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  • 04.10.2013
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    McKeon Statement on President Obama’s Budget
    WASHINGTON – Congressman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon made the following statement on the President's budget submission: “Today the President released a budget proposal that is disappointing and nothing more than a document that reaffirms the President’s belief in the status quo of big government, big sp... More
  • 03.21.2013
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    Congressman McKeon Votes for a Path to Prosperity and a Balanced Budget
    Washington, D.C.- Today, Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon voted in favor of the Path to Prosperity, the House Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2014. This budget plan stops spending money Washington doesn’t have, balances the budget in ten years and fosters a healthy fiscal environment that will res... More
  • 02.20.2013
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    Forced budget cuts a disaster for military
    Editor's note: Rep. Howard McKeon, a Republican from California, is chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma is the senior Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee. (CNN) -- During the third and final presidential debate last October, President Obama ma... More
  • 02.13.2013
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    SOTU By The Numbers
    Last night during the State of the Union, the President claimed to have cut the deficit by $2.5 trillion since taking office. What’s NOT included in the President’s math? Stimulus = $831 billion Payroll Tax Holiday 1 = $111 billion Payroll Tax Holiday 2 = $89 billion Multiple unemployment insurance ... More
  • 02.12.2013
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    McKeon Statement on President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union Address
    Washington, D.C. - Congressman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement regarding President Obama’s State of the Union address: “I appreciate that President Obama will use part of this year’s State of the Union to pay trib... More
  • 02.06.2013
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    McKeon and HASC Republicans Propose “Down Payment” to Protect National Security
    WASHINGTON – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon was joined at a press conference today by HASC Vice Chairman Mac Thornberry, Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee Chairman Michael Turner, and Senators Inhofe, Ayotte, McCain, and Graham, were they unveiled the Down Pa... More
  • 01.23.2013
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    Congressman McKeon Votes for “No Budget No Pay”
    Washington, D.C.- Today, Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon voted for H.R. 325, the “No Budget No Pay” Act of 2013. H.R. 325 passed by a vote of 285-144. This legislation temporarily raises the debt limit through May 18, 2013. In addition, the bill directs the Members of both the House and Senate to p... More
  • 01.01.2013
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    Congressman McKeon’s Statement on the Fiscal Cliff Compromise
    WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on the fiscal cliff compromise bill: "I support this proposal with important reservations. Our troops have shouldered an unfairly large share of budget cuts to date, in addit... More
  • 12.12.2012
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    Our Economy & National Security Are At Risk
    Click to play video On Monday, I appeared on Bloomberg TV 's "Street Smart," to discuss how further defense cuts would not only affect our national security, but also have a negative impact on our economy. As the December 31st fiscal cliff deadline looms, we are facing the threat of devastating def... More
  • 08.02.2012
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    Congressman McKeon Votes to Stop Job-Killing Tax Hike and to Create Jobs Through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code
    Washington, D.C.- This week, Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon voted in favor of the Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act, legislation that would stop the tax hike on all Americans looming at the end of the year, and put in place an expedited procedure to ensure Congress reforms the tax code t... More