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Jordan: Ex-Im Bank is ‘bridge to nowhere’ of corporate welfare, it’s time it goes
April 30, 2015
Press Release
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) co-chaired a hearing today on the scandal and corruption-plagued Export-Import Bank. The hearing, titled "Examining the Export-Import Bank's Mandates," was a joint hearing of Rep. Jordan's Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules and Michigan Rep.
Issues:Government Reform
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Jordan to chair joint subcommittee hearing on Export-Import Bank projects
April 30, 2015
Press Release
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will continue his focus on the scandal and corruption-plagued Export-Import Bank tomorrow when he co-chairs a joint subcommittee hearing focused on some of the bad investments and wasteful spending that the Bank has been involved in over the past few years.

The hearing, titled "Examining the Export-Import Bank's Mandates," will be held at 1 p.m.

Issues:Government Reform
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House Freedom Caucus calls for vote on D.C. abortion disapproval resolution
April 29, 2015
Press Release
The House Freedom Caucus (HFC) released the following statement today calling on House Republican leaders to allow for a vote on H. J. Res. 43, a Washington, D.C. law that could force religious and conservative employers in the District to cover abortions in their health care plans:

"The House Freedom Caucus urges Republican leadership to allow the House to consider H. J. Res.

Issues:Pro-Life and Family Issues
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House Freedom Caucus announces opposition to Ex-Im Bank reauthorization
April 29, 2015
Press Release
The House Freedom Caucus (HFC) today announced its opposition to the renewal of the Export- Import Bank's charter. HFC released the following statement:

"The House Freedom Caucus opposes reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank, and urges Republican leadership to not bring to the House floor any legislation that would do so.

Issues:Budget and Fiscal IssuesGovernment Reform
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Jordan statement on marriage oral arguments before Supreme Court
April 28, 2015
Press Release
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) made the following comments regarding today's oral arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges, Ohio's federal lawsuit on state marriage policy before the Supreme Court:

"Marriage should be defined as it has always been. This is the ideal for raising children and is good for society.

Issues:Pro-Life and Family IssuesHealthcare
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Jordan praises IRS reform legislation, calls for continued investigation
April 15, 2015
Press Release
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) made the following comments regarding several pieces of legislation that the U.S. House of Representatives passed today related to the IRS targeting of conservative non-profits in recent years:

"The IRS systematically targeted the First Amendment rights of the American people.

Issues:TaxesGovernment Reform
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Jordan Q/A reveals further indictments possible in Ex-Im Bank corruption cases (VIDEO, PICTURES)
April 15, 2015
Press Release
During a question-and-answer period today in a hearing about the Export-Import Bank, Mike McCarthy, acting inspector general of the Ex-Im Bank, told Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) that the Justice Department may indict individuals involved in 31 open investigations of corruption and fraud at the Ex-Im Bank ( VIDEO HERE ).
Issues:Government Reform
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Edison High School Student wins Fourth District Congressional Art Competition
April 10, 2015
Press Release
Edison High School senior Shelby Vartorella of Milan, Ohio won first place in the Fourth District of Ohio's 2015 Congressional Art Competition. Her winning piece, "Mossy Landscape," will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol along with other winners from around the country.

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) attended a reception last night honoring the winners of the competition.

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Jordan to attend Congressional Art Competition reception
April 9, 2015
Press Release
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) will attend a reception tonight at 6 p.m. honoring the winners of the Fourth District of Ohio's 2015 Congressional Art Competition. The annual competition allows aspiring artists in high school to compete for the chance to feature a work of art in the U.S. Capitol.

The reception is being hosted by Director Ellen Keyes of the Gateway Arts Council.

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Jordan accepting internship applications in Lima district office
April 2, 2015
Press Release
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) is accepting applications from area college students interested in interning in his Lima district office.

Applicants should either be residents of or attend school in the Fourth Congressional District, which includes Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Crawford, Logan, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby, Union Counties and parts of Erie, Huron, Lorain, Marion and Mercer Countie

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