sacramento Bee article reporting on the controversy over the bill is here. A Wall Street […]
A Power Grab that Exacerbates the Problem
The President doesn’t seem to get the point that he must work with the government he has, not the government he wants. But despite Congress and the American people’s resistance to President Obama’s unilateral action—action the President himself said would ‘violate our laws’ and be ‘very difficult to defend legally’—the President has decided to go […]