George Miller for Congress

Mitt Romney – with his 15 percent tax rate, offshore tax havens, and history of outsourcing jobs -- is a perfect fit … for Republicans in Congress. Read more.

Good jobs number released this number -- 200,000 jobs created in December, unemployment rate dips to 8.5 percent from 8.6 percent last month, and last year the economy created 1.64 million jobs overall.  These are all encouraging signs.  But we need to keep moving forward without delay.  The economy is still very fragile and too many people are still out of work. (Read more.)

I was proud to join steelworkersand company executives at USS-POSCO plant in Pittsburg, CA yesterday to call on House GOP leaders to pass a bill to clamp downon China's manipulation of its currency, a practice that costs us jobs.  The Contra Costa Times was there.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_19284846

Speaker John Boehner said yesterday that he gets along with the President but they’re not on the same wavelength.

The House of Representatives, under the control of the Tea Party Republicans, voted 238 to 186 today to pass the bill that makes it easier for companies to outsource American jobs, H.R. 2587.  Shame on them.  The fight now goes to the U.S. Senate.

Congressman George Miller announced today he will be running for re-election to Congress in 2012 in what will be the 11th congressional district created by the independent redistricting commission, the district that encompasses most of Contra Costa County.

The House begins debate today on the Republican budget plan.  Here it is a nutshell.  Read more...