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Questioning the ‘Outpouring’ of Opposition to Health Care Reform

By | 09.03.09 | 11:41 am

Republicans in Congress have been quick to point to the sometimes-riotous town-hall forums of recent weeks as indication that Americans en masse believe the Democrats’ plans for health care reform to be atrocious. Indeed, Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), chairman of the Republican Study Committee, is claiming this morning More…

Price to Health Subcommittee

By | 06.30.09 | 12:25 pm

The office of Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) sends over the news that he’ll be the ranking member on the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee. The subtext is that the party is taking the health care fight more seriously; the previous point man on the issue was Rep. Roy More…

Live from the GOP’s Anti-Obama Health Care Launch

By | 06.24.09 | 12:21 pm

On Capitol Hill right now, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform is moderating a bicameral “response” to President Obama’s health care push, which heads to ABC News for a TV special tonight. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) are promoting their own health care plans; Rick More…

No Bipartisanship on U.N. Human Rights Council

By | 04.02.09 | 11:14 am

Two parties. Two widely different reactions to the Obama administration’s announcement Tuesday that the United States will seek a spot on the U.N. Human Rights Council.

Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), who heads the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he “strongly” supports the move, arguing that the panel has become More…

Rep. Tom Price on How to Tell If Obama is Failing

By | 03.13.09 | 11:41 am

This week I asked Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), the head of the Republican Study Committee, two questions about criticisms of President Obama’s policies that get aired out on business shows. First, what benchmarks should people look at to see whether the stimulus package is working?

“The benchmarks to watch are More…

Rep. Tom Price on Whether GOP’s Goal is Pushing Down Democratic Poll Numbers

By | 03.10.09 | 1:29 pm

At a luncheon at the Heritage Foundation today, I asked Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), the leader of the Republican Study Committee, whether he sided with Rep. Patrick McHenry’s (R-N.C.) comments that the “goal” of House Republicans was “to bring down approval numbers for [Speaker Nancy] Pelosi and for House More…

The RSC on Daschle

By | 02.03.09 | 2:14 pm

Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), who heads the conservative Republican Study Committee in the House, spots an opportunity to attack Democrats on former Health and Human Services nominee, Tom Daschle.

Today’s action provides a glimmer of hope for patient-centered health care in America. While the fact that he failed to pay

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Tom Price is Right

By | 01.07.09 | 6:31 pm

The conservative vanguard at the Republican Study Committee blasted out a statement announcing that Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia) had officially taken the helm. No surprise—he’d been elected in November. But it’s worth remembering that Rep. John Campbell (R-California), a certified public accountant from Orange County, was the front-runner More…