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June 8, 2011

Alabama delegates join rebuke of Obama on Libya mission

By Mary Orndorff | The Birmingham News | June 4, 2011

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House, with the votes of six Alabama Republicans, rebuked President Barack Obama today for taking military action in Libya without congressional approval, and one of the Alabamians voted for an even more dramatic proposal that would have ended U.S. involvement altogether.

June 2, 2011

House approves cut to Homeland Security funding for 2012

By Pete Kasperowicz | The Hill | June 2, 2011

The House on Thursday night approved a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill for FY 2012 that funds DHS at $42 billion -- $1 billion lower than the FY 2011 funding level, and $3 billion lower than the Obama administration's request.

Members approved the bill in a 231-188 vote in which 17 Democrats joined all but 20 Republicans in supporting it.

June 2, 2011

House Republicans Fight To Secure Homeland Security and Protective Service Appropriations

By Audrey Hudson | Human Events | June 2, 2011

The House on Thursday approved $42 billion for homeland security appropriations in a freewheeling process that had Democrats and Republicans attaching amendments on everything from banning grants to ACORN to blocking collective bargaining for airport screeners.

June 1, 2011

US House Bill Would Cut Funding From Auto Maker Loan Program

By Josh Mitchel | Fox Business | June 1, 2011

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. House Republicans are moving to cut $1.5 billion from a government program that provides loans for auto makers and redirect the funds toward disaster relief in the Midwest and South.

May 31, 2011

Readout of Secretary Napolitano's Visit to Hackleburg, Alabama

Media Newswire | May 31, 2011

May 30, 2011

FEMA in Alabama for 'long haul'

By Kent Faulk | The Birmingham News | May 30, 2011

May 29, 2011

Napolitano and Aderholt survey damage in storm-ravaged Hackleburg

By Kent Faulk | The Birmingham News | May 29, 2011

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano visited Hackleburg this afternoon, surveying damage from the April 27 tornado that killed 18 people and took a big chunk out of the small northwest Alabama town.

May 29, 2011

National Officials Tour Hackleburg

By David Kumbroch | WHNT | May 29, 2011

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Congressman Robert Aderholt conducted an aerial survey of the damage before landing to tour volunteer sites and a few schools.

May 27, 2011
Sardis High students excel in stock market game

The Gadsden Times | May 29, 2011

Two teams of Sardis High School students finished first and second in the state in the Capitol Hill Challenge stock market game.

August 29, 2010

The Gadsden Times
Is Washington Listening To America?
By Rep Robert Aderholt (AL-04)

Sunday, August 29, 2010


Although one of my jobs is to represent you by voting in Washington, some of the most valuable time for me is spent meeting with people from back home in Alabama. I think that it is impossible to effectively do my job at the U.S. Capitol without taking the time to listen to the people of the 4th Congressional District of Alabama.