News and Press Releases

by Erica Felci MyDesert.com PALM SPRINGS — Rep. Mary Bono Mack has launched a bipartisan effort to develop a national strategy to create more manufacturing jobs. The policy is being shaped by the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, which Bono Mack leads. The strategy is still in its draft stages, but the resulting [...]

By Juliana Gruenwald NationalJournal.com Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif., who chairs the Energy and Commerce subcommittee with jurisdiction over consumer privacy and security issues, wants Facebook to explain how hackers penetrated the social networking site, resulting in violent and pornographic images on some users’ Facebook pages. Mack, chairwoman of the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee, [...]

Local Congresswoman says lower taxes and tighter spending controls are key in rebounding the economy. By Eddie Trent PalmDesert.Patch.com Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack called for less government regulation in business this morning and lower tax rates when she spoke at a breakfast meeting of the Palm Desert Area Chamber of Commerce. “To get our country [...]

By Rep. Mary Bono Mack The Daily Caller President Obama is doing his best to ratchet up the pressure on Congress to pass the American Jobs Act. But if history repeats itself, the ones getting “jobbed” will be American taxpayers. The facts speak for themselves. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the president’s first [...]

by Erica Felci MyDesert.com Rep. Mary Bono Mack will be one of the headliners at the California Republican Party’s fall convention. The Palm Springs Republican will be giving what her office described as a major address on job creation and the economy. Bono Mack also will be honored at a dinner banquet, which is billed [...]

Mariecar Mendoza The Desert Sun LOS ANGELES — Moving in the same circles as three GOP presidential hopefuls, Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Palm Springs, played what state Republican officials viewed as a vital role during the California Republican Party 2011 Fall Convention in Los Angeles. Her speech that prompted a standing ovation Saturday during the [...]

By Ben Goad The Press-Enterprise | PE.com Republicans around California are grumbling over a newly minted set of political lines that they say are friendlier to their Democratic rivals. But Inland GOP Reps. Ken Calvert and Mary Bono Mack have few complaints about the way their districts look. In each of the past two elections, [...]

by Mary Bono Mack MyDesert.com Today, American consumers are under constant assault. As quickly and quietly as your wallet can be stolen by a skilled pickpocket, your personal identity can be hijacked without you knowing it by online hackers and cyber thieves. The Federal Trade Commission estimates that nearly 10 million Americans fall victim to [...]

By Josh Smith (National Journal) Updated: June 13, 2011 | 3:11 p.m. June 13, 2011 | 1:25 p.m. Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif., is circulating draft legislation that would require companies to provide a basic level of protection for consumers’ personal information and notify the government when data is stolen. After Mack held hearings last [...]

By Paul C. Barton, MyDesert.com PALM DESERT, Calif. When White House officials warn of Congress triggering another worldwide financial crisis by not raising the limit on the national debt, Republican Rep. Devin Nunes refuses to scare. Unless the White House agrees to Republican demands for significant “structural” spending reforms and economic-growth measures — especially related [...]