Press Releases

May 16, 2013

Roby, House Agriculture Committee Approve New Farm Bill

Issues: Agriculture

The House Committee on Agriculture last night advanced a new five-year Farm Bill that included reforms championed by U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R-AL).

May 16, 2013

House to Consider ObamaCare Repeal

The U.S. House of Representatives will consider a repeal of President Obama’s costly and burdensome health care law, the Affordable Care Act, today.

May 16, 2013

Roby Subcommittee Seeks Information on Benghazi Response

Seeking answers on the response of U.S. Armed Forces in the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Martha Roby, is continuing its oversight of the matter.

May 15, 2013

Roby Comments on Resignation of Acting IRS Commissioner

Representative Martha Roby today responded to the resignation of Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Stephen Miller in the wake of the scandal involving the targeting of conservative groups with extraordinary scrutiny.

May 15, 2013

House Agriculture Committee Meets to Consider Farm Bill

Issues: Agriculture

The House Committee on Agriculture has begun its meeting to consider a new five-year Farm Bill, officially known as the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act of 2013.

May 13, 2013

Roby Comments on Ongoing IRS Debacle

U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R-AL) today reacted to emerging reports about the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeting conservative groups with extraordinary scrutiny from 2010 to 2012.

May 13, 2013

Roby Returning from Afghanistan Visit

Representative Martha Roby is currently flying back to Washington, D.C. from Southwest Asia where she had been on a four-day Congressional Delegation (CODEL) visit to the region to evaluate and promote the interests of Afghan women.

May 10, 2013

Funding Flexibility Means Dothan Tower to Remain Open

Issues: Transportation

Representative Martha Roby confirmed Friday that the air traffic control tower at the Dothan Regional Airport will remain open thanks to recently-enacted legislation granting more funding flexibility to the Federal Aviation Administration.

May 10, 2013

Roby to Deliver Weekly GOP Address

Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL) will discuss Republicans' efforts to improve the lives of working families when she delivers the Weekly Republican Address to a national audience on Saturday, May 11.

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