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Representative Scott DesJarlais Announces Winning YouCut Bill
Press Release |Representative Scott DesJarlais (TN-04) announced that “Stop Rewarding States for Recruiting Additional Food Stamp Recipients” was the winner of last week’s YouCut program. The congressman is now in the process of drafting legislation that will prevent the federal government from issuing bonuses to states for signing up additional food stamp recipients.
Rep. DesJarlais Praises House Passage of REINS Act to Address Excessive Regulations that Hurt Job Creators
Press Release |Representative Scott DesJarlais (TN-04) released the following statement after the House passed the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act (H.R. 10), a bill that reins in out of control federal regulations by requiring congressional approval for any federal regulation with an economic impact of $100 million or more.
DesJarlais Statement on 70th Anniversary of Attack on Pearl Harbor
Press Release |Representative Scott DesJarlais (TN-04) issued the following statement on the 70th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor:
Our nation places special importance and reverence on certain dates: July 4th, September 11th and today, December 7th.
Senior volunteers recognized
In The News |Recently, the Cumberland County Senior Volunteer of the Year Awards was held recognizing some of the county's most caring and dedicated senior volunteers. Their faithfulness and unselfish acts cannot go unnoticed by those life's they touch every day. It was a very difficult decision to narrow it down to just one, from so many worthy, wonderful, caring people.
DesJarlais to participate in YouCut program this week
In The News |Rep. Scott DesJarlais will be the next congressman to take the helm of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's YouCut program, an online effort that uses crowd sourcing to influence which government programs Congress should slash.
Representative Scott DesJarlais Tapped to Lead this Week's House Republican YouCut Program
Press Release |This week (November 30th- December 7th), Representative Scott DesJarlais (TN-04) has been selected to lead House Republican’s YouCut program. YouCut is an effort launched by Majority Leader Eric Cantor and House Republicans over a year ago as a way for the American people to play a direct role in cutting wasteful government spending.
Tennessee lawmakers respond to failure of debt supercommittee
In The News |After news spread that the bipartisan, 12-member supercommittee had failed to reach an agreement on how to cut $1.2 trillion from federal spending, Tennessee lawmakers responded. Rep.
Corker Calls Failure Of Deficit Reduction Committee A "National Disgrace"
In The News |Rep. Scott DesJarlais (TN-04) said, "The people sent me to Washington to make difficult spending decisions. The creation of this committee effectively took this ability away. Spending cuts need to be debated in the light of the House floor" not by a select group of individuals behind closed doors.
A Missed Opportunity to End Our Spending Addiction
Blog |In 1982, President Ronald Reagan stated, “Only a constitutional amendment will do the job. We’ve tried the carrot, and it failed. With the stick of a Balanced Budget Amendment, we can stop government squandering, overtaxing ways, and save our economy.”
TN lawmakers back balanced-budget amendment
In The News |Most of Tennessee's House delegation will vote for a constitutional balanced-budget amendment on Friday, saying the measure is key to reining in the country's $15 trillion debt. All of the state's House members except Democratic Rep.