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  • Congressional Prayer Caucus backs Frank Lay
    Sep 16, 2009  - U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller and a group of federal lawmakers have pledged their support for Pace High School Principal Frank Lay and the school's athletic director, Robert Freeman, as they face federal criminal contempt charges on Thursday. Miller, R-Chumuckla, along with U.S. Reps. J. Randy Forbes,... More
  • Viewpoint: J. Earle Bowden sidesteps on Jefferson, Pace prayer
    Aug 22, 2009  - After reading Mr. Bowden’s August 8 editorial, one would think that Thomas Jefferson was the final and only authority on all church and state issues during the founding years of our country.  We are left to believe that the First Amendment came out of the “Jeffersonian essence of reli... More
  • Wanted: Lean, Effective Gunships (by Rep. Jeff Miller)
    Aug 15, 2009  - Time and again our U.S. military leaders have extolled the virtues and importance of AC-130 gunships in supporting our operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. As Lieutenant General Donald Wurster, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, puts it, “Everybody wants a gunship overhead.” Th... More
  • EDITORIAL: Rhetoric, reform and Rep. Miller
    Aug 13, 2009  - Even though U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller is a reliable conservative, his visit Wednesday with the Daily News’ editorial board was notably lacking the far right’s fire-and-brimstone rhetoric. He opposes President Obama’s health care overhaul, to be sure, but hopes for a compromise. He supports Obama’... More
  • How ObamaCare Will Affect Your Doctor
    May 12, 2009  - At the heart of President Barack Obama's health-care plan is an insurance program funded by taxpayers, administered by Washington, and open to everyone. Modeled on Medicare, this "public option" will soon become the single dominant health plan, which is its political purpose. It will restructure the... More
  • International Examples: What Happens When Bureaucrats Make Health Decisions
    May 5, 2009  - Policy Brief House Republican Conference, May 5th, 2009   In light of comments by many Democrats—including President Obama—that a government-run health plan may end up controlling the ability to limit access to life-saving treatments, the Republican Conference has compiled anecdotes from other cou... More
  • Miller Urges DHS to Allow Border Officers to Wear Protective Face Masks
    Apr 30, 2009  - ABC News Questions Surface About Worker Protections at Border, Airports Lawmakers Send Letter to Obama; TSA Employees Say Masks Are Not Available By KATE BARRETT, RICK KLEIN and JACK DATE April 30, 2009— A group of 20 congressmen have sent a letter to the White House voicing concerns that ... More
  • REMEMBERING WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN FRANK L. SWANNER
    Apr 8, 2009  - Last week, more than 100 local World War II veterans boarded airplanes at the Northwest Florida Regional Airport in Okaloosa County, bound for Washington, D.C. to visit the World War II Memorial. Many of the veterans live in Santa Rosa County and for many of them their trip was paid for by Santa Ros... More
  • Health records system has a long way to go
    Mar 24, 2009  - http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/03/military_medicalrecords_032409w/ The electronic military health records system is so unreliable it may be reducing the number of patients seen by doctors and could be driving some health professionals to leave the services, according to key lawmakers. At a... More
  • Deficit Projected To Swell Beyond Earlier Estimates, CBO Expects Trillions More in Borrowing
    Mar 24, 2009  - President Obama's ambitious plans to cut middle-class taxes, overhaul health care and expand access to college would require massive borrowing over the next decade, leaving the nation mired far deeper in debt than the White House previously estimated, congressional budget analysts said yesterday. ... More