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U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) has reintroduced his Finding Federal Savings Committee Resolution to help bring fiscal responsibility back to the federal government. The bill is modeled after the post-World War II era Anti-Appropriations Committee and would establish a bipartisan committee within the U.S. House of Representatives to find and recommend the modification or elimination of underperforming and nonessential federal programs.
On Thursday, U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) reintroduced his constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget and return fiscal responsibility to the federal government. H.J. Res. 15, known as the Obernolte Balanced Budget Amendment, would amend the U.S. Constitution to ensure total federal spending for any fiscal year, as appropriated by Congress, does not exceed the amount of federal revenue.
U.S. Representatives Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) re-introduced their bipartisan Cost-Share Accountability Actto improve the Department of Energy’s accountability to Congress and the public when awarding grants and waiving cost-sharing requirements.
Today U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte was appointed to serve on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce. The Committee on Energy and Commerce, known in the halls of Congress as E&C, is among the longest-standing and most prestigious in the House, having responsibility for matters including energy policy, environmental stewardship, public health and research, interstate and foreign commerce, consumer protection, and telecommunications.
The world recently witnessed a major breakthrough in the development of fusion energy. The announcement that U.S. scientists have produced the first-ever successful fusion reaction with a net energy gain puts America in the lead of the race for an energy revolution and establishes the likelihood that this technology can and probably will achieve commercial deployment within our lifetimes.
Reliable and affordable energy should be a fact of life in our country. And for most of America, it is. But under California ’s Green New Deal experiment, reliable power has become uncertain, with millions of people experiencing emergency power usage warnings across the state last month.
While U.S. Rep. Pete Aguilar proudly lists local projects that will benefit from the $1.7 trillion Omnibus spending bill, U.S. Rep Jay Obernolte voted against the Omnibus spending bill in the U.S. House of Representatives last Friday, citing objections to the bill’s high top-line spending number and failure to address the nation’s skyrocketing national debt.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) voted against the Omnibus spending bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, citing objections to the bill’s high top-line spending number and failure to address the nation’s skyrocketing national debt.
Evan Meyer welcomes U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte on this episode of Meyerside Chats.
HESPERIA, Calif. (KABC) -- The fentanyl crisis in the High Deserts of the Inland Empire has been on a steady rise, and Congressman Jay Obernolte is pushing for change to help fight the growing concerns.
The congressman represents Hesperia and several other communities within San Bernardino County, where he says reports of fentanyl-related overdose deaths are becoming a regular and heartbreaking occurrence for families.