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Rep. Elton Gallegly to President Obama: Illegal Alien Amnesty Will NOT Pass the Congress
California Congressman Elton Gallegly (R-Simi Valley)
This is my Congressman’s response to President Obama’s MEGA-PANDER to Hispanics along the Texas-Mexican border today.From the press release:
U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly, (R-CA), Chairman of the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, issued the following statement on President Obama’s call today for Congress to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants:
“Providing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, as the President called for again today, without requiring illegal immigrants to return to their countries of origin and apply for legal status, is amnesty.
“Amnesty will not pass Congress, Mr. President. It is unfair to the 26 million American workers who are unemployed or underemployed and it is unfair to those who are waiting to legally immigrate to the United States.
“Conservatively, seven million people are working in the United States illegally. Instead of focusing on creating jobs and getting 26 million Americans back to work, the President’ proposal would give millions of illegal immigrants the opportunity to work legally in the United States, attract more illegal immigrants looking for the same opportunity, and take more jobs from American workers.”
My Man, Elton!
I could not have said it better myself.
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Rep Elton Gallegly Announces New Camarillo District Office
Guess my Congressman is on the move from Thousand Oaks to Camarillo. In any case, here are his contact details:U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties) today announced that he will open a new district office in Camarillo on Monday. The current office in Thousand Oaks will be open during regular hours until 5 p.m. Friday.
The Camarillo office will be at 5051 Verdugo Way, Suite 120, Camarillo, CA 93012. The new phone number is 805-482-2424. Faxes can be sent to 805-482-0024. Office hours will remain 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. The toll-free number will also remain the same, (800) 423-0023.
In addition to the Camarillo office, Gallegly maintains a Solvang office at 485 Alisal Road, Unit 144, Solvang, CA 93463. The phone number is (805) 686-2525. Fax is (805) 686-2566. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Ventura County and Santa Barbara County residents can also contact Gallegly’s Washington, D.C., office: 2309 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515-0523. The phone number is (202) 225-5811. Faxes can be sent to (202) 225-1100. Washington, D.C., office hours are 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday.
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Rep. Elton Gallegly Planning An Old Fashion Whistle Stop Campaign Tour
Looks like fun!I might head out there but my weekends are pretty full with training for the Disneyland Half Marathon and end of summer family activities.
Check it out though, if you are free.
The telephone number is on the flyer: 805 522-4487.
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Representative Elton Gallegly Appointed to Commission Honoring President Ronald Reagan
Congressman Robert Wexler (D- Florida) and Elton Gallegly (R-Simi Valley, California), ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Europe talking with Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou of the European Union
From the Press Release:U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA) was appointed to the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission today by House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio.
Gallegly authored the bill that created the commission and is the second person assigned to the 11-member commission. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar was named to the commission in the bill.
“Elton Gallegly was instrumental to the creation of this commission and it’s terrific that he’ll be actively involved in the celebration of Ronald Reagan’s centennial,†said Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.
The 11-member Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act will plan and carry out activities deemed fitting to honor Ronald Reagan on his 100th birthday, which falls on Feb. 6, 2011.
“I appreciate Leader Boehner’s appointment,†Gallegly said. “I look forward to working with my fellow commissioners to create appropriate activities to honor President Reagan and to celebrate his life and accomplishments on behalf of the country he loved.â€
The commission will make recommendations and provide necessary assistance for federal, state and local governmental agencies and civic groups to honor President Reagan. Such activities could include special stamps or coins. In addition, the commission will recommend to Congress activities to honor his 100th birthday, including the possible convening of a Joint Session of Congress.
In addition to Gallegly and Secretary Salazar, nine more members need to be appointed: President Obama will appoint four members; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will appoint two; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will appoint two; and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will appoint one. They have 90 days from enactment of the bill to make their appointments.
No federal money can be spent on the commission or its activities.
Gallegly’s bill attracted wide bipartisan support. The Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent on May 20 and the House passed it on a 371-19 vote on March 9. President Obama signed Gallegly’s bill during a June 2 White House ceremony attended by Gallegly and former First Lady Nancy Reagan.
Previous commissions have been instituted to honor Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Abraham Lincoln.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum is in Simi Valley, CA, Gallegly’s hometown.
I am looking forward to next year’s event at the Reagan Library. A gathering of conservatives, young and old, the world has probably never seen before.
Stay tuned…….
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Video: Nancy Reagan to President Obama at U. S. Representative Elton Gallegly Bill Signing – “Oh, You’re a LEFTY”
President Barack Obama, seated, joined by former first lady Nancy Reagan, left, and others, signs the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act during a ceremony in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. From left are, Nancy Reagan, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., the president, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Calif., and Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill.This is hilarious and oh so TRUE.
President Obama is a LEFTY.
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President Obama Signs U.S. Representative Elton Gallegly’s Bill Honoring President Ronald Reagan
President Barack Obama, seated, joined by former first lady Nancy Reagan, left, and others, signs the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act during a ceremony in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. From left are, Nancy Reagan, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., the president, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Calif., and Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill.
From the Press Release:In a White House ceremony attended by former first lady Nancy Reagan and U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Ventura & Santa Barbara Counties), President Obama today signed Gallegly’s bill to honor President Ronald Reagan on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
The Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act creates an 11-member commission that will plan and carry out activities deemed fitting to honor Ronald Reagan on his 100th birthday, which falls on Feb. 6, 2011.
The commission will make recommendations and provide necessary assistance for federal, state and local governmental agencies and civic groups to honor President Reagan’s 100th birthday. Such activities could include special stamps or coins. In addition, the commission will recommend to Congress activities to honor President Reagan’s 100th birthday, including the possible convening of a Joint Session of Congress.
No federal money can be spent on the commission or its activities.
“Having Mrs. Reagan at the bill signing gave it special significance,†Gallegly said. “She was President Reagan’s staunchest supporter before, during and after his presidency. I appreciate that President Obama scheduled the ceremony so that she could attend.â€
Mrs. Reagan will also attend the unveiling of President Reagan’s statue in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday.
Gallegly’s bill attracted wide bipartisan support. The Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent on May 20 and the House passed it on a 371-19 vote on March 9.
From left to right, Mrs. Reagan, President Obama, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Elton, U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL).
President Barack Obama kisses former First Lady Nancy Reagan after signing the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act June 2, 2009What a nice gesture by President Obama to honor President Ronald Reagan and have a White House bill signing ceremony for Nancy.
And, thanks to Flap’s Congressman Elton Gallegly for sponsoring the bill in the House.
Now, this is bipartisanship and makes me proud, especially since the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum is just a few miles from where I live.
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United States Senate Passes Rep. Elton Gallegly Bill Honoring President Ronald Reagan
From the press release:The U.S. Senate late Tuesday passed a bill by U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Ventura & Santa Barbara Counties) to honor President Ronald Reagan on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
The Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent. On March 9, the House passed it on a 371-19 vote, with one Member voting present. The bill now goes to President Obama for his signature.
The Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act will create an 11-member commission that will plan and carry out activities deemed fitting to honor Ronald Reagan on his 100th birthday, which will be on Feb. 6, 2011.
The commission will make recommendations and provide necessary assistance for federal, state and local governmental agencies and civic groups to honor President Reagan’s 100th birthday. Such activities could include special stamps or coins. In addition, the commission will recommend to Congress activities to honor President Reagan’s 100th birthday, including the possible convening of a Joint Session of Congress.
No federal money can be spent on the commission or its activities.
“The bipartisan support for the commission says a lot about how President Reagan’s impact on U.S. and international affairs continues to be felt today,†Gallegly said. “President Reagan inspired greatness in the nation he loved. Celebrating his life and accomplishments is a celebration of America.â€
Gallegly also noted that it’s fitting that the legislation passed in time for the unveiling of President Reagan’s statue in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on June 3. Former first lady Nancy Reagan will attend the ceremony.
Flap will be looking forward to the festivities next February 6th at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
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Believe It Or Not: The GOP is NOT a Regional Party
The LEFT and Democrats like to portray the GOP as a regional only party but it just NOT so. Look at the map above of the Obama victory over McCain just a few months ago.Jim Geraghty does the analysis.
Discussing the 2010 elections for the House of Representatives with David Freddoso and Mark Hemingway earlier today, we noticed that the “the Republican Party is becoming a regional party” argument is nonsense — even though it’s widely repeated.
The AP, today: “With Sen. Arlen Specter’s switch to the Democrats, the Republican Party is increasingly at risk of being viewed as a mostly Southern and solidly conservative party, an identity that might take years to overcome.”
Er, no. The South amounts to 44 percent of the Republican House delegation, which means 56 percent has to come from somewhere else.
And that’s just looking at House districts. Examine these charts from CQ. McCain won 193 of the nation’s 435 congressional districts, including 49 that split their tickets to elect Democrats to the U.S. House. There are currently 178 Republicans in the House of Representatives. So a total of 227 House districts voted for either McCain, or a Republican House member, or both — in what everyone would agree was a fantastic year for Democrats.
Even if Republicans won every House seat in the South they would only have 131 seats — leaving 96 other districts across the country.
Even in their shrunken minority, Republicans hold 19 House seats in California, eight in Ohio, seven in Michigan, seven in Illinois, seven in Pennsylvania, five in New Jersey, five in Missouri, three in Minnesota, three in New York, three in Washington state, and the one seat in Delaware.
And it works in the reverse, too — Democrats actually represent more House seats in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Virginia and North Carolina than Republicans. Neither party is as regional as conventional wisdom suggests.
Let’s look at Flap’s Congressional district that was won by Obama last November:
Yet, long-time incumbent GOP Represenative Elton Gallegly won by a comfortable 16 points in a down GOP year.
The LEFT and Democrats like to blow smoke and hope it catches fire.
Now, the GOP does have a New York and New England problem but not one that marginalizes the national party.
Sorry, Democrats.
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U.S. Supreme Court to Review Controversial Ruling Striking Down Federal Animal Cruelty Law
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, second left, stands with US Congress members Representative Jane Harman, left, Senator Jon Kyl, center, Representative Elton Gallegly, second right, and Senator Sam Brownback, during their meeting at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008
This bill which outlawed “animal crush” videos was overturned last year by a federal appeals court and was sponsored by Flap’s Congressman, Elton Gallegly. The United Sates Supreme Court today granted review of the case and will do so in the Fall Term of the court.The Supreme Court will consider reviving a federal law banning the sale of images of animal cruelty. A federal appeals court said the law illegally restricts this form of free speech.
The justices said Monday that they will look at the decision by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia that also overturned the conviction of Robert Stevens of Pittsville, Va. In 2005, Stevens was convicted and sentenced to 37 months in prison for selling videos of pit bull fights.
The appeals court described one video as including a “gruesome depiction of a pit bull attacking the lower jaw of a domestic farm pig.”
The government says it has a “compelling interest in protecting animals from wanton acts of cruelty.”
The Humane Society of the United States, backing the government, says that the 1999 law played a critical role in stopping the spread of so-called crush videos that show women crushing to death small animals, often with their bare feet or high-heeled shoes.
The case will be argued in the fall.
The United States Supreme Court will decide whether there should be a new exception to the First amendment to apply to the portrayals of animal cruelty.
The new First Amendment case the Justices will be hearing next fall or winter involves the constitutionality of a 1999 federal law, passed by Congress in an attempt to curb animal cruelty. The en banc Third Circuit Court struck down the law as written, thus barring its use in any case no matter what the specific facts.
Although the law has been in effect for ten years, it was used for the first time to prosecute Robert J. Stevens of Pittsville, Va., for selling videotapes of fighting among dogs of the Pit Bull breed. He was convicted of three counts of violating the 1999 law, and was sentenced to 37 months in prison.
In nullifying the law, the Circuit Court refused to create a new exception to the First Amendment to apply to portrayals of animal cruelty. It noted that the Supreme Court “last declared an entire category of speech unprotected†by the Amendment in 1982 (in New York v. Ferber, involving child pornography). The Circuit Court rejected a government argument that the depiction of animal cruelty was analogous to the depiction of child pornography.
In taking the case on to the Supreme Court, the Justice Department argued that the 1999 law is narrow in scope, applying only to a “particularly harmful class of speech,†only when that is done for commercial gain, and only when the particular depiction has “no serious societal value.â€
It may be a close call for the court, but Flap does not really see any societal value in permitting animal cruelty or “animal crush” videos. As long as the decision is narrow, there should be no danger to our constitutionally protected free speech.
Stay tuned……
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Elton Gallegly Re-Elected to Congress in California’s 24 District
GOP Representative Elton Gallegly and wife, Janice
In a Democrat year, where Barack Obama won California by over 20 points, Republican Representative Elton Gallegly has won re-election to California’s 24th Congressional District.Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Simi Valley, beat challenger Marta Jorgensen, a Democrat from Solvang, for the 24th Congressional District seat.
Gallegly has represented the district — which includes part of Santa Barbara County most of Ventura County, except for the coastal areas of Oxnard and Ventura — since 1986. Jorgensen won the right to oppose him with her surprise victory in a three-candidate Democratic primary. With 100 percent of the precincts counted, Gallegly had 57 percent to Jorgensen’s 43 percent.
Congrats to Elton for his election victory. As my Congressman, Flap has always been pleased with the outstanding representation Gallegly has given all of his constituents.
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