Press Releases

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) will join Generation Opportunity's president Evan Feinberg for a Google Hangout on Thursday, August 28, at 7 p.m. Feinberg and Jordan will discuss the U.S. economy, national debt and civil liberties before taking questions from watch parties in Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati. Questions can also be submitted via Twitter at #GenOppChat.

Generation Opportunity is a national, non-partisan organization advocating for economic opportunity for young people through less government and more freedom.

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) released the following statement today after two congressional hearings addressing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeting of conservative tax-exempt applicants:

"We need to use all avenues to address the targeting issue. The Justice Department investigation is a joke investigation. The FBI told the Wall Street Journal in January that no one would be prosecuted over the IRS targeting of conservative groups, and President Obama said that there was not even ‘a smidgen' of corruption in the case while the investigation was ongoing.

On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, and at 10 a.m. in room 2141 of Rayburn, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) will attend hearings held by the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee.

On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) will chair a hearing held by the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs.

The National Taxpayers Union Foundation's (NTUF) recently-released BillTally report lists Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) as having the most fiscally responsible legislative agenda among Ohio's Congressional Delegation.

Jordan supported over $183 billion in net budget cuts, which was more cuts than all but 19 members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) will chair a hearing held by the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit's ruling today upholding a challenge to Obamacare health insurance subsidies being granted through the federal exchange:

"From the Defense of Marriage Act, to immigration, to the implementation of his signature healthcare law, President Obama has demonstrated time after time his desire to unilaterally change the laws passed by Congress. Today's court ruling points out yet another example where the Obama administration ignored the rule of law.

On Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) will chair a hearing held by the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs. The hearing, entitled "Examining the Justice Department's Response to the IRS Targeting Scandal," will examine the U.S. Department of Justice's response to the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative tax-exempt applicants.

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