Rep. Jerry Lewis

Republican  •  41st District, California  •  16th Term  •  Sworn In 1979
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
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11/16/09
GOP Accuses Democrats of Delaying Spending Bill Over Guantánamo Fears

...committee on a spending bill out of fears of a GOP attempt to stop the transfer of prisoners from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.), ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, said in a statement late Monday that conference committ

Source: Roll Call
11/16/09
GOP Accuses Democrats of Delaying Spending Bill Over Guantánamo Fears

Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.), ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, said in a statement late Monday that conference committee negotiations on the ...

Source: Roll Call (subscription)
11/13/09
Lewis: Obama decision to bring 9/11 suspects to trial in US irresponsible

By PE Politics on November 13, 2009 2:30 PM | Comments (4) Inland Rep. Jerry Lewis today criticized the Obama administration's decision to bring five ...

Source: Press-Enterprise
11/11/09
Our readers say: "After the wall came down"

Health care reform is decades overdue and I hope our Rep. Jerry Lewis, and others, will support health care reform now. As someone who has shopped at the ...

Source: Redlands Daily Facts
11/10/09
Favorable Republican presence light on passed healthcare bill

...Democrats on board did "The Speaker and her congressional advisors are committed to government-run health care," Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands, said Saturday. Indeed, many Republicans said the bill was a fundamental departure from what they wanted to se

11/10/09
Our readers say: "Time for health insurance reform"

It was with great disappointment that I noted Rep. Jerry Lewis's vote on HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. As a constituent, ...

Source: Redlands Daily Facts
11/10/09
RE: Jerry Lewis

said Rep. Jerry Lewis of California, the top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee. But Democrats said leaving spending decisions up to future ...

Source: Washington Times
11/09/09
The gop's women problem

When Pryce was first elected in 1992, Republicans had recruited so many female candidates that then-Conference Chairman Jerry Lewis of California ordered up ...

Source: Politico
11/09/09
RE: Jerry Lewis

said Rep. Jerry Lewis of California, the top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee. But Democrats said leaving spending decisions up to future ...

Source: Washington Times
11/09/09
Favorable Republican presence light on passed healthcare bill

"The Speaker and her congressional advisors are committed to government-run health care," Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands, said Saturday. ...

Source: Redlands Daily Facts
11/08/09
RE: Jerry Lewis

(Source: MSNBC) Redlands Republican Jerry Lewis voted 'no' and warned of 'single payer healthcare'. “The Speaker and her congressional advisors are ...

Source: Inland Empire News
11/06/09
RE: Jerry Lewis

Oscar went solo throughout the 1960s, perhaps recovering from the 1959 Oscars that boasted a half-dozen hosts: Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, David Niven, ...

Source: Los Angeles Times
11/05/09
Review: 'Boeing-Boeing' lifts off with planeload of laughs

...Marc Camoletti and adapted by Beverley Cross, ran for 17 years in Paris and is the most-performed French play in the world. Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis starred in a 1965 film version and a 2008 Broadway revival won two Tony Awards. Set in the swinging 1

11/05/09
Review: 'Boeing-Boeing' lifts off with planeload of laughs

Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis starred in a 1965 film version and a 2008 Broadway revival won two Tony Awards. Set in the swinging 1960s, "Boeing-Boeing" ...

Source: Naples Daily News
11/04/09
Tracking Your Taxes: The High Price of Nuclear Waste

... to have to close down if we don't get a handle on it because waste is piling up in those communities with reactors," said Rep. Jerry Lewis, (R-Calif). ...

Source: FOXNews
11/04/09
Tracking Your Taxes: The High Price of Nuclear Waste

...to have to close down if we don't get a handle on it because waste is piling up in those communities with reactors," said Rep. Jerry Lewis, (R-Calif). Lawmakers like Lewis and Sen. John McCain say with no long term repository for America's nuclear waste

Source: FOX News
11/03/09
Playing 'gotcha' on Gitmo (Rep. David Price)

...however, the same Republicans who had eagerly accepted the compromise just months ago were railing against it. As Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) insisted, "Terrorists should not be treated like common criminals in the federal court... [but should be] held and

Source: The Hill
11/02/09
Higher bar needed on ethics issues

Or consider Rep. Jerry Lewis, the California Republican of Redlands. He and his BFF, former politician-turned-lobbyist Bill Lowery, were obviously a part of ...

Source: Bakersfield Californian
11/02/09
Higher bar needed on ethics issues

...Perata wouldn't face criminal corruption charges, clearing the way for him to vie for the Oakland mayoral seat. Or consider Rep. Jerry Lewis, the California Republican of Redlands. He and his BFF, former politician-turned-lobbyist Bill Lowery, were obvi

11/01/09
PLAN COLOMBIA: EXPORTING THE MODEL

Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA), the top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, speaking in back-to-back hearings of his committee and the Homeland ...

Source: World War 4 Report
10/30/09
Senate clears bill to avert agency closing

...especially in light of the fact that Congress must soon consider legislation to increase our national debt," said Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif. But Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., the chief author of the bill in the House, said that former President George W. Bu

10/30/09
Senate clears bill, averting shutdowns

...especially in light of the fact that Congress must soon consider legislation to increase our national debt,” said Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif. But Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., the chief author of the bill in the House, said that former President George W.

10/30/09
Lawmakers targeted in ethics probe

And Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.), ranking member on Appropriations, came under investigation by DOJ over his ties to a former lawmaker turned lobbyist. ...

Source: WPDE
10/30/09
GOP seizing on the leak of ethics probe details

...of the PMA Group from the defense-spending bill. Flake sent a letter to Pelosi, Boehner and Reps. David Obey (D-Wis.) and Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.), the chairman and ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, respectively, asking them to “take imme

Source: The Hill
10/30/09
Bloated Spending, New Priorities, Few Controls

... prime the pump for government waste as these bureaucracies struggle to find ways to spend it,” House Appropriations Ranking Republican Jerry Lewis said. ...

Source: FOXNews
10/30/09
Flake to Pelosi: Strip PMA earmarks

...Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) and the top Republican on the committee, Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) in a letter released to POLITICO. “There is simply no defensible reason to allow no-bid contracts for f

10/30/09
RE: Jerry Lewis

and the top Republican on the committee, Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) in a letter released to POLITICO after it was sent. “There is simply no defensible reason to ...

Source: Politico
10/29/09
RE: Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis, R-Calif. But Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., the chief author of the bill in the House, said that former President George W. Bush had squeezed ...

Source: The Associated Press
10/29/09
Republicans call for death of health care plan

Jerry Lewis, the senior member of the area's Congressional delegation, says it will cost hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars, raise health care costs ...

Source: Inland Empire News
10/29/09
RE: Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis, R-Calif. But Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., the chief author of the bill in the House, said that former President George W. Bush had squeezed ...

Source: The Associated Press

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