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Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. David Camp, R-Mich. walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, before the final vote on the payroll tax cut extension. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) — AP House Budget Committee...
President Barack Obama greets the crowd upon his arrival at Paine Field, in Everett, Wash. , Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Obama is outlining new steps to boost U.S. exports during a tour to a Boeing assembly plant in Everett, calling on Congress to continue...
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 15: House Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) makes brief remarks after a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol February 15, 2012 in Washington, DC. House Republican leaders announced that... View Photo »
FHA is a disaster in the making and if we don’t do something it may become the next Fannie and Freddie
Congress voted with rare speed and cooperation Friday to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and to renew unemployment benefits for millions more who haven’t seen a paycheck in six months. House Budget Committee Chairman...
House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. , left, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas walk to the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, for the final vote on the payroll tax cut extension. In a rush to recess, Congress on Friday...
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 15: Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (C) speaks to members of the news media with (L-R) Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling... View Photo »
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) are the co-chairs.....camp is just another of the useless people on this committee.
He was promoting foreign trade and manufacturing at the end of a three-day trip. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. , left, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas walk to the House floor on Capitol Hill in...
TAYLOR, Associated Press | House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. , left, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas walk to the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, for the final vote on the payroll tax cut extension.
Jeb Hensarling (born May 29, 1957) has been the Republican congressman representing Texas' 5th congressional district (map) in the United States House of Representatives since 2003. Full Article
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 15: Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (C) speaks to members of the news media with (L-R) Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) after a House Republican...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 01: U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) speaks to the media following a House Republican conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on February 1, 2012 in Washington, DC. Boehner spoke about the Democrats blocking a bill that would freeze Federal employee pay and...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. House Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (R) speaks as (L-R) Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) listen during a news conference...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (2nd R) leaves with (L-R) House Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX), and Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) at the end of a news conference February 3, 2012 on Capitol...
View Photo »Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, who co-chaired the failed Supercommittee, joins fellow House Republican leaders during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. With a vote planned for Friday on the second of two anti-regulation bills, House Republicans have...
View Photo »Super committee co-chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) talks to reporters as he arrives for a meeting with Republican committee members on Capitol Hill in Washington November 17, 2011. The special congressional committee is tasked with finding at least $1.2 trillion in budget savings over...
View Photo »Supercommittee Co-Chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, talks with former Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, prior to Domenici testifying before the panel.
View Photo »Supercommittee co-chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, speaks with committee members, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. , left, and Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, during a hearing of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction where...
View Photo »Supercommittee co-chair, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, begins a hearing of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, as it hears from Thomas Barthold, left, chief of staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, about revenue...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: Committee co-chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (L) speaks as co-chair Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) listens during a hearing before the Joint Deficit Reduction Committee, also known as the supercommittee, September 13, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. ...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Rep. Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) hold a news conference to discuss the impact of the bill September...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (R), co-chair of the Joint Deficit Reduction Committee, delivers his opening statement as (L-R) Rep. David Camp (R-MI), Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) listen during a meeting on...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (C), co-chair of the Joint Deficit Reduction Committee, delivers his opening statement during a meeting on September 13, 2011. The committee will hold its first public hearing on September 13, and has been asked to identify at...
View Photo »Co-Chairman Congressman Jeb Hensarling, R-TX, speaks as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction begins a full committee hearing on considering the rules and organizing the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 8, 2011.
View Photo »Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , right, co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, wrap up the first organizational meeting of the so-called "supercommittee" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. Made up of six...
View Photo »Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , right, co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, wrap up the first organizational meeting of the so-called "supercommittee" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. Made up of six...
View Photo »Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, joined by Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. , left, opens the first meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, often called the "supercommittee", on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. Made up of six Republican and six...
View Photo »Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, joined by Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. , left, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, right, arrive for the start of the opening meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, often called the "supercommittee", on Capitol Hill in Washington,...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: House Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) speaks during a news conference January 18, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. House Republicans held a news conference to respond to Obama Administration’s decision on rejecting the...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (2nd L) and House Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (L) arrive for a news conference January 18, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. House Republicans held a news conference to...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) (2nd L) speaks during a press briefing with (L-R) Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) at the U.S. Capitol January 18, 2012 in Washington, DC. Boehner and House...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) (R) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (L) listen to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) during a press briefingat the U.S. Capitol January 18, 2012 in Washington, DC. Boehner and House Republican leaders lashed out...
View Photo »Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, and Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind. , walk from House Speaker John Boehner's office at the Capitol as the scheduled vote on Boehner's debt plan bill is delayed in Washington, Thursday night, July 28, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 25: (L-R) GOP Conference Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA), U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) head to a Republican conference meeting in the basement of the U.S. Capitol July 25, 2011 in Washington, DC. Both Democrats and Republicans in...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: U.S. House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) (2nd R), House Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (R), and House Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (3rd R) wait for the beginning of a media availability December 20, 2011 on...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 15: Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (C) speaks to members of the news media with (L-R) Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) after a House Republican...
View Photo »FHA is a disaster in the making and if we don’t do something it may become the next Fannie and Freddie
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) are the co-chairs.....camp is just another of the useless people on this committee.
FHA is a disaster in the making. If we're not careful, it may become Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac the sequel
I also want to thank Co-Chairman Jeb Hensarling for his leadership in trying to find bipartisan solutions to stop the out-of-control spending in a town that has only balanced its budget five times in the past 50 years. Unfortunately, this exercise has further proven that the liberal appetite for bigger ...
FHA is a disaster in the making. If we're not careful, it may become Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac the sequel
I commend both of the panel’s leaders, Jeb Hensarling and Patty Murray, for the dignified and statesmanlike manner in which the committee carried out its difficult negotiations
jobs are job No. 1″ for House Republicans and he offered Reid some direct advice for his Christmas shopping list, echoing Boehner’s call for the Senate to take up the bank of House-passed jobs measures. Last week our fellow countrymen paused to give thanks. Unfortunately in the Obama economy millions co...
jobs are job No. 1″ for House Republicans and he offered Reid some direct advice for his Christmas shopping list, echoing Boehner’s call for the Senate to take up the bank of House-passed jobs measures. Last week our fellow countrymen paused to give thanks. Unfortunately in the Obama economy millions co...
Even if Republicans agreed to every tax increase desired by the president, our national debt would continue to grow uncontrollably
We could not bridge the gap between two dramatically competing visions of the role [of] government
I don't understand the economics that says that if we raise taxes on my employer, or my boss, somehow they're going to go out and hire my unemployed brother-in-law
We regrettably missed a historic opportunity to lift the burden of debt and help spur economic growth and job creation
After months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available to the public before the committee's deadline
Despite our inability to bridge the committee's significant differences, we end this process united in our belief that the nation's fiscal crisis must be addressed and that we cannot leave it for the next generation to solve
It's a huge missed opportunity. The nation is facing a debt crisis, it's facing a jobs crisis, and the two are interrelated. And we all know -- even the president will admit -- that the great drivers of our debt are Medicare, Medicaid, and health care, nothing else comes close, and he's right
It wasn’t so much of a failure as it was a failure to seize an opportunity
It's not assigning blame, but we are unaware of any Democrat offer that didn't include at least $1 trillion tax increase on the American economy
Unfortunately, what we haven’t seen in these talks from the other side is any Democrats willing to put a proposal on the table that actually solves the problems
Reality, to some extent, is starting to overtake hope.
Nobody wants to give up hope
We are unaware of any Democrat offer that didn't include at least $1 trillion tax increase on the American economy
Nobody wants to give up hope ... reality, to some extent, is starting to overtake hope.
As long as we have members who have an opportunity to continue to talk, we'll continue to talk
Of those that I worked with, I have greater respect for them than before this process started ... Although we butted heads and we are all bitterly disappointed, these were good folks who were working hard. Prior to this thing I could not pick Patty Murray in a lineup, but she was very professional and a...
This is a huge blown opportunity
