I have been asked why I came back to DC. Well, the answer is that our families, neighbors, and businesses are struggling. Over the last month, the cost of gasoline has decreased slightly but if we don’t take action now, energy prices are going to skyrocket higher than we can imagine. This is only going to get worse in the coming winter months, especially for us in the Northeast, where home heating costs are also expected to soar. I am here in DC today because the Democrats inaction is unacceptable and unforgivable.

To read the text from the press conference click here 

To read the speech I gave on the House floor click here

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Added: September 3, 2008

The information in the Times article was based on a statement issued Monday night by Lynette Clark, the party’s chairwoman, who said that Ms. Palin joined the party in 1994 and in 1996 changed her registration to Republican.

On Tuesday night, Ms. Clark said that her initial statement was incorrect and had been based on erroneous information provided by another member of the party whom she declined to identify.

Elisabeth Bumiller, the lead author of the Times report, said she is "completely confident about the story." As for the campaign's criticism, she said: "This is what they do. It's part of their operation."

[Obama senior adviser Robert Gibbs] also attacked the Alaska governor for her one-time support for the so-called "bridge to nowhere," for employing a lobbying firm to get earmarks for the town of Wasilla, Alaska, and for receiving a vice presidential endorsement from indicted Republican Sen. Ted Stevens.

"But she has angered two of Alaska's leading Republicans -- Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young -- by refusing to support their decades-long practice of securing federal money for the state, including Young's effort to obtain $233 million for a structure dubbed the 'Bridge to Nowhere' by critics because it would have connected a small town with an island populated with 50 people."

And who could ever forget Dale Leo Bishop. Bishop bludgeoned his friend to death with a claw hammer, and, moments before he was executed for the crime, endorsed Senator Obama for President. Don't throw stones if your candidate has been endorsed by a claw hammer murderer, Mr. Gibbs.

Update: McCain Report readers would have us note the Phil Spector endorsement as well.]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:00:00 CDT Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:00:00 CDT

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]]> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:23:05 CDT House Republicans will be meeting everyday this week on the House Floor to continue our discussion of real energy solutions and to protest Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to recess the House for the month of August without consideration of the American Energy Act.  The act would free up more energy resources by implementing an “all of the above” energy strategy which emphasizes conservation, alternatives, and more production of American energy, and is supported by a majority of House members.  Democratic leaders are blocking consideration of the American Energy Act and have even shut down the annual appropriations process to avoid floor votes. For the remainder of this week, live updates of the House floor protest can be found on the House Republican Policy Committee’s blog.

(Aug. 29 - Lutz) U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis (FL-09) held a town hall meeting at a local gas station to discuss energy policy with constituents. Video Courtesy of Fox 13-WTVT Tampa, FL: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7320383&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

Author: RepGusBilirakis
Keywords: Gus Bilirakis Gas Prices Energy Policy Tampa Florida
Added: September 2, 2008

With the knowledge that there are many families with love to share and many children who need it, a Hillsdale couple is spreading roots in Hillsdale, creating a diverse family of nine.

The institute will honor the Hambletons, along with more than 180 Angels, at an awards ceremony and gala event Sept. 16 in Washington, DC.

John McCain 2008

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Keywords: john mccain service reform prosperity peace freedom
Added: September 2, 2008

The AP quotes Steve Schmidt saying the campaign was prepared to send a "jump team" to the home state of whoever was selected for the second spot. But Bumiller has her own version: "A Republican with ties to the campaign said the team assigned to vet Ms. Palin in Alaska had not arrived there until Thursday, a day before Mr. McCain stunned the political world with his vice-presidential choice." A Republican with ties to the campaign? How about a Republican on the campaign? It's not as though the leadership of this campaign was unwilling or unable to talk to the New York Times, in fact, they were already on the record answering these questions.

And Bumiller writes that Governor Palin "was a member for two years in the 1990s of the Alaska Independence Party." Not true, and unsourced. Governor Palin has been a registered Republican since 1982.

Ms. Bumiller, if you'd like to try reporting instead of writing fiction, here's a link to our press line. ]]> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:00:00 CDT Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:00:00 CDT running an item yesterday alleging that Governor Palin was once a member of the Alaska Independence Party, Jake Tapper doesn't even bother to write a new item today to report that she is, in fact, a lifelong Republican. Instead, he simply updates the old post, and notes that this campaign has provided "some voter registration documentation."

We have provided ALL voter registration documentation, and the facts are clear. If the Alaska Independence Party at some point taught Governor Palin their secret handshake, there is no record of it. Otherwise, the only relevant criterion for membership in a party is registration--and Palin has never been a member of the AIP.

The Governor did appear at the AIP convention in 2000, when the convention was held in Wasilla. This would seem to be the only decent thing to do, given her responsibilities as Mayor of Wasilla, but apparently Tapper believes the press is owed further explanation.

Finally, Tapper notes that a spokesman for this campaign "would not comment as to why AIP officials are so convinced Palin was a member of their party." Apparently Tapper would not comment on how he managed to print a story that had absolutely no basis in fact.

See the Governor's voter registration document here.


]]> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:00:00 CDT Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:00:00 CDT Boise - Four Idaho businesses have been rewarded for renewable energy planning and will split federal grant dollars totaling nearly $300,000, according to Idaho Senator Mike Crapo. The funding comes through USDA Rural Development’s Section 9006 Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program.

“Idaho businesses have always been innovative, and these energy upgrades will save money and power and expand the use of renewable energy in Idaho,” noted Crapo, a member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry and Credit. “The grant monies will be used to encourage conservation in some businesses, while others are moving toward renewable and alternative sources like solar to provide the energy needed to operate.”

The Section 9006 Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program will spend close to $300,000 in Idaho to help Idahoans accomplish the following upgrades in Coeur d’Alene, Moscow, Mountain Home and Twin Falls:

Coeur d’Alene Runge Furniture Company $6,237 for energy-efficient lighting

Moscow Camas Winery $23,192 for solar energy installation

Mountain Home Towne Center Motel $8,277 for solar hot water system

Twin Falls Gordon Paving Company $250,000 for upgrades to hot plant

“There’s no reason not to respect her and I believe she’s qualified to be the vice president.”

Let me say about Israel here. My position on Israel is frankly awful. It is like Mika [Brzezinski]'s father's, it's a lot closer to Barack Obama's than it is John McCain. I think Barack is right, we ought to talk to the Iranians, he's right to oppose the war and, frankly, he's right to say the Palestinian people have got a terrible deal over there and their suffering ought to be recognized. That's Obama's position. It's my position. I don't think it is a Nazi position.