Press Releases

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) released the following statement in response to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony on “Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy” in the House Financial Services Committee today.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) released the following statement today in response to President Obama’s speech in Newport News, Virginia regarding sequestration.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) released the following statement today in response to President Obama’s Press Conference on sequestration.

WASHINGTON , D.C. – Representative Ann Wagner (R-MO) today issued the following statement as the House of Representatives passed legislation to eliminate the 2013 statutory pay adjustment for Federal employees:

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) released the following statement tonight in response to President Obama’s State of the Union speech.

“I am disappointed that President Obama tonight proposed the same failed policies of the past four years. These same old broken promises have only resulted in more spending and more government. The President has created a ‘new normal’ in America. His ‘new normal’ is higher unemployment, more taxes, a shrinking economy, families barely making ends meet, and a lower quality of life.

WASHINGTON , D.C. – Representative Ann Wagner (R-MO) today issued the following statement as the House of Representatives passed the “Require A Plan Act”:

“Every day hard-working middle-class families and small business owners from the 2nd District of Missouri create budgets, set priorities and live within their means. Yet Senate Democrats have failed to pass a budget in four years, and once again President Obama missed his deadline to submit a budget on time to the American people. This is simply unacceptable.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) issued the following statement in response to President Obama missing the legally-mandated deadline to submit his budget to Congress.

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Wagner (R-MO) released the following statement in reaction to the December jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. A net total of 155,000 jobs were created, and the unemployment rate for January rose to 7.9 percent from the 7.8 percent rate previously reported for December.