WASHINGTON – Majority Whip Tom Emmer joined Fox News’ America Reports to discuss the latest on the debt limit as Joe Biden risks becoming the first president in history to default on the nation’s debt. Whip Emmer on debt limit negotiations: “The House, under Kevin McCarthy’s leadership, has passed a debt ceiling solution which, by the way, we […]
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) filed a public comment letter addressed to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to express their concern over the Biden Administration’s latest effort to undermine Title IX protections for women and girls in sports. “Congress enacted Title IX 50 years ago to provide men and women with equal opportunities in educational […]
WASHINGTON, DC — On Tuesday, Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) led 17 Republican of his colleagues in re-introducing the “No ESG at TSP Act.” This legislation would prevent the federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) from allowing taxpayer dollars to flow into woke Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) funds. ESG investing poses a dangerous threat to the free flow of […]
WEEK OF MAY 22ND MONDAY, MAY 22ND 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: H.R. 1076 – Preventing the Financing of Illegal Synthetic Drugs Act, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. De La Cruz […]
Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), and Rick Scott (R-Florida) have introduced the Empower Parents to Protect Their Kids Act, legislation that would prevent K-12 schools from performing a “gender transition” on children behind their parents’ backs. Congressman Jim Banks (Indiana-03) introduced companion legislation in the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, have opened an investigation into and called on the beer industry’s self-regulatory body—the Beer Institute—to investigate whether Anheuser-Busch’s partnership with influencer Dylan Mulvaney violates the Beer […]
The hearing, “Revisiting the Implications of the FACE Act,” examined the Biden Administration’s unequal application of justice against pro-life advocates and crisis pregnancy centers in the wake of the Dobbs decision WASHINGTON — This week, United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, held a hearing, […]
Washington, 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 markup of three bills to bolster energy reliability and security. Excerpts and highlights below: AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN NUCLEAR “Thank you all for being here today. We are holding […]
18 Republican senators join Sens. Scott & Tuberville in warning the change to Title IX “destroys the protections” created for female athletes 51 years ago WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, Senator Rick Scott and Tommy Tuberville led a group of Republican senators in issuing a clear rebuke of U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s proposed changes to Title […]
WEEK OF MAY 15TH MONDAY, MAY 15TH 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: H. Res. 363 – A resolution memorializing law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, as amended (Sponsored […]