Category Archives: Capitol Hill Updates

Weekly House of Representatives’ Schedule 7/24/23

WEEK OF JULY 24TH MONDAY, JULY 24TH On Monday, the House will meet at 11:00 a.m. in pro forma session. TUESDAY, JULY 25TH On Tuesday, the House will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules: H.R. […]

Majority Leader Scalise Celebrates Strength of Bond Between United States and Israel

This week, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), joined House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Congressman Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), Congressman David Kustoff (R-Tenn.), Congressman August Pfluger (R-Texas), Congressman Max Miller (R-Ohio), and House Republicans to affirm his support for Israel. […]

Senator Lankford Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Bolster the Abraham Accords, Regional Integration, and Negev Forum

WASHINGTON, DC – Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Jim Risch (R-ID), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Regional Integration and Normalization Act, a milestone bill that bolsters efforts to normalize relations between Israel and its neighbors in the Arab and Islamic world. “The US and Israel have several international agreements […]

Sen. Rick Scott: NDAA Should Support Lethal Military Forces – Not Washington’s Woke Experiments

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Rick Scott, member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and ranking member of the SASC Personnel Subcommittee, released the following statement on what he is fighting for in the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (FY 24 NDAA). Each year, Senator Scott has fought as a member of the […]

Senator Cotton, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Affirming American Support for Israel

Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced a resolution reaffirming American support for Israel. Specifically, the resolution states Israel is not a racist state, Congress rejects all forms of antisemitism and xenophobia, and the United States will always be a staunch partner and supporter of Israel. Senators John Boozman (R-Arkansas), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Steve […]

Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Increase Accountability At Federal Prisons

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and eight of his bipartisan colleagues in introducing legislation to bring greater accountability to our nation’s federal prisons. The Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2023 would require the president to appoint the Bureau of […]

Senator Lankford Demands End to Chinese Funding Abuses in Iran

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK –Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jim Risch (R-ID), John Barrasso (R-WY), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Rick Scott (R-FL), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) sent a letter to US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, urging the development of a strategy to counter Iran’s petrochemical industry […]

Weekly House of Representatives’ Schedule 7/17/23

WEEK OF JULY 17TH MONDAY, JULY 17TH On Monday, the House will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules: S. 111 – Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act (Sponsored by Senator Lankford / Judiciary Committee) H.R. 1418 – Animal […]

Majority Leader Scalise: Our Military Must Protect America, Not Woke Ideology

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Rep. Mark Alford (R-Mo.) to discuss the National Defense Authorization Act of 2023 and the efforts of House Republicans to rebuke the Biden Administration’s attempts to inject woke ideology into every level of the American military. […]

SENATOR CRUZ, COLLEAGUES CALL ON BLINKEN TO REVERSE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S NEW ANTISEMITIC ISRAEL BOYCOTT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on him to rescind discriminatory guidance issued by the State Department halting bilateral scientific and technological cooperation in certain Israeli-held territories. The following Senators joined Sen. Cruz as […]