WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) spoke on Tuesday about children’s online safety and the lack of accountability from Big Tech. GRAHAM: “The American consumer is virtually unprotected from the abuses of social media. Of all Americans, I think, young people are the most exposed here. Parents feel helpless. There is […]
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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. January’s CPI data shows that there has been a significant […]
WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) in introducing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring the President and Congress to enact annual balanced budgets. This constitutional amendment would establish requirements for the submission and approval of annual balanced budgets, including guidelines regarding exceeding spending caps and raising taxes. “Congress must return […]
WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) spoke about the judicial nomination process at the committee’s latest markup to consider judicial nominations. GRAHAM “…The Biden Administration went to blue states, the low hanging fruit, and confirmed a lot of federal district judges. I think Trump did that. That makes eminent sense to me. Now we’re in […]
WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) penned an op-ed in the New York Post detailing the devastating failures within our nation’s education system and calling on Democrats to stop blocking greater opportunities for all children through school choice. Biden failed students in State of the Union — but Republicans are ready to work with him if he gets […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Representative Michael Cloud (R-TX), along with more than 65 colleagues, introduced a bicameral joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to nullify an illegal US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rule that provides abortion services through the taxpayer-funded VA health care system. The CRA gives Congress the authority to review major […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Rick Scott joined Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) to introduce the Parental Rights Over the Education and Care of Their (PROTECT) Kids Act to protect parental rights and prevent school administrators from concealing information about students’ gender from their parents. Senators Mike Crapo, Lindsey Graham, Cindy Hyde-Smith and Marco Rubio joined as cosponsors. The PROTECT Kids […]
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Rep. Chip Roy, alongside Rep. Josh Brecheen, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Lindsey Graham, and Sen. Tim Scott, led more than forty members of Congress, in a letter to the head of the Smithsonian demanding answers regarding an incident where pro-life Americans were expelled from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum on […]
Washington, D.C. — Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s joint Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee and Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials Subcommittee legislative hearing titled “Unleashing American Energy, Lowering Energy Costs, and Strengthening Supply Chains.” Excerpts and highlights below: RESTORING AMERICAN ENERGY DOMINANCE […]
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6TH MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH 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. 302 – Energy Cybersecurity University Leadership Act of 2023, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Ross / Science, […]