The Republican Agenda For Restoring New Hampshire
We are committed to this comprehensive conservative agenda, and we will deliver on our promise to protect the New Hampshire Advantage of low taxes and limited government.
Read More
2011 House Session Accomplishments
The House has passed legislation that accomplishes our campaign pledge of reforming government, living within our means, moving our economy forward, keeping New Hampshire safe, increasing transperency ...
Read More
House Editorials
Read what members of House Leadership, the Republican Caucus and Activists are saying in Op-Eds published in newspapers across the state
Read More
House Leadership
Learn more about the members of House Republican Leadership and the Office of the Speaker
Read More
Committee Leadership
The standing policy committees of the House are each responsible for specific subject matter. Each committee holds public hearings on all bills assigned to it, considers the subject matter and then makes recommendations on the disposition of those bills to the full House.
Read More
Most Recent Articles
Speaker Comments on Passage of HB 1666
CONCORD – House Speaker William O’Brien offered the following statement on the passage of House Bill 1666, which would require legislative approval of any collective bargaining contract entered into by the state. HB 1666 passed 232 to 119.
House Speaker William O’Brien
“Oversight by elected officials in the collective bargaining process for the public sector means that taxpayers will finally be at the negotiating table and not just agency heads, which promotes accountability within state government. This gives the legislature a role in determining the fairness of contracts that the State negotiates and as stewards of taxpayers’ hard earned money we must support policies that bring government accountability and integrity.”
Read More
House Speaker Comments on Passage of Legislative Oversight Committee of Department of Environmental Services
CONCORD – House Speaker William O’Brien offered the following comments on the passage of House Bill 1435, which establishes a committee to oversee the Department of Environmental Services (DES).
House Speaker William O’Brien
“This bill provides an avenue for legislative oversight and will ensure that the agency carefully considers the impact the Department of Environmental Services has on New Hampshire communities and convinces the legislature that the impact will be positive. It also creates a mechanism to provide feedback for the Department. We will continue to focus on legislation this session that brings more efficiency and accountability to state government and House Bill 1435 is such a reform.”
Read More
Video: Press Conference on HR29, Resolution Addressing ObamaCare Contraception Mandate
House leadership Monday held a press conference to release a resolution calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to rescind the rule mandating contraception coverage. The resolution will have a public hearing in the House on Thursday, February 16 at 8:15am.
Joining Speaker O’Brien and Majority Leader DJ Bettencourt were Bishop Peter Libasci & Congressman Charlie Bass. Congressman Frank Guinta could not attend but sent a staff member to deliver remarks on his behalf.
“I’m pleased to support this important resolution that is needed to push back against yet another misguided element of Obamacare.
As with so much of Obamacare, it is free citizens, churches and companies that are being coerced into a particular course of action when they were previously free to chose, and in this circumstance it is the Federal Government that is doing the imposing.
It is incredibly disappointing to see the Obama Administration is distracted from focusing on our fragile economy and is instead involving itself in social issues which the Federal Government has no business.
Read More
Op-Ed: Jobs Remain the Focus in Concord
By Rep. D.J. Bettencourt
2011 was a year of extraordinary achievements for this Legislature. We committed to voters to live within our means and balance our budget without raising taxes and did an uncommon thing for elected officials — we kept our promises.
The over 100 tax and fee increases of the four years prior to this Legislature were simply too much for our employers, and our citizens, to bear.
Last year, we inherited a $900 million budget deficit. Rather than default to the usual solution of more taxes and fees, we lived up to our word and closed that deficit without creating or increasing a single tax. In fact, we reduced or eliminated 12 taxes and fees.
Included in those tax and fee cuts were several reductions in business taxes. As a result of these actions and based on Republican reforms, the monthly employment report by the state Department of Employment Security through January showed that roughly 708,000 more people are now working in New Hampshire than at any time since the start of the recession in 2008.
This is how businesses respond to state government that is a partner, not an adversary.
Read More
