Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) issued the following statement after voting in favor of the American Research and Competitiveness Act (H.R.4438), which passed the House with a strong bipartisan vote of 274-131 and which would simplify the research and development tax credit and make it permanent. Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) issued the following statement after voting in favor of a resolution, which passed the House by a vote of 232 to 186, that creates a select committee to investigate the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi: Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) issued the following statement after voting to hold the IRS and its employees accountable. Specifically, Rep. Gosar voted both to hold Lois Lerner, the former supervisor of the IRS division that targeted conservative groups, in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a Congressional subpoena and to demand that Attorney General Eric Holder appoint a Special Counsel to investigate and prosecute the IRS's targeting of conservative groups. Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) issued the following statement after joining 230 of his colleagues in sending a letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and John M. McHugh, Secretary of the Department of the Army, urging them to withdraw a scientifically and economically flawed rule that would expand the federal government's role under the Clean Water Act. Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after House leadership announced there will be a vote to establish a select committee on the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi. Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after questioning witnesses at a hearing held by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The hearing focused on the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi. Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after successfully passing an amendment, which will save $3.1 million by preventing a budget increase for the United States Botanic Garden, by a bipartisan vote of 219-198 and attaching it to the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015 (H.R.4487), which subsequently passed the full House by a vote of 402-14. H.R.4487 also contains Rep. Gosar's legislative language that prohibits wasteful spending on life-size photographs printed on scrims that conceal scaffolding on public buildings. Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) issued the following statement after successfully passing four amendments on the House floor and attaching them to the House Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which then passed the full House by a vote of 416-1. These amendments seek to increase accountability within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and improve veterans' health care. Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) questioned Mike Rowe, former host of Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs, about the importance of a skilled workforce at a House Natural Resources hearing entitled "American Energy Jobs: Opportunities for Skilled Trades Workers." Read more »
Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) condemned the White House upon disclosure of certain emails that now conclusively establish that it was the President and his advisors who created a story about Benghazi in order to hide the truth from the American public that the attack on the Embassy was a terrorist attack unrelated to any video. Read more »