Category Archives: Capitol Hill Updates

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 […]

Republican lawmaker introduces ‘Fidelity Month’ bill to rededicate US to its ‘core values’

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 […]

Weekly House of Representatives’ Schedule 7/10/23

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. […]

Senator Lankford Praises Supreme Court Decision on Biden’s Student Loan Scheme

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 […]

Senate Democrats Continue To Advance President Biden’s Radical Nominees

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 […]

Weekly House of Representatives’ Schedule 6/19/23

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 […]

CONGRESSMAN FRENCH HILL CALLS ON TREASURY TO DO MORE ABOUT EUROPEAN ESG REGULATIONS

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. […]

Senator Thune: Families Aren’t Buying Biden’s Alternate Economic Reality

“[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, […]