Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

Alexis de Tocqueville famously wrote of America that “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.” Last week, it was reported by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service that welfare spending in the United States has jumped 32% in the past four years. Read more »

October 1, 2012 Contact: Apryl Marie Fogel AprylMarie.Fogel@mail.house.gov By Congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S., (R-AZ) Justice has not yet been served Two weeks ago Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz released his report detailing many of the failures within the department and its operations related to Operation Fast and Furious. Immediately after, this… Read more »

  October 14, 2012 Contact: Apryl Marie Fogel AprylMarie.Fogel@mail.house.gov By Congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S., (R-AZ)                                Getting to the bottom of what happened in Benghazi On the eleventh anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on our nation, the… Read more »

I believe firmly that the U.S. Constitution is the greatest governing document in history. Yet it has always been known, that if it were just words on a page, it would amount to little. At the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, one of our greatest founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, was asked what kind of Government the Constitution gave us, “a Republic or a Monarchy?” “A Republic,” Franklin replied, “If you can keep it.” Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                                        July 4, 2012 CONTACT:                          … Read more »

June 22, 2012 CONTACT: Apryl Marie Fogel, aprylmarie.fogel@mail.house.gov Blog by: Congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S (AZ-01) Words: 540 Next time you happen to walk past the White House, remember that the best way to enter is not through the front gate, but through the back door. Our president views immigration policy the same way. President Obama last week ushered in a new era… Read more »

In April of this year, I kicked off a district wide “Jobs and Energy” tour. I visited local small businesses and talked to people about how the economy was affecting their daily lives, and what I have been doing in Washington to help. Read more »

As we approach Father’s Day this year, I have been touched by many stories of people who reside in my district and throughout Arizona whose fathers are currently overseas serving our nation. Jedediah Noble is one such father from Ganado, AZ on the Navajo Nation whose story has touched my heart. Read more »

When the federal government oversteps its constitutional boundaries and bureaucratic agencies impose arbitrary regulations, people in Arizona and across the country pay the price through lost job opportunities and higher energy and water prices. Read more »

In response to last week’s vote on The Prenatal Non-Discrimination Act and video from Arizona released today by HotAir Congressman Paul Gosar penned the following blog Read more »