Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) lists ten things that he would like to see included in any major piece of healthcare reform legislation. Led by House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), Republicans are expected to unveil a healthcare plan of their own by the end of this week. (:53)
Rep. Steve King (R-(Iowa) says that he is not surprised that President Barack Obama’s healthcare plan will cost so much to implement. King recalls hearing the President say that he believes FDR’s New Deal would have been more successful if more money had been spent on it. King calls Obama a “Keynesian economist on steroids.” (:25)
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) tells Talk Radio News Service that he and other GOP leaders in the House are urging constituents who oppose the House’s health reform bill to come to Washington, D.C. on Thursday to speak out against the Democratically-backed healthcare reform bill. King says he wants folks to storm the Capitol as well as congressional offices of lawmakers who support the bill to respectfully and peacefully prevent them from taking up debate on the bill. (:39)
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) tells Talk Radio News Service that he and other GOP leaders in the House have invited well-known conservative figures such as actor John Voight and talk show host Mark Levin, in addition to constituents, to the Capitol on Thursday. King and his colleagues are calling on Americans who oppose the House’s health reform bill to come to Capitol Hill on Thursday, the day on which the House is scheduled to take up debate on the legislation. (:24)
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) tells Talk Radio News Service that he and other House Republicans are encouraging constituents to flood the Capitol on Thursday afternoon to voice their opposition to the House healthcare reform bill. King says Americans who oppose the legislation must make their voices be heard in Washington on Thursday, the day on which the House is scheduled to take up debate on the bill. (:55)
Talk Radio News Service’s Geoff Holtzman speaks with Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) at the 2009 “Hold Their Feet to the Fire” radio row in Washington, D.C. King comments on efforts he has made to try and pressure the federal government to get serious about enforcing existing illegal immigration laws. The Congressman also gives his assessment of the current situation on the U.S.-Mexico border where he visited earlier this summer. (7:18)
Meredith MacKenzie speaks with Rep. Steve King (R-IA) about the recent flooding in Iowa and his view on energy legislation in the House of Representatives. (8:43)
