Congressman Trent Franks

Bruce Bartlett, a senior policy analyst in the Reagan Administration and columnist for Forbes.com, called out Arizona Congressman Trent Franks in a recent article about the health-care debate and why Republicans have little credibility when it comes to talking about fiscal responsibility. The whole piece is worth reading as a reminder of how bad the GOP-controlled Congress was, but check out this excerpt: It's important to remember that the...  

Arizona Congressman Trent Franks said today that the Democrats' health-care proposal would harm coverage of senior citizens.‬‪‬‪ "In the middle of a discussion over how we should go about assisting our nation's uninsured, it is highly ironic...  

TRENT FRANKS' SHORT MEMORY.... Six years ago this month, the floor of the U.S. House was the scene to one of the more embarrassing moments in the history of the institution. It was when the Republican majority brought Medicare Part...  

One of the more amusing contentions to be made as a fearmongery talking point on the decision to put Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial in a New York City federal court is that the courthouse will turn into a "platform" for terrorists to project their warped ideas. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) recently said that a federal trial venue would do nothing more than provide suspects with "a megaphone to speak to the planet." Which in Franks's estimation...  

Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) said Sen. Dick Durbin's (D-Ill.) idea to house Guantanamo Bay detainees in Illinois shows that the Democrats have "at least" come up with "a jobs program."