At his town hall meetings, Congressman McHenry gives an update on recent legislative activity in Congress and what to expect in the coming months. Town hall meetings are an opportunity for constituents to share their thoughts on the issues they are concerned about. Read more »

"Oh lord," he said, "'it's been a challenge. And there have been some challenging issues." McHenry, consistently ranked among the most conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives, noted those issues would be difficult ones for either party to deal with. Read more »

“For this congress to cut jobs and raise energy costs on working families at a time like this truly boggles the mind,” he said in a statement. “The economy is shedding hundreds of thousands of jobs every month and families are struggling to pay their bills. So I fail to see the wisdom in eliminating 88,000 jobs in North Carolina alone, raising energy prices by $1,400 annually on every household, and hiking gasoline prices by 77 cents per gallon. For what? So we can possibly lower the Earth’s temperature by two-tenths of a degree by the end of the century.” Read more »

So I fail to see the wisdom in eliminating 88,000 jobs in North Carolina alone, raising energy prices by $1,400 annually on every household, and hiking gasoline prices by 77 cents per gallon. For what? So we can possibly lower the earth’s temperature by two-tenths of a degree by the end of the century. Read more »

Paying Down the Debt This week, Congressman McHenry announced that he and several of his colleagues on the Financial Services Committee have sent a letter to President Obama regarding the repayment of tax dollars by banks.  A few banks have begun to repay the taxpayer funds that the federal government used to bail them out.  Congressman McHenry’s letter to the President calls for those… Read more »

Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) issued the following statement in response to the Bush Administration’s bailout of two of the twelve international automakers with operations in the United States. “This is very unfortunate news for both American taxpayers and autoworkers.  Taxpayers are forced to fund the continuation of the automakers’ bankrupt business model, which… Read more »

The economic calamity that would result from a collapse of the Big 3 automakers is obvious, but many Americans are glad the U.S. Senate foiled a bailout plan. They see a bailout as a reward for doing business badly. The Senate voted down the $15 billion plan because the Union of Automobile Workers and senators could not agree on a timetable for wage reductions. The UAW agreed to… Read more »

With leaders of the Democrat-run Congress in the process of developing a second economic stimulus bill, Congressman Patrick McHenry today issued the following statement. “We must strengthen our economy and create jobs by addressing the energy crisis and making the middle class tax cuts permanent.  It is undeniable that high gas prices are a primary cause of the economic… Read more »

Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry criticized the leadership of the Democrat-run Congress for proposing an energy bill that effectively blocks offshore drilling by not offering coastal states, like North Carolina, any of the revenue from offshore leases. According to the U.S. Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Services, offshore drilling leases would deliver $23.8 billion in… Read more »

Energy policy was the focus of 10th District U. S. Rep. Patrick McHenry's town hall meeting Friday evening. The congressman, who is touring his district this month while Congress is in recess, spoke to a crowd of about 20 people at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy.   McHenry told the audience that there is no one answer to dealing with the nation's energy crisis, but he said… Read more »