Sen. Talent authored an Op-Ed in the Springfield News Leader today discussing the negative impacts of the rushing the health care bill through Congress as part of budget reconciliation. You can read the full article here.
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Jim Talent Op-Ed in Springfield News Leader
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010SOWING THE WIND: THE DECAY OF AMERICAN POWER AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Friday, March 5th, 2010Sen. Talent wrote this piece for Regents Journal of Law and Public Policy on America’s position in the world as a military leader.
SOWING THE WIND: THE DECAY OF AMERICAN POWER AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Jim Talent* and Heath Hall**
INTRODUCTION
In his first Annual Message to Congress, President George Washington emphasized the importance of preparing our military: “Among the [...]
Small business owner makes a case for AHP’s
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Today we will get our first glimpse of the President’s latest health care proposal. President Obama would be wise to talk with the small business owner from Philadelphia who wrote the following Op-Ed: Health care, jobs are linked. He effectively builds the case for a health care proposal that Sen. Talent championed in the House [...]
Pictures from 33 Minutes Screening
Monday, March 1st, 2010We had a wonderful crowd at the 33 Minutes screening on Saturday. Thanks to everyone who attended, especially those who didn’t get a seat.
More government regulations will NOT create jobs
Monday, March 1st, 2010There’s a great KC Star article on new regulations coming out of Washington.
When I chaired the Small Business Committee in the House, I did a number of hearings on regulations. I found two things. First, regulatory costs disproportionately hurt small business, because typically such businesses don’t maintain a large legal section to deal with them. [...]
Stimulus: Military modernization need not apply
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Congress and the Obama Administration missed the mark when they prioritized stimulus funds. Not only was it a failure, but none of it was or will be spent on the US defense industrial base. This is yet another example of the government failing to perform its core function – promoting national defense and security.
Read [...]
Happy Anniversary Stimulus…
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Today marks the one year anniversary of the$787 billion “stimulus” bill. The English language — as rich as it is — is not adequate to describe the stupidity of the whole exercise. But the American Spectator makes a noble try.
Using the Administration’s own numbers, the stimulus bill “funded” (not “created”) between 800,000 and 2 million [...]
Health Care Forum Footage – Remarks from Dr. Moffit
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Dr. Robert Moffit of the Heritage Foundation refutes claims made by President Obama regarding health care legislation.
Heath Care Forum Footage – Dr. Moffit on Portability
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Watch comments from Dr. Robert Moffit of the Heritage Foundation at a recent health care forum in St. Louis. He discusses the concept of health care portability.
Anniversary of the Stimulus
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010This week marks the anniversary of the $800 Billion stimulus bill. It was supposed to reduce unemployment to 8%. It didn’t work. This new stimulus won’t work either.
Economies grow when people use capital or labor in ways that produce more goods and services at lesser costs. Example: If Emerson Electric changes its production process to [...]
More questions about climate change data
Monday, February 15th, 2010We’re posting two articles today: one on scientific disagreements about global warming, and the second about the Obama Administration’s “green” defense policy.
The first article: World may not be warming, is typical of what you will read on the science of this issue. There is increasing doubt surfacing about the basic science underpinning the global warming [...]
Nothing to show for it…
Friday, February 5th, 2010The Heritage Foundation’s, Brian Riedl, explains the debt – how we got here and what the implications are – in the following article that ran in the Boston Herald.
The numbers speak for themselves.
Here’s another tragedy. Can anyone say what we got for the money? Was any agenda, liberal or conservative, actually advanced? For these trillions [...]
Sen. Jim Talent at Heritage Foundation
Friday, February 5th, 2010Watch Sen. Jim Talent’s remarks at Heritage Foundation with Rep. Buck McKeon.
Growing Debt is a Threat to National Security
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010I’ve said all along that defense and national defense are key to economic security. The two are so closely tied; if you don’t believe me, remember what happened to the economy after the tragic events of 9/11. The reverse is also true, if our budget deficit and national debt continue to balloon, it becomes a [...]
FY2011 Budget full of Inconsistencies
Monday, February 1st, 2010Today, President Obama sent his draft budget for Fiscal Year 2011 to Capitol Hill. Like his State of the Union Address, it is filled with inconsistencies. He says jobs are the top priority, while calling for cap and trade legislation that will have a negative impact on job creation. He proposes a 3-year freeze on [...]
Sen. Jim Talent on with 710 AM Chris Stigall
Friday, January 29th, 2010Sen. Talent and Chris Stigall discuss the 2010 State of the Union Address.
Dr. Robert Moffit at Physicians Forum
Friday, January 29th, 2010Watch Heritage Foundation’s, Dr. Moffit, discuss health care policy challenges at a physicians forum in St. Louis. He poses a good question, “Why can’t we have health insurance that is tied to the individual, not the job?”
Doctors give Obamacare Similar Diagnosis
Friday, January 29th, 2010The author of this article in the American Spectator makes the same points Dr. Willey raises in his “Un-Reform” series. He was dealing with his elderly mother, who fell ill shortly after the new year. His conclusion: “I do not believe that we need another way to pay for health care in this country, but [...]
WMD Commission Briefing on C-SPAN
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Watch Sen. Jim Talent on C-SPAN discussing the WMD Commission Report Card.
Sen. Talent on News Hour
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Sen. Jim Talent and Sen. Bob Graham discussed the WMD Commission Report Card on News Hour. The Commission gave the Administration and the Congress a failing grade in protecting against the threat of bioterror.
