Rep. Jim Jordan Discusses the ‘Cut, Cap, and Balance Act’

Hat tip goes to the Americans for Limited Government (ALG) and Bill Wilson for this great interview with my Congressman from the 4th District in Ohio. Rep. Jim Jordan is one of the key players on the Cut, Cap and Balance Act of 2011. The bill successfully passed the House last night and is now on its way for a vote in the Senate.

Cut, Cap and Balance is the only substantive plan out there, with the exception of U.S. Senator Tom Coburn’s recent plan to trim $9 Trillion over the next 10 years. What the President, the Democrats, and Senator Mitch McConnell propose is a joke and what one member of Congress described last night as “Passing, Punting, and Kicking” the problem down the road like we have always done, instead of the serious Cut, Cap and Balance approach.

The President and the Democrats constantly mouthed the mantra of taking a balanced APPROACH. There is something off center about that idea. Their scale is heavily weighted toward more taxes and more spending. A preferred approach is a balanced AMENDMENT, though not perfect, would hold the Congressional and Executive branch spendthrifts’ feet to the fire. It would provide a semblance of ACCOUNTABILITY, which is seriously lacking in Wasting-a-ton, D.C.!

Cut, Cap, & BALANCE – Getting the Complete Picture

Hat tip goes to my Representative U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, (R-OH-4), and his conservative Republican Study Group (RSG) which produced the video embedded below. The video deals with how to handle the massive deficit, debt and Democrat desire to again raise an already dangerously high and going-through-the-roof debt ceiling.

As RSC Chairman Jim Jordan and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor wrote in their USA Today op-ed today:  

…Always a concern, the national debt has grown into a malignant cancer on our economy. Attacking this cancer at its root means cutting spending. If we do not, the U.S. will face a job-killing debt crisis within just a few years.

Promises, Promises - Near-term spending cuts are necessary to alter the course, but they will not be enough without long-term changes. Likewise, promises of cuts 10 years from now mean little without a way to enforce them. The only way to truly guarantee delivery from future politicians is if the Constitution demands it. That's why the House will vote next Wednesday on a balanced budget amendment that would require supermajorities in both chambers to run a deficit, raise the debt ceiling, raise taxes and spend more than 18% of GDP…

Jordan Elected Chairman of Republican Study Committee

Here is a press release from conservative Congressman Jim Jordan.

Jordan Will Lead Conservative Caucus for 112th Congress

Washington, Dec 8 - 
Today, members of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) elected Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) to serve as chairman of the caucus for a two-year term beginning in January. 

The RSC has been the voice of conservative Republicans in the U.S. House since 1973. With the sweeping results of the November election, the RSC is expected to have a record-high of more than 160 members in January.

“I thank my fellow members for the opportunity to lead and continue the strong RSC tradition. I believe strongly in the principles and values that unite our members and look forward to leading a group that will fight for conservative principles, develop policy and be a forum for common sense solutions and ideas.” 

“It is important that the new Congress remembers the message the American people sent on election day,” said Jordan. “People want Congress to stop the out-of-control spending, reverse the expansion of government into people’s personal lives, and put America back on a fiscally-responsible track.” 

Jordan said that he is particularly excited about the potential impact the dozens of new Republicans elected in November’s wave election will have. 

“These newly-elected Republicans are the cavalry, sent by the American people to Washington to change things,” said Jordan. “If we are going to tackle the budget and make the type of changes we need, it is critical that our new members stand strong on principle as we move into the majority."

Jordan currently serves as chairman of the RSC Budget and Spending Task Force and succeeds outgoing Chairman Tom Price (GA-06). Jordan was elected in November to his third term representing Ohio’s Fourth Congressional District. A native of Champaign County, Ohio, Jordan graduated from the University of Wisconsin, where he was a two-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion. He later became assistant wrestling coach at the Ohio State University, where he earned his masters degree. Jordan received his law degree from Capital University. 

A Summer of Revolt

America needed the Congressional summer recess even more than did her representatives and senators. Many wish this Congress would take the rest of this year off. This government (the Soetoro/Obama administration and the corrupt 111th Congress) has quickly done decades worth of damage already this year! The havoc and the destruction this government has wrought is swiftly leading this nation to its premature fall.

A number of events have occurred recently, which are illustrative of just what is happening in this country. Ours is a nation literally under siege by Marxists and socialists, who captured power and the White House last November. They seek to topple completely the America of our Forefathers.

The TEA Parties and the subsequent invigorated Town Hall gatherings have given the fed-up-with-the-feds majority a voice, an outlet to express their deep concerns, outrage, frustrations and disappointments. We are gravely disturbed by the actions of our government since that bloodless coup that began earlier this year when the new president and the new Congress went to work.

ENOUGH, that is the word, the cry, which encapsulates the mood and mind of most Americans. The senseless spending of money, which we don’t have on things we don’t need, by the extremist elite, is flatly immoral, despotic even demonic.

We will look at three specific events that occurred during the month of August, which reveal the temperature of this nation. First is the TEA Party held in Akron, Ohio. Second are two contrasting Town Hall Meetings held in the states of Washington and Ohio.

TEA PARTY MOVEMENT GATHERS STEAM

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Thousands (7,000+) of people attended the Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 first-ever Akron Area TEA Party held in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. This was one of the largest, if not the largest TEA Party to date in Ohio, rivaling the statewide Ohio TEA Party on Saturday, August 1, 2009. I was listening to a portion of the WHLO-AM radio broadcast of the event. Ohio State Route 8 was apparently backed up with cars in route to the patriotic gathering. The TEA Party movement along with the barrage of patriotic Americans attending their local Town Hall meetings is a very overdue and very healthy turnaround for this hitherto apathetic country. See details of the even here. One interesting item to note is that U.S. Congresswoman Betty Sutton (D-OH-13) refuses to meet with her constituents over the health care reform and other devious bills. She along with many other members of Congress are hiding this summer. The YouTube video is dedicated to Ms. Sutton.

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LEFT AT THE TOWN HALL – REP. BRIAN BROWN

Hat tip to the BluegrassPundit where I first saw this powerful video posted. This veteran Marine let his congressman (Brian Baird) have both barrels as he figuratively shot him down at a Town Hall Meeting earlier this month. The Marine speaks for me and I think for the majority of Americans.

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Here is the YouTube description of the above video, which is in itself, very enlightening.

I, David William Hedrick, a member of the silent majority, decided that I was not going to be silent anymore. So, I let U.S. Congressman Brian Baird have it. I was one questioner out of 38, that was called at random from an audience that started at 3,000 earlier in the evening. Not expecting to be called on, I quickly scratched what I wanted to say on a borrowed piece of paper and with a pen that I borrowed from someone else in the audience minutes before I spoke. So much for the planned talking points of the right wing conspiracy.

RIGHT AT THE TOWN HALL – REP. JIM JORDAN

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Many liberal and wayward Congressional members are hearing from their disgusted constituents this summer. By contrast my Representative, Congressman Jim Jordan (D-OH-4) was the featured presenter at a very hot (weather-wise) Town Hall in Lucas, Ohio last Wednesday evening.

I did not find out until the last minute that the Town Hall was being held. With the help of Mapquest I made my way to the even. How refreshing ti see a true Conservative Congressman who consistently does the right thing. The crowd was very appreciative of Rep. Jordan and his stand and vote against the bailouts, the stimulus bill and his promise to vote against the so-called health care reform or ObamaCare and against Cap and Trade. He is one Congressman who does not need to fear the people because he listens to We the People. He took many questions, which were primarily about the proposed health care reform.

Jordan emphasized that of the three main issues facing Congress right now: Defeating ObamaCare, defeating Cap and Trade and Stopping Runaway Spending, the defeat of ObamaCare by far is the greatest priority. Government cannot run the Post Office, the Veterans Administration Health Care System, the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, how can it assume total control of the entire American Healthcare System? It will only ruin, not run, the best healthcare system in the world. For additional details of the event click here.

Ohio Tea Party - U.S. Congressman Jim Jordan

This is an addendum to my previous post today regarding the Ohio 'Tea Party' held in Columbus, Ohio this morning. See that previous article.

The YouTube video below documents a part of U.S. Congressman Jim Jordan's speech. At the Ohio ‘Tea Party’ in Columbus, OH at the Ohio Statehouse. March 14, 2009.



It was announced that tomorrow (Sunday) a 'Tea Party' will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Vote a Conservative Congress, Part 2, Jim Jordan

Congressman Jim Jordan, (R-OH-4)

For a Conservative Congress

This will be part of an on-going series, which will identify key races where we either need to retain a strong conservatives or to elect a values-oriented principled conservative. My personal feeling with being faced with two inferior candidates for President offered by our major political parties, we must turn our attention to insuring that more conservative American-values oriented persons are elected to the U.S. Congress.

THE RACE

The congressional race that we will highlight today is Ohio District 4. I suggest that all conservatives in Ohio U.S. District 4, in Ohio and elsewhere to get strongly support is Representative Jim Jordan, Republican incumbent from Ohio (Northcentral Ohio.) Jordan is completing a successful first term in Congress. Please read the articles I have previously written about Rep. Jordan.

He is a strong pro-life and pro-family leader. I have heard him speak in person on several occasions and in various settings. Once outdoors on the public square in the middle of winter in Mansfield, Ohio at a pro-life rally, once indoors in a church for another pro-life event, once in September at a large political action oriented event. I have heard him on the radio giving interviews. He is convincingly conservative on the issues with which I am most concerned

THE RATING

Jordan is rated as a moderate conservative. See OnTheIssues.com

Congressman Jordan’s opponent is a steel worker and Democrat Mike Carroll.

THE REALITIES

Jim Jordan has an excellent chance to maintain his seat in the Congress. He continue to work at defending life and marriage.

THE RESOURCES

To support Congressman Jim Jordan see his website to learn more about him, to make a campaign contribution, to volunteer your service, etc.

Abortion: America’s Great Atrocity Continues

March for Life, Mansfield, Ohio 1/20/08

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Isn’t 35 Years of Murdering Babies Long Enough?

Today is the anniversary of Roe versus Wade. It has caused a Holocaust of the dimension of the most ruthless dictators and evil nations that have ever existed. Roe v. Wade is the greatest perpetuation injustice and "un-law" ever foisted on the citizens of this nation.

Congressman Jim Jordan is 100% pro-life. Being 100% pro-life is a basic requirement of any office holder in America. He emphasized two things. First, the sanctity and the preciousness of life is what the founders of our country recognized. What is great about America is that most Americans recognize this. He reassured the audience that the pro-life movement is making progress. We recognize that man was created by God with certain inalienable rights: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The right to life is the most basic, the most fundamental right on which all other rights are based. He asked, “Can you have true liberty and freedom if government does not protect that most fundamental right to live?”

The second point he made is that the supporters and activists in the pro-life movement lobby to a great extent on their core principle and beliefs, He noted that most people who come to him come with some financial motive in mind. They come to their elected representatives for what they could gain for themselves. They want some particular legislation or amendment or changes in the law that will benefit them. Many in the pro-life movement interact with their elected officials only because it is the right thing to do.

He encouraged the audience noting that the number of lives taken in America by abortion was at an all-time low last year. He admonished the audience to stay positive and focused and committed to the task at hand. He also warned the audience that they should never expect fair treatment from the media, the press. He shared that 1990 more than 500,000 people attended the March for Life on the Mall in Washington, D.C. and there was nary a mention in the Washington Post and other major newspapers. The pro-life cause will never get a fair shake in the media, but the truth is on our side. In relation to the media bias, he quoted conservative journalist Cal Thomas who said that every morning he gets up and reads the Bible, and then he reads the New York Times. He does this because he wants to stay abreast of what both sides are up to.

Congressman Jordan compared the pro-life movement as being the David and pro-abortion movement as being a seeming giant, a Goliath. Unlike the attitude of the people of Israel who did not take up the challenge from the mighty, powerful Goliath, we need to take David’s approach. David when he heard the people say that the giant Goliath was too big to fight, he reacted saying he is so big I cannot miss him. That is the kind of attitude we all need to have in this battle to protect human life. That is why in the end we will be successful.
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My Congressman Has It Right

Representative Jim Jordan, (R-OH-4)

I feel very blessed to be represented by this principled rookie U.S. Congressman Jim Jordan. Congress is now in recess and our Congressman are in their districts this week. I heard him speak tonight in the Mansfield, Ohio area. He is a strong pro-family, pro-life, pro-control illegal immigration representative.

In terms of the abortion, he pointed out the great media bias against pro-life. He cited the major pro-life rally in Washington, D.C., which was virtually ignored by the media, despite the fact that 500,000 people protested on the mall. He talked about the fact that Embryonic Stem Cell Research (ESCR) has yielded no good outcomes, unlike using adult stem cell or umbilical cord blood cells, which have.

He outlined what he saw were the three major challenges facing America today:

(1) Terrorism – he likened it to what America and the world faced in the 1930s – Nazism.

(2) Competition – America must compete harder today than ever before. After World War II America could do nothing wrong. We had no competition. Today we face the manufacturing and economic challenge from China and India. Congress cannot afford to make mistakes as they have in the past and it didn’t cost us. Now we must regain our competitiveness.

(3) Restoration of American values such as sanctity of life, protection of the traditional family and marriage.

Although this event was billed as a pro-life update, Representative Jordan fielded questions about taxes, healthcare, the North American Union. In regard to the issue of life, however, he reiterated several times the theme that one thing that the pro-life side has in our favor is the TRUTH. With truth on our side he feels that we shall eventually overcome. Elections, he said is the basic way we can change our present situation. We must seek to elect those candidates most committed to the cause of life, family, etc. He challenged us to take the political process very seriously.