WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) are calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide documents and communications related to the FDA’s response to the United States’ infant formula crisis, reiterating serious concerns over the Biden […]
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Today, Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement following President Biden’s veto of bipartisan legislation which would have prioritized building Americans’ wealth over his administration’s progressive agenda: “Biden cares more about his far-left agenda, than your retirement savings,” said Senator Scott. “Investments should build your […]
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Kevin McCarthy issued the following statement after President Biden used his presidential veto to prioritize his party’s woke politics over retirees’ returns: “President Biden’s first veto is against a bipartisan bill that protects retirement savings from political interference. It is clear that President Biden wants Wall Street to use your hard-earned money […]
WEEK OF MARCH 20TH MONDAY, MARCH 20TH On Monday, the House is not in session. TUESDAY, MARCH 21ST On Tuesday, the House is in Pro Forma at 5:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22ND On Wednesday, the House will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 […]
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. […]
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 […]