Today, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) pressed Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on the White House’s massive budget request that includes over $5 trillion in tax hikes and balloons the national debt by nearly $20 trillion over the next ten years. The Senator, who serves as Ranking Member of the U.S. […]
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WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) to introduce a resolution that affirms Congress has no authority to declare the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ratified as part of the Constitution. “The Equal Rights Amendment was not ratified but the necessary number of states, and the timeframe to ratify it has long passed,” said Lankford. “Equal rights […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) appeared on Fox Business Network’s Mornings with Maria to discuss restoring energy independence to America and fiscal responsibility to Washington. Leader Scalise highlighted how H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, will reduce expenses across the board for American families by promoting all types of American energy production […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement following the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which showed inflation continued to rise in February increasing 4.6% over the year. Since Joe Biden became president, PPI has risen 20.6% over the past two years. Senator Rick Scott said, “When I […]
Today, H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, was unveiled to the American people. It’s a signature piece of the House Republican Commitment to America and its proposed reforms would speed up construction and energy production throughout the United States. Introduced by Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), H.R. 1 builds off the work of the Energy, […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) joined Fox News Channel’s Harris Faulkner Monday to discuss the Biden Administration’s reckless spending plan to bankrupt America and expand the tyrannical federal bureaucracy, in contrast to the House Freedom Caucus’ plan to shrink Washington and grow America. Key quotes from the interview are below and the full interview […]
On January 3, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began allowing pharmacies, including mail-in services, to distribute the chemical abortion pill mifepristone with no in-person distribution requirement. Data shows mifepristone is dangerous, which is why women were previously required to use the drug under medical supervision.On January 31, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) […]
Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) has introduced the Preventing Violence Against Female Inmates Act, legislation to prohibit the Bureau of Prisons from housing prisoners with persons of the opposite sex. The legislation would require the Bureau of Prisons to house federal inmates according to their biological sex and would withhold certain federal grants […]
On Thursday afternoon, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox Business Network’s Kudlow to discuss how H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, will work to restore America’s energy independence and protect families’ hard-earned dollars. Leader Scalise highlighted how the Lower Energy Costs Act will boost all forms of energy production by cutting red-tape regulations, […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) affirms his unwavering support of the historic partnership between Israel and the United States on Thursday in a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In the letter, Rep. Roy states: “Israel stands alone as the only democracy in the Middle East and remains a beacon of stability and freedom […]