Jeb Hensarling is off to a great start as chairman of the RSC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), today issued the following statement as time on the House Democrats' "100 Hours agenda" runs out:

"The Democrats' 100 hours agenda has accomplished very little for people and families across America. On the other hand, they have done a great deal to expand government dependency and control at the expense of individual empowerment, incentive, and private enterprise. And it should be noted that while it took Democrats even less than 100 hours to raise taxes, not 1 cent is going to deficit reduction.

"Thus far, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats have attempted to: empower the federal government to set drug prices that are already being successfully negotiated in the free market...federally mandate a higher wage that will keep younger workers from job opportunities; push students into a federally run bureaucratic loan program; and federally impose billions in fees and taxes that will cost American workers jobs and cause millions of Americans to become even more dependent on foreign oil. That is a whole lot of federal."

"Though very few of these agenda items will actually become law in their current form, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats clearly have chosen to empower the federal government over families in America."