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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 24, 2009
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PRESIDENT OBAMA’S FIRST ADDRESS TO THE JOINT CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) attended President Barack Obama’s first address to the joint session of Congress Tuesday where Republicans welcomed the President’s call for fiscal responsibility. However, Congressman Harper is skeptical due to the recent history of legislation passed by the Democrat led Congress.
“I will continue to fight for fiscal discipline and am ready to work with the President to get the economy back on track,” said Congressman Gregg Harper. “We should be promoting job growth. Instead, we are raising taxes on small businesses, the economic engine of our state and country.
“Now, less than two weeks after passing a so-called stimulus bill that will cost tax payers more than $1.1 trillion, House Democrats are rushing a $410 billion omnibus appropriations bill with more than 9,000 earmarks to the floor for a vote as soon as tomorrow. President Obama has asked both parties to get serious about fiscal responsibility while supporting huge deficit spending increases and raising taxes on small business owners. Republicans believe we should begin fixing our economy by making tough decisions today and not asking our kids and grandkids to pay for wasteful federal government spending.”
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A conservative man of faith and integrity, Gregg was elected in November, 2008 to serve the citizens of Mississippi’s Third Congressional District. Soon after the election, his peers elected him as the only freshman of the Republican Steering Committee in the House of Representatives. Gregg is the only Republican freshman appointed by Republican Minority Leader John Boehner to the Committee on House Administration and also sits on the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on the Budget. Gregg currently resides in Pearl with his wife of 29 years, Sidney, and their two children, Livingston and Maggie, where the Harpers are active members of Crossgates Baptist church.
