Capitol Hill Updates

Capitol Hill Updates

Lankford Joins Call for Cuomo Investigation into COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) and a group of Senate Finance Committee Republicans to call on Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) to open [...]

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Kevin McCarthy: President Biden’s First 100 Days

Today officially marks 100 days since President Biden assumed office. As a candidate, he made a lot of promises about what his administration would accomplish and how he would reach [...]

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Grassley Statement Following President Biden’s Joint Address

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after President Biden delivered a joint address to Congress this evening. “President Biden campaigned on unifying a divided nation. Part [...]

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SCALISE: AMERICANS ARE FLEEING TO CONSERVATIVE STATES

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel’s America Reports, where he called out President Joe Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi for putting their far-left [...]

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DEMS’ PUSH FOR D.C. STATEHOOD IS AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL POWER GRAB

TOPLINE: On Thursday, the House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 51, the D.C. Admission Act. This legislation violates the 23rd Amendment and is nothing more than a partisan power grab [...]

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Republican Committee Leaders Introduce the Lower Costs, More Cures Act

Washington D.C.– Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today released [...]

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Senator Chuck Grassley Op-Ed: Packing The Court Strikes Out Independent Judiciary

Op-Ed: Packing the court strikes out independent judiciary By Sen. Chuck Grassley Washington Examiner Former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt used his bully pulpit to try to pack the Supreme Court. [...]

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Daily House of Representatives’ Schedule 4/21/21

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21ST On Wednesday, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. First and last votes expected: 3:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. One Minute Speeches H.R. 1333 – [...]

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McConnell Blasts Liberal Efforts to Go Soft on Fentanyl Analogues

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the opioid crisis: “Of course, the flow of actual people [...]

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Lankford, Inhofe, Daines Push Senate to Protect Life

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced an amendment to a bill to address hate crimes committed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The amendment would require the Attorney [...]