Rep. Alex Mooney introduced a bill recently that would designate one month every year as “Fidelity Month,” with the hope that Americans will unite in rededicating themselves “to the values of faith, family and patriotism.” “Our survival as a country depends on the shared bonds of faith, family and patriotism,” the West Virginia Republican said […]
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WEEK OF JULY 10TH MONDAY, JULY 10TH On Monday, the House will meet at 2:30 p.m. in pro forma session. TUESDAY, JULY 11TH 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. […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today issued the following statement praising the Supreme Court decision overturning President Biden’s student loan debt relief program in Biden v. Nebraska: “Cancelling student debt sounds easy, and everyone likes ‘free money,’ but it is actually not free, it is a bill that someone else has to pay. President […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding nominations: “Senate Democrats continue to dutifully advance the Biden Administration’s radical nominees. This week, the Senate will decide whether to give yet another left-wing lawyer a lifetime appointment to the federal bench. “Natasha Merle is an activist attorney […]
WEEK OF JUNE 19TH MONDAY, JUNE 19TH The House will not be in session. TUESDAY, JUNE 20TH 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: S. 30 – Fiscal Year 2023 Veterans […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. French Hill (AR-02), Vice-Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, alongside 27 members of the committee, led a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressing serious concerns about the European Union’s (EU) Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and the Treasury Department’s failure to push back against their exterritorial impact on U.S. companies. […]
“[I]f there’s one thing that can be said about the Biden presidency, it’s that American families have lost a lot of their breathing room.” WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) spoke on the Senate floor this week about President Biden’s disingenuous and out-of-touch op-ed in the Wall Street Journal where he touts a pro-growth, […]
hington, D.C. — Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) delivered the following opening remarks at Tuesday’s Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee hearing titled “Oversight of FERC: Adhering to a Mission of Affordable and Reliable Energy for America.” Excerpts and highlights below: FERC MUST RETURN TO ITS CORE MISSION “Thank you […]
WASHINGTON – At Tuesday’s U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) stood up for American consumers and businesses by admonishing Director Rohit Chopra for the agency’s progressive regulatory agenda. In his opening statement, the Ranking Member discussed how the agency’s […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, following the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Senator Rick Scott released the below statement highlighting the need to implement substantive fiscal reforms to end the ongoing inflation crisis fueled by the Biden administration’s reckless tax-and-spend agenda. May’s CPI data shows that there has been a significant […]