Rep. Hubbard Columns

The Republican House and Senate Caucuses unveiled the Republican “Handshake with Alabama”, five agenda items important to Alabamians that Republicans promise to tackle immediately if the voters put Republicans in the majority in the Alabama Legislature for the first time in 136 years.
In this column, Rep. Hubbard writes that the Alabama Legislature should pass a constitutional amendment to allow Alabama voters to decide if they want the federal government involved in their health care choices.
Four years ago, the collective Democrat leadership of the House and Senate held a much-hyped news conference to unveil what they called the “Covenant for the Future,” a laundry list of bills, proposals and initiatives they promised to pass within the first ten days of the first legislative session. Several sessions and more than 1,400 days later, their agenda remains woefully unfulfilled, and their “Covenant” with the citizens of Alabama is irrevocably broken.
Democrats in Washington don't seem to be learning from their mistakes. In this column, Rep. Hubbard comments on the latest plan by the Congressonal Democrat leadership to pass Obamacare by playing around with the rules of the Senate.
In this column written for the Alabama Republican Party's February e-newsletter, Rep. Hubbard points out that 2010 has the opportunity to be a year of historic victories and accomplishments for Republicans.
With the 2010 Legislative Session just over its halfway point, it is abundantly clear that there has never been a more important time to elect conservatives - and to “retire” Democrats who are beholden to the liberal special interests - than November of 2010.
Alabama Education Association leadership routinely blocks efforts to institute reforms in our public education system, including those that would improve the lives and working conditions of the teachers who belong to and pay dues to the group.
Republicans in the Alabama House and Senate have proposed a package of tough ethics reform bills designed to hold public officials accountable for their actions. And, year after year, Democrats have killed them.
President Barack Obama continues to push for his universal healthcare scheme, an initiative that threatens our free market system and puts our most important personal health choices in the hands of faceless government bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.
In this column, Rep. Hubbard warns that Democrats in Alabama are acting like their colleagues in Washingtion in trying to restrict our rights.

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