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June 15, 2016
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) reiterated his call for impeaching Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen following today's vote by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to censure him:

"While today's vote to censure IRS Commissioner John Koskinen was a good step, we must truly hold him accountable for his breach of duties related to the IRS targeting of Americans' First Amendment rights. Congress must impeach Mr. Koskinen – the American people deserve nothing less."

June 14, 2016
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act, H.R. 5053 on Tuesday. The Freedom Caucus released the following statement:

"The Freedom Caucus applauds the passage of H.R. 5053, which will safeguard Americans' First Amendment right to free speech, without risk of government retaliation.

June 14, 2016
Rep. Warren Davidson (OH-8) accepted an invitation to join the House Freedom Caucus after being sworn into Congress last week. The Freedom Caucus released the following statement:

"We are pleased to welcome Rep. Warren Davidson (OH-8) into the House Freedom Caucus. Rep. Davidson is a principled conservative who loves his country and is committed to reforming Washington to make it accountable to the American people. With a background in small business and service to his nation as an Army Ranger, Rep.

June 9, 2016
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today praised successful reforms implemented by the state of Maine to help unemployed able-bodied adults to get jobs and successfully rise out of poverty. These reforms served as a model for Rep. Jordan's bill H.R. 5360, the Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2016, a bill to reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
June 8, 2016
Opinion Pieces

The key to understanding America's social-welfare system today — and why it needs to be reformed — is not its bloated annual budget but its tendency to undermine the two most dependable routes out of poverty: work and marriage.

For many Americans struggling to make ends meet, our safety net works as it was intended, providing a temporary lifeline when they fall on hard times and need help getting back on their feet.

Issues:Pro-Life and Family IssuesBudget and Fiscal IssuesGovernment Reform
June 6, 2016
Opinion Pieces
Last week the House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing on whether to impeach Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen for obstructing justice, providing false testimony to Congress, disregarding Congressional subpoenas, and stonewalling a congressional investigation.

Civil servants like Mr. Koskinen have historically been held to a higher standard than private citizens because they have fiduciary obligations to the public. Under Mr. Koskinen's leadership, the IRS has breached these basic fiduciary responsibilities.
Issues:Government Reform
May 26, 2016
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today introduced H.R. 5360, the Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2016, a bill to reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The bill, sponsored in the Senate by Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), is modeled off of successful reforms implemented in Maine and the welfare reforms of 1996.

Of the legislation, Rep. Jordan said:

May 25, 2016
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released the following statement regarding the State Department Office of Inspector General's report that found former State Department Secretary Hillary Clinton violated agency policies on email records:

"Keep in mind that the Inspector General's report addressed just one of the many questions that remain about Secretary Clinton's private server, and now we have independent confirmation that her email system was unauthorized, illegal and put classi

May 24, 2016
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) condemned Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen's "breach of public trust, dereliction of duty and negligence" today in a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee.
May 13, 2016
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) released the following statement about the Obama administration's guidance calling on schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom and locker facilities of their chosen gender:

"Of all the schools and businesses I've visited in our district over the years, this issue has never been raised once. There is no need for a blanket federal restroom policy that covers every school in America, especially one that comes with the threat of retaliation from the Obama administration for failure to comply.