The little known facts about the IRS Mess Did you know that the IRS is in charge of implementing 21 new taxes (including the Individual Mandate) and hundreds of other new regulations in ObamaCare? Did you know that the IRS is hiring thousands of new IRS agents just to enforce all those [...]

      The IRS has admitted to targeting Americans who opposed the President’s big government agenda.  This same IRS is the agency tasked with enforcing the many mandates, taxes, and regulations in ObamaCare. What a chilling thought for most Americans. This is yet another reason why we must repeal Obama’s disastrous law. This Thursday [...]

    Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.   In three days, most people in The United States of America will have this message.   This is one idea that really should [...]

Why Marriage Matters! 3/25/2013 We’re less than 24 hours from the start of oral arguments at the Supreme Court on two critical challenges to state and federal laws that define marriage as the union between one man and one woman. This past weekend, Grassfire launched an emergency petition to give you the opportunity to reaffirm [...]

  You and I know that Congress and the President have a major spending problem, and the Sequester cuts that take effect on March 1st could be the first step to changing that — $85 billion in real cuts that will finally begin some belt tightening in Washington, D.C.  But Democrats, and even some Republicans [...]

    We’re giving you a sneak peek of AFP’s Congressional Scorecard! This key vote scorecard for the 112th Congress analyzes every single member to let you know how focused your legislators are on promoting economic freedom. AFP will release its scorecard to Congressional members and the public tomorrow.   See The Grade Your Representative [...]

    ABOUT GREG ISSUES CONTACT NEWS LEGISLATION   Every once in a while, we are privileged to know a true patriot and leader who exemplifies service to his or her country and community. Ken Jernstedt, who passed away this month at age 95, was one of those men—a brave fighter pilot during World War [...]

    Dear Friend, In all my town hall meetings, I hear from fellow Oregonians that they want local jobs and strong economy, that they are worried about health care costs climbing every day, and that they are concerned about the government growing bigger and bigger and spending more and more. While the President spoke [...]

    ABOUT GREG ISSUES CONTACT NEWS LEGISLATION Dear Friend,  I started this year with a 571-mile, five-day swing with eight town hall meetings in eight counties in the Gorge and northeastern Oregon. Then after the inaugural week in Washington, D.C. I’m back on a nine-days-in-a-row trip through other parts of our district. I enjoy working [...]

  Greg Walden: If Congress doesn’t do its work, it shouldn’t be paid  U.S. House passes “No Budget, No Pay” plan with Walden’s support    WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) today issued the following statement upon House passage of the “No Budget, No Pay” plan: “In our part of Oregon, families sit [...]

But by what rules shall you choose your representatives? … The principal difficulty lies, and the greatest care should be employed, in constituting this Representative Assembly. It should be in miniature an exact portrait of the people at large. It should think, feel, reason, and act like them. John Adams, Thoughts on Government

  There they go again. Recently Congress passed a bill to avert the so-called fiscal cliff.  But instead of focusing on the real driver of our fiscal imbalance, runaway government spending, Congress passed a bill that’s all taxes and no serious spending reductions.  The bill was filled with terrible economic policy from top to bottom.  [...]

Before Raising Rates, Obama Aides Should Pay Their Taxes by Katie Pavlich: http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/12/03/before_raising_rates_washington_aides_should_pay_their_taxes It seems that the Liberals are very charitable with other people’s money; however when they have to reach into their own pockets, higher taxes do not seem like such a good idea.  Case in point: Joe Biden goes on and on about [...]

From the Wall Street Journal… …President Obama and John Boehner are playing by the dysfunctional Beltway rules. The rules work if you like bigger government, but Republicans need a new strategy, which starts by exposing the rigged game of “baseline budgeting.” …numbers have no real meaning because they are conjured in the wilderness of mirrors that is the federal budget [...]

Sen. Jim DeMint Speaker Boehner’s $800 billion tax hike will destroy American jobs and allow politicians in Washington to spend even more, while not reducing our $16 trillion debt by a single penny. If neither party leadership is going to put forward a serious plan to balance the budget and pay down the debt, we [...]

I’d like to take a moment to thank the voters of Oregon’s Second Congressional District for their support in electing me to represent them in the U.S. House of Representatives.  I am humbled by your confidence in me and grateful for your trust.  Now is the time to put the campaigns behind us and come [...]

Come join the fun and be encouraged! We have calling lists available of those whose ballots have not been received as of 10/29 It’s critical that we call EVERYONE who hasn’t voted yet. Last night 8 of us were able to call 80% of Precinct 1! It REALLY was fun making these calls. Tonight we’ll [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen: The voter ballots have arrived!  Please vote soon. I have attached for your consideration the slate of Republican candidates recommended by the Union County Republican Central Committee. In addition, here is the link to the ORP web site where the Oregon GOP makes recommendations on the ballot measures: http://www.oregonrepublicanparty.org/node/3512 I hope this [...]

  ABOUT GREG ISSUES CONTACT NEWS LEGISLATION Dear Friend, Tens of thousands of Oregonians who have worn, or are wearing, our nation’s uniform may be at risk of seeing their health care benefits cut and their access to care reduced.  That includes about 2,500 retirees in southern Oregon. Reliable sources have told me that early [...]