During a visit to Pell City today, Congressman Mike Rogers said the vast expansion of federal regulations under President Obama – along with Obamacare’s rising healthcare premiums on working families and small businesses – are threatening good paying jobs across St. Clair County and East Alabama. Rogers’ visit, along with others he is making across East Alabama, is… Read more »

“I am disappointed this agreement does not significantly help reduce Federal spending and therefore I could not support it. I firmly believe our growing fiscal crisis is rooted in Washington’s spending problem, and I hope that will be the focus of debate in the coming weeks.” Read more »

Across East Alabama, I keep hearing from folks who are very concerned about the direction of our country.  I am deeply concerned too. On the economic front, the trends still aren’t good. According to the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations, unemployment in the state of Alabama is up to 8.3 percent. The national unemployment rate has been at 8 percent or higher for 43… Read more »

The number of new jobs being created in this country seem as stagnant as the July summer heat, and it looks like there’s not much relief in sight. For 41 straight months now, the national unemployment rate has stayed at or above 8 percent.  The unemployment rate for Alabama sits at 7.4 percent for May which is a tick up from April’s 7.2 percent. These numbers continue to… Read more »

Congress just finished up a District Work Period.  This short break from voting in our Nation’s Capital gave representatives a weeklong chance to hear directly from folks back home what is going on in their area. This week, I wanted to share some tid-bits of where I went and what I heard first-hand from my different stops across East Alabama.  President Obama said recently… Read more »

In recent weeks it seems too many in Washington, Republicans and Democrats alike, would rather focus on issues other than what’s most important – our economy.  Across East Alabama folks are still hurting and are more interested in seeing our unemployment rate fall from 7.3 percent.  At least Alabama is doing a little better than the national average of 8.1… Read more »

As folks across East Alabama and this country know, it is all about the jobs – keeping the ones we have and creating new ones for folks who have been out of work during these tough economic times. The last unemployment numbers show that Alabama’s unemployment hovers at 9.9 percent and the national unemployment rate sits at 9.1 percent. This is proof that Congress needs to take… Read more »

Last Saturday, September 17th, we observed Constitution Day across the United States.The Constitution was adopted 224 years ago. Remembering what that document meant when it was written has been on many folks’ minds these days.Our country has faced its share of tough times and each generation has risen to the challenge. Currently, we are faced with challenges all around: a national… Read more »