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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today voted in favor of H.R. 2560, the Cut, Cap and Balance legislation he cosponsored. The bill passed the House of Representative earlier this week and needed 60 votes to pass the Senate, but failed by a party-line vote of 51 to 46. Sen. Moran released the following statement on the vote:
“I am very disappointed in today’s party-line vote in the Senate. This is the proposal I believe has the most merit for moving us in the right direction toward balancing our budget now, next year and into the future. We must cut spending, cap the percentage of spending to gross national product, and pass a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution. But I believe there is a fourth component to getting our country back on track, and that is ‘grow.’ I don’t want us to forget the importance of a growing economy and putting Americans back to work.
“The government is not a creator of jobs, but Congress and the administration should create an environment where businesses can grow and start hiring again. This means reining in burdensome government regulations; replacing our convoluted tax code with one that is fair, simple and certain; opening foreign markets for American manufactured goods and agricultural products; and developing a comprehensive energy policy. Yet none of these things are being done. If Washington pursues policies focused on Cut, Cap, Balance and Grow, America will be a better place today and every American child and will have the opportunity to pursue the American dream.”
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Sen. Moran and 44 Senators to Obama Administration: Second Amendment Rights Not Negotiable
Jul 22 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) today led 44 senators in expressing grave concern about the dangers posed to Second Amendment rights by the United Nations’ Arms Trade Treaty. The 45 senators notified President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton of their intent to oppose ratification of an Arms Trade Treaty that in any way restricts the rights of law-abiding American gun owners. This is enough to block the treaty from Senate passage, as treaties submitted to the U.S. Senate require approval of two-thirds of Senators present to be ratified.
“Our country’s sovereignty and the Second Amendment rights of American citizens must not be infringed upon by the United Nations,” Sen. Moran said. “Today, the Senate sends a powerful message to the Obama Administration: an Arms Trade Treaty that does not protect ownership of civilian firearms will fail in the Senate. Our firearm freedoms are not negotiable.”
In the letter, the senators wrote: “As the treaty process continues, we strongly encourage your Administration to uphold our country’s constitutional protections of civilian firearms ownership. These freedoms are not negotiable, and we will oppose ratification of an Arms Trade Treaty presented to the Senate that in any way restricts the rights of law-abiding U.S. citizens to manufacture, assemble, possess, transfer or purchase firearms, ammunition and related items.”
“As we have for the past 15 years, the NRA will fight to stop a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty that infringes on the Constitutional rights of American gun owners,” said Chris W. Cox, executive director, NRA Institute for Legislative Action. “This letter sends a clear message to the international bureaucrats who want to eliminate our fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms. Clearly, a U.N. Arms Trade Treaty that includes civilian arms within its scope is not supported by the American people or their elected U.S. Senators. Sen. Moran is a true champion of our freedom. We are grateful for his leadership and his tenacious efforts on this issue, as well as the 44 other senators who agree with the NRA’s refusal to compromise on our constitutional freedoms.”
In October of 2009 at the U.N. General Assembly, the Obama Administration reversed the previous Administration’s position and voted for the U.S. to participate in negotiating the Arms Trade Treaty, purportedly to establish “common international standards for the import, export, and transfer of conventional arms.” Preparatory committee meetings are now underway in anticipation of a conference in 2012 to finalize the treaty. A treaty draft has not yet been produced.
The letter was signed by U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), John Barrasso (R-WY), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boozman (R-AR), Scott Brown (R-MA), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Coats (R-IN), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Bob Corker (R-TN), John Cornyn (R-TX), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Jim DeMint (R-SC), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Dean Heller (R-NV), John Hoeven (R-ND), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), James Inhofe (R-OK), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Mike Johanns (R-NE), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Mike Lee (R-UT), John McCain (R-AZ), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Rand Paul (R-KY), Rob Portman (R-OH), Jim Risch (R-ID), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), John Thune (R-SD), Pat Toomey (R-PA), David Vitter (R-LA), and Roger Wicker (R-MS).
Click here to read the full text of the signed letter.
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We Need to Balance our Books
Jul 19 2011
The fiscal crisis our country finds itself in is the result of many years of our federal government living beyond its means. We have heard much talk about cutting spending and reducing our debt, the past has taught us that the President and Congress will not make the difficult decisions necessary to get our fiscal house in order without a tough budget mechanism in place to force accountability.
Sen. Moran Statement on Nomination of Director for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Fears today's decision is just the beginning of an end-run around Congress
Jul 17 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), member of the Senate Banking Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee, released the following statement on President Obama’s intent to nominate Richard Cordray to be the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:
“Today’s announcement, nearly 12 months after the President created this new agency, does nothing to increase transparency or accountability,” Sen. Moran said. “I along with 43 of my Senate colleagues have made our intentions quite clear, but the Administration has yet to respond to our May 5th letter calling for the Bureau's leadership structure to be strengthened. I fear today’s decision is just the beginning of an end-run around Congress. I would urge the President to put the best interests of consumers ahead of politics and seriously consider my proposal.”
Sen. Moran, along with 43 other Senators, has notified President Obama that he will not confirm any nominee – regardless of party affiliation – to be the Director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) absent structural changes that will make the Bureau accountable to the American people.
Sen. Moran has introduced legislation to reform the structure of the CFPB. The Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2011, S. 737, would replace the single CFPB Director with a Senate-confirmed multi-person commission – similar to the leadership structure of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trade Commission (CFTC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It would also subject the CFPB to the regular appropriations process like most federal agencies.
The Dodd-Frank Act currently allows the CFPB director to set his or her annual budget by withdrawing funds directly from the Federal Reserve, rather than going through the annual Congressional appropriations process like most independent agencies. Additionally, Dodd-Frank denies the Federal Reserve any authority to deny or adjust the CFPB director’s request. Sen. Moran’s legislation would subject the CFPB to the annual appropriations process, authorizing funding levels for FY 2011 and 2012 equal to the president’s estimate of need.
Click here to view the full text of S. 737, the Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2011.
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U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today joined 12 of his freshman Senate colleagues in asking President Obama to stop using scare tactics to frighten seniors and to start responsibly addressing the financial problems facing the country. The request came on the heels of President Obama’s recent threat to stop issuing Social Security checks if Congress fails to fulfill his request and raise the debt ceiling. The President has made similar threats about paychecks for the military and their families.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) has joined 12 of his freshman Senate colleagues in asking President Obama to stop using scare tactics to frighten seniors and to start responsibly addressing the financial problems facing the country. The request came on the heels of President Obama’s recent threat to stop issuing Social Security checks if Congress fails to fulfill his request and raise the debt ceiling. The President has made similar threats about paychecks for the military and their families.
“In my view the White House is trivializing the concerns of Americans,” Sen. Moran said in a press conference on Thursday. “Throughout 2010, the conversation with Kansans and with Americans was very much about the debt and our fiscal house. We were given full instructions to get things in order and to grow the economy. Saying that Social Security recipients are not going to be paid, or have the potential of not being paid is just politics as usual. The President…is diminishing the message Americans delivered in 2010.”
Click here to download a video clip of Sen. Moran’s remarks, or click here to simply view the clip. Click here to read the full letter to the President from the Senate GOP freshman class.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) met this week with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission to discuss progress being made in the design of the Eisenhower National Memorial. During the meeting, architect Frank O. Gehry presented an updated design of the Memorial to the Commission – which will now feature Eisenhower’s childhood home of Abilene more prominently. Sens. Roberts and Moran both serve as members of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, whose mission is to establish a permanent memorial in Washington, D.C. to honor former General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
“I was pleased the Eisenhower Memorial Commission came to Capitol Hill to give us an update about their ongoing progress in honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower,” said Sen. Roberts. “I offered a motion of support on the progress toward the completion of this long-overdue memorial honoring his presidency, his leadership as Supreme Allied Commander, and his life that reflected traditional Kansas values.”
“Kansans are proud to call President Eisenhower one of our sons and the current memorial design demonstrates that he was proud to call Kansas home,” Sen. Moran said. “The new design will now feature Eisenhower’s home of Abilene as the backdrop for his story and will pay tribute to the role the community played in his upbringing. This memorial will serve as a fitting reminder that Americans from humble beginnings can do great things.”
Sen. Roberts has been a commissioner of this project since Congress first commissioned the memorial more than a decade ago. Sen. Moran was first appointed to serve on the Commission in 2000 and remained a member until 2010, while he represented Kansans in the U.S. House of Representatives. In April 2011, he was appointed to serve on the Commission as a member of the United States Senate.
Upon completion, the Eisenhower National Memorial will be the first presidential memorial of the 21st century, and only the seventh in U.S. history. It will be built on a four-acre site in Washington, D.C., between 4th and 6th streets SW, just off of The National Mall.
For more information on the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, please visit www.eisenhowermemorial.org.
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