The Weekly Republican Address is delivered by a different prominent Republican each week, in response to the weekly address of the president of the United States during a Democratic presidency. When a Republican has held the Presidency, the President delivers the weekly address, such as occurred during 2001–2009 under George W. Bush, and most recently, Donald Trump, 2017-2021.
2009 Weekly Republican Address speakers
Democrat President Barack Obama inaugurated on January 20. Democrats hold "super majorities" in both Senate and House.
DateSpeakersStatePositionNotesReference(s)January 9Mike PenceIndianaHouseHouse Republican Conference ChairmanJanuary 16Cathy McMorris RodgersWashingtonHouseHouse Republican Conference Vice-ChairJanuary 23John BoehnerOhioHouseHouse Republican LeaderJanuary 30Mitch McConnellKentuckySenateSenate Republican LeaderFebruary 6Michael SteeleMarylandRepublican National Committee ChairmanRepublican National Committee ChairmanFebruary 13Thaddeus McCotterMichiganHouseFebruary 20Dave CampMichiganHouseWays and Means Committee, ranking memberFebruary 28Richard BurrNorth CarolinaSenateMarch 7Roy BluntMissouriHouseMarch 13Chuck GrassleyIowaSenateMarch 20Haley BarbourMississippiGovernorMarch 27Judd GreggNew HampshireSenateApril 4Paul RyanWisconsinHouseApril 10Tim PawlentyMinnesotaGovernorApril 18Kevin McCarthyCaliforniaHouseApril 23Lamar AlexanderTennesseeSenateMay 2Lynn JenkinsKansasHouseMay 8Kit BondMissouriSenateMay 16Charles BoustanyLouisianaHouseMay 22John BarrassoWyomingSenateMay 30Mitch DanielsIndianaGovernorJune 6Jeff SessionsAlabamaSenateSenate Judiciary Committee, ChairmanJune 13Mike PenceIndianaHouseHouse Republican Conference ChairmanJune 20Mitch McConnellKentuckySenateSenate Republican LeaderJune 27John BoehnerOhioHouseHouse Republican LeaderJuly 1John McCainArizonaSenate2008 Republican presidential nomineeJuly 11Eric CantorVirginiaHouseHouse Republican WhipJuly 18Jon KylArizonaSenateSenate Republican WhipJuly 25Cathy McMorris RodgersWashingtonHouseHouse Republican Conference Vice-ChairAugust 1John ThuneSouth DakotaSenateAugust 8Bob McDonnellVirginiaGovernor candidateWon Governor election in November, later delivered Republican response to 2010 State of the Union AddressAugust 15Orrin HatchUtahSenateAugust 22Tom PriceGeorgiaHouseAugust 29Mike EnziWyomingSenateSeptember 5John KlineMinnesotaHouseSeptember 12John CornynTexasSenateSeptember 19Sue MyrickNorth CarolinaHouseSeptember 26Johnny IsaksonGeorgiaSenateOctober 3Candice MillerMichiganHouseOctober 10George LeMieuxFloridaSenateOctober 17Kevin BradyTexasHouseOctober 24Mike JohannsNebraskaSenateOctober 30John BoehnerOhioHouseHouse Republican LeaderNovember 7Haley BarbourMississippiGovernorNovember 14Mark KirkIllinoisHouseNovember 20Mike CrapoIdahoSenateNovember 26Mike PenceIndianaHouseHouse Republican Conference ChairmanDecember 5Carly FiorinaCaliforniaSenate candidateWould later win primary election, lose general election to incumbent Barbara BoxerDecember 12Marsha BlackburnTennesseeHouseDecember 18John McCainArizonaSenate2008 Republican presidential nomineeDecember 24Duncan HunterCaliforniaHouse
2010 Weekly Republican Address speakers
After the United States elections of 2010, Republicans took back the majority in the House of Representatives, and achieved a net gain in the Senate, decreasing the Democratic majority.
DateSpeakersStatePositionNotesReference(s)January 2Mitch McConnellKentuckySenateSenate Republican LeaderJanuary 9Peter KingNew YorkHouseJanuary 16Mike CastleDelawareHouseJanuary 22John BoehnerOhioHouseHouse Republican LeaderJanuary 30Susan CollinsMaineSenateFebruary 6Jeb HensarlingTexasHouseFebruary 13Lindsey GrahamSouth CarolinaSenateFebruary 20Dave CampMichiganHouseFebruary 27Tom CoburnOklahomaSenateMarch 6Parker GriffithAlabamaHouseMarch 13Scott BrownMassachusettsSenateMarch 20John BoehnerOhioHouseHouse Republican LeaderMarch 27Mitch McConnellKentuckySenateSenate Republican LeaderApril 3Kevin McCarthyCaliforniaHouseApril 10Jon KylArizonaSenateSenate Republican WhipApril 17Eric CantorVirginiaHouseHouse Republican WhipApril 24Kay Bailey HutchisonTexasSenateMay 1Pete HoekstraMichiganHouseMay 7Richard ShelbyAlabamaSenateMay 15Chris LeeNew YorkHouseLater resigned due to sex scandal, seat won in special election by Democrat Kathy HochulMay 22David VitterLouisianaSenateMay 29Kevin McCarthyCaliforniaHouseJune 5Michael SteeleMarylandRepublican National Committee ChairmanRepublican National Committee ChairmanJune 12John BoehnerOhioHouseHouse Republican LeaderJune 19Roger WickerMississippiSenateJune 26Paul RyanWisconsinHouseJuly 3Saxby ChamblissGeorgiaSenateJuly 10Phil GingreyGeorgiaHouseJuly 17Pat RobertsKansasSenateJuly 24Mike PenceIndianaHouseJuly 31Mike JohannsNebraskaSenateAugust 7Peter RoskamIllinoisHouseAugust 13Pat ToomeyPennsylvaniaSenate candidateLater won general election against challenger Joe SestakAugust 21Charles DjouHawaiiHouseAugust 27Marco RubioFloridaSenate candidateLater won general election against challengers Kendrick Meek and incumbent Governor Charlie CristSeptember 4Geoff DavisKentuckyHouseSeptember 11Jon KylArizonaSenateSeptember 18Greg WaldenOregonHouseSeptember 25Kevin McCarthyCaliforniaHouseOctober 2Mitch McConnellKentuckySenateSenate Republican LeaderOctober 9John BarrassoWyomingSenateSenate Republican Conference Vice-ChairOctober 16Mike PenceIndianaHouseHouse Republican Conference ChairmanOctober 23John ThuneSouth DakotaSenateOctober 30John BoehnerOhioHouseHouse Republican LeaderNovember 6Marco RubioFloridaSenator-electNovember 13Greg WaldenOregonHouseMajority Transition ChairmanNovember 20Mitch McConnellKentuckySenateSenate Republican LeaderNovember 25Austin ScottGeorgiaHouse-electDecember 4Mark KirkIllinoisHouseDecember 11Kristi NoemSouth DakotaHouse-electDecember 18John CornynTexasSenateDecember 24Joe PittsPennsylvaniaHouse
2011 Weekly Republican Address speakers
After the January 5 inaugurations, all positions won in the November 2010 elections were officially filled.
DateSpeakersStatePositionNotesReference(s)January 1Kelly AyotteNew HampshireSenate-electJanuary 7Eric CantorVirginiaHouseHouse Majority LeaderJanuary 15Jeff FlakeArizonaHouseJanuary 22John BarrassoWyomingSenateJanuary 29Ron JohnsonWisconsinSenateFebruary 5Jeb HensarlingTexasHouseFebruary 12Orrin HatchUtahSenateFebruary 19Tom PriceGeorgiaHouseHouse Policy committee, ChairmanFebruary 26Rob PortmanOhioSenateMarch 5Diane BlackTennesseeHouseMarch 12Lisa MurkowskiAlaskaSenateMarch 19Jaime Herrera BeutlerWashingtonHouseMarch 26Bob McDonnellVirginiaGovernorApril 2John BoehnerOhioHouseSpeaker of the HouseApril 9Paul RyanWisconsinHouseHouse Budget Committee, Chairman; earlier delivered Republican response to 2011 State of the Union AddressApril 16Tom CoburnOklahomaSenateApril 23Mike JohannsNebraskaSenateApril 30James LankfordOklahomaHouseMay 7Scott BrownMassachusettsSenateMay 14Martha RobyAlabamaHouseMay 21Kay Bailey HutchisonTexasSenateMay 28Eric CantorVirginiaHouseHouse Majority LeaderJune 3Lamar AlexanderTennesseeSenateJune 11Adam KinzingerIllinoisHouseJune 18John HoevenNorth DakotaSenateJune 25Renee EllmersNorth CarolinaHouseJuly 2Dan CoatsIndianaSenateJuly 9Cathy McMorris RodgersWashingtonHouseHouse Republican Conference Vice-ChairJuly 16Orrin HatchUtahSenateJuly 23Jeb HensarlingTexasHouseHouse Republican Conference ChairmanJuly 30Jon KylArizonaSenateSenate Republican WhipAugust 6Michael GrimmNew YorkHouseAugust 13Pat ToomeyPennsylvaniaSenateAugust 20John KasichOhioGovernorAugust 27Dean HellerNevadaSenateSeptember 3Bob GoodlatteVirginiaHouseSeptember 10Rudy GiulianiNew YorkMayorFormer New York City mayorSeptember 17Peter RoskamIllinoisHouseSeptember 24Susan CollinsMaineSenateOctober 1Morgan GriffithVirginiaHouseOctober 8John ThuneSouth DakotaSenateOctober 15Kevin McCarthyCaliforniaHouseHouse Majority WhipOctober 22Richard BurrNorth CarolinaSenateOctober 29Bobby SchillingIllinoisHouseNovember 5Scott BrownMassachusettsSenateNovember 12Joe HeckNevadaHouseNovember 19Pat ToomeyPennsylvaniaSenateMember of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit ReductionNovember 24Sandy AdamsFloridaHouseDecember 3Olympia SnoweMaineSenateDecember 10John BoehnerOhioHouseSpeaker of the HouseDecember 17John BarrassoWyomingSenateSenate Republican Policy Committee ChairmanDecember 24Mike PenceIndianaHouseDecember 31Johnny IsaksonGeorgiaSenate
2012 Weekly Republican Address speakers
After the United States elections in 2012, Democrat President Barack Obama defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney, Democrats increased their majority in the Senate, and Democrats made a net gain in the U.S. House, although Republicans continued to hold the House majority.
DateSpeakersStatePositionNotesReference(s)January 7Nan HayworthNew YorkHouseJanuary 14John HoevenNorth DakotaSenateJanuary 21Jeb HensarlingTexasHouseHouse Republican Conference ChairmanJanuary 28Marco RubioFloridaSenateFebruary 4Pat MeehanPennsylvaniaHouseFebruary 11Bob McDonnellVirginiaGovernorFebruary 18Cathy McMorris RodgersWashingtonHouseHouse Republican Conference Vice-ChairFebruary 25Kay Bailey HutchisonTexasSenateMarch 3Doc HastingsWashingtonHouseMarch 10Jack DalrympleNorth DakotaGovernorMarch 17Cory GardnerColoradoHouseMarch 24Mitch McConnellKentuckySenateSenate Republican LeaderMarch 31John BoehnerOhioHouseSpeaker of the HouseApril 7Mary FallinOklahomaGovernorApril 14Fred UptonMichiganHouseApril 21Roy BluntMissouriSenateApril 28Paul RyanWisconsinHouseHouse Budget Committee, ChairmanMay 5Bob CorkerTennesseeSenateMay 12Kristi NoemSouth DakotaHouseMay 19Ron JohnsonWisconsinSenateMay 26Lynn JenkinsKansasHouseJune 2John CornynTexasSenateJune 9Erik PaulsenMinnesotaHouseJune 16Scott WalkerWisconsinGovernorJune 23Bill CassidyLouisianaHouseWon recall election on June 5June 30John BarrassoWyomingSenateSupreme Court upheld Affordable Care Act on June 28July 7Ann Marie BuerkleOhioHouseJuly 14Rob PortmanNew YorkSenateJuly 21John BoehnerOhioHouseSpeaker of the House / speaking on Aurora, Colorado massacreJuly 28Orrin HatchUtahSenateAugust 4Eric CantorVirginiaHouseHouse Majority LeaderAugust 11Roger WickerMississippiSenateAugust 18Vicky HartzlerMissouriHouseAugust 25Rand PaulKentuckySenateSeptember 1Steve ScaliseLouisianaHouseSeptember 15Allen WestFloridaHouseSeptember 29Vernon ParkerArizonaHouse candidateLost election to Kyrsten SinemaOctober 6Reince PriebusWisconsinRepublican National Committee ChairmanRepublican National Committee ChairmanOctober 13Markwayne MullinOklahomaHouse candidateWon the electionOctober 20Jeff FlakeArizonaHouseOctober 27Ann WagnerMissouriHouse candidateWon the electionNovember 3Mitt RomneyMassachusettsPresidential candidate, former Governor of MassachusettsLost that week's presidential election to Barack ObamaNovember 9John BoehnerOhioHouseSpeaker of the House, following the preceding week's presidential election loss to Barack ObamaNovember 17Kelly AyotteNew HampshireSenateDecember 1Orrin HatchUtahSenateDecember 8Marco RubioFloridaSenateDecember 15None"House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), citing respect for the victims of the Newtown, CT shooting, announced that there will be no Weekly Republican Address for Saturday, December 15, 2012: "There will be no Weekly Republican Address this weekend so that President Obama can speak for the entire nation at this time of mourning. I join the president – and all Americans – in sending prayers and condolences to the victims' loved ones."December 22John BoehnerOhioHouseSpeaker of the HouseDecember 29Roy BluntMissouriSenate
2013 Weekly Republican Address speakers
After the United States elections in 2012, Democrat President Barack Obama defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney, Democrats increased their majority in the Senate, and Democrats made a net gain in the U.S. House, although Republicans continued to hold the House majority.