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Medical Device Tax Hearing
Yesterday, I held a field hearing in Plymouth to examine the impact of the proposed medical device tax. During the hearing, I heard stories from five panelists who testified about the impact this tax...
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From the Wall Street Journal: The Spending Rolls on
From the Wall Street Journal: The Spending Rolls on Despite the ever-increasing national debt, and the recent completion of the largest budget deficit in U.S. history, the Majority Leadership in the...
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Bring More Transparency to Congress
In November 2006, Speaker Pelosi pledged to lead the “most honest” and “most open” Congress in history. Yet, in my first year alone, I’ve watched as Congressional Leadership rammed through...
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Star Tribune: Paulsen delivers a little light reading to local libraries
Pundits and politicians have been lifting the nearly 2,000 page Democratic health care reform proposal on television for days, but Rep. Erik Paulsen wants Minnesotans to see it for themselves. The...
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Paulsen: Detainees shouldn’t get first wave of H1N1 vaccine
by Elizabeth Dunbar, Minnesota Public Radio November 3, 2009 St. Paul, Minn. — A Minnesota congressman is concerned about reports that detainees at Guantanamo Bay will soon get the H1N1 flu vaccine....
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Where are the jobs?
Today we reached a 26-year milestone no one can be proud of: a 10.2% national unemployment rate, the highest since 1983. More than one in ten Americans are currently without a job. The job market...
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The House Health Plan’s Negative Impact on Seniors:
One of my major concerns with the health care bill passed by the House Majority last week is the negative impact it would have on seniors. Supporters of this plan have attempted to suggest that the...
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Paulsen Works to End Bailout Program by End of Year
Minnesota Congressman offers amendment in Financial Services Committee to end bailout spending, use remaining dollars to pay down federal debt Washington, D.C. – During legislative markup in the House...
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Via Star Tribune: Paulsen aims to stop TARP program
It might have been one of the most audacious moves in Erik Paulsen’s first year in Congress: An amendment to pull the plug on the Bush-era Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the controversial $700...
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According to Recovery.gov, MN has 19 Congressional Districts
I love representing Minnesota’s Third Congressional District, but who knew there were so many more Congressional districts in Minnesota? According to “Recovery.gov”, the Administration’s website that...
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