Press Releases
Rep. Kelly Issues Statement on Court Decision to Stop EPA Attacks on Coal
Washington, DC —U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) issued the following statement on today’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to strike down the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule:
“Today’s decision affirms what people in coal country have known for years: the Obama Administration has been waging a war on coal ever since the president stepped into office.
Rep. Kelly Leads GOP Freshman Class Press Conference
Marking Day One of the HHS Mandate
Washington, D.C. –Representative Mike Kelly led a GOP Freshman Class press conference today marking day one of the controversial HHS mandate, which will require all non-exempt employers to provide health care coverage that includes abortion-inducing drugs or else pay a steep tax. For the millions of Americans who oppose this unconstitutional policy, August 1, 2012, will be known as the day religious freedom died.
“This is about three things: this is about jobs, this is about certainty, and this is about certain victory for our men and women in uniform.”
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"You talk about these are common sense solutions or reforms that are going to make it easier. It’s not making it easier. It’s making it more difficult. Access to credit can’t be done over a long period of time, people need it now, if you need a transfusion of capital you need it now.”
Yesterday morning, Rep. Kelly appeared on Fox & Friends to discuss the president’s recent comments that, “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” Rep. Kelly, a small business owner, called the president’s comments “offensive.”
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Washington, DC —U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) voted today in support of the fiscal year 2013 Defense Appropriations bill, which provides $519.2 billion in regular funding and $88.5 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) for defense activities related to the Global War on Terror. The bill passed the House with broad bipartisan support by a vote of 326 to 90. Rep. Kelly issued the following statement: