Eric Cantor - U.S. Congressman

The Obama administration has had more than 400 regulations under review that cost the economy $100 million or more

By Eric Cantor
U.S. News and World Report
July 26, 2012

Small businesses are caught in a riptide of red tape. The overwhelming onslaught of rules and regulations coming from Washington is making it nearly impossible to start … Read More

House majority leader speaks out on health care ruling, Holder contempt vote.

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Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan
USA Today

Our Constitution has endured the passage of time with remarkably few changes, being amended just 27 times in 223 years. Unfortunately, America’s debt limit has not been nearly so stable. Since World War II, Congress has increased the limit on the national … Read More

Yesterday Congressman Eric Cantor and his House Republican colleagues released the “Plan for America’s Job Creators.” Following years of Democratic inaction on jobs or the economy, Republicans are offering a series of real reforms that include fundamental tax reform, reining in harmful regulations, increasing U.S. exports by passing three long-pending trade agreements, and … Read More

Culpeper Star-Exponent

Your government is a fiscal train wreck. It is over $14 trillion in debt and borrows nearly 40 cents of every dollar that it spends. Before us lie two divergent paths: one defined by crushing debt, slow growth and diminished opportunity; and one defined by achievement, innovation and American leadership. We stand at a … Read More

Originally published in Politico
By: Rep. Eric Cantor
October 13, 2010 12:20 AM EDT

House Republicans took an unprecedented stand in March, imposing an immediate moratorium on earmarks for the remainder of the Congress. Yet, because the governing rules of one Congress cannot bind the next, this moratorium will expire on Jan. 3, 2011. I do not believe that … Read More

This Editorial was published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on September 18.

Many months ago, as indications of a Republican sweep in 2010 first materialized, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-7th) suggested that opposition to the administration’s statist agenda would translate into significant GOP gains. In a conversation with the Editorial Board, he added that if his party … Read More

Minority Whip Eric Cantor questions the motives behind the $26 billion bailout bill approved by the House

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House Republican Whip Eric Cantor appeared on Fox News “On the Record” with Greta van Susteren to discuss the overwhelming response from the American people to cut spending and the Republican efforts to bring some fiscal restraint to Washington.

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Richmond Times-Dispatch
By Rep. Eric Cantor
February 26, 2011

America is at a tipping point, and Republicans have begun to take action.

Last week, the House passed unprecedented legislation reducing discretionary spending this fiscal year by more than $100 billion. In addition, we made clear that our long-term budget, to be unveiled in the spring, will address … Read More