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Restore urgency to health care debate
Oct 16, 2009
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By U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra ||
Health care in America could change dramatically in the coming months.
The TEA parties and level of grassroots opposition to H.R. 3200 in August might have stalled the progress on health care reform, but the current perceived level of complacency could soon lead...
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Lies, Earmarks And Corruption All In One Bill
Oct 15, 2009
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By PETER HOEKSTRA AND JOHN SHADEGG ||
We are nominating Sen. Baucus' health care reform bill for the Pulitzer Prize — for fiction.
Like works of great fiction writers such as Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Conrad and F. Scott Fitzgerald, the story line of the Baucus bill is not what it seems and is ...
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Time for Honest Answers on Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program
Oct 7, 2009
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Human Events
by Rep. Peter Hoekstra
Recent revelations about Iran’s nuclear weapons program are presenting our elected leaders and our intelligence agencies with a crisis of confidence -- a crisis they could have avoided if they had objectively looked at the evidence about Iran’s nuclear progr...
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U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra: Bus stops here for Middleville mom trying to help friends
Oct 2, 2009
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By The Grand Rapids Press
Guest Commentary by U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra
The state of Michigan determined in recent days that bureaucrats in Lansing are better-equipped to determine who should watch your kids at the bus stop than parents.
Unfortunately it is not a joke. The Michigan Departme...
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ICYMI -- Intelligence is a critical need
Sep 25, 2009
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Washington Times
By Rep. Peter Hoekstra and Rep. John Shadegg
Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's new report on Afghanistan discusses the complex environment in Afghanistan and highlights the difficult decisions that need to be taken to win. Missing from the growing debate over the McChrystal report ...
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How to Insure Every American
Sep 5, 2009
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BY JOHN SHADEGG AND PETE HOEKSTRA ||
When was the last time you asked your doctor how much it would cost for a necessary test or procedure? In all likelihood, you can't remember. That's because your employer-provided health plan or the government "paid for it." In fact, you paid. We all pay for h...
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HOEKSTRA: 'Ready! Fire! Aim!' no way to govern
Aug 13, 2009
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Political candidates are notorious for promising voters the moon to get elected. But once in office, we expect our elected officials to stop campaigning and start doing the business of the people, governing. This is especially true for the leader of the Free World, who is responsible for a $3.6 tril...
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GITMO North?
Aug 5, 2009
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by Rep. Peter Hoekstra
Michigan Democrats recently unveiled their new economic development plan for Michigan: turning the state into a penal colony for federal prisoners, the detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay and even part of California’s inmate population.
In a rush to fulfill an i...
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Cap-and-Trade's Costly Mandates May Put America's Family Farms in Final Jeopardy
Aug 5, 2009
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By Rep. Peter Hoekstra
The "cap-and-trade" national energy tax bill passed by the U.S. House and now making its way through the Senate would impose nearly impossible burdens on agriculture and likely deliver a final death blow to the family farm.
Many Americans rightly fear the devastating e...
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The C.I.A. and Congress
Jul 29, 2009
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To the Editor:
“House Looks Into Secrets Withheld From Congress” (news article, July 18) tries to draw false parallels between statements I have made about the Central Intelligence Agency briefings to Congress and recent statements by Congressional Democrats, especially House Speaker Nancy Pelos...
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