In today’s press conference, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, Republican Whip Steve Scalise, Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, Ranking Member Kay Granger, Ranking Member Jason Smith, and Ranking Member Mike Turner made it clear that they oppose Democrats’ reckless omnibus and laid out their vision to eliminate wasteful spending under a Republican majority in the […]
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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. November’s CPI data shows that there has been significant inflation […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today addressed the lagging permitting process for energy projects in the US and where we stand with reforms to improve that process. At today’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which Lankford opposed, Lankford questioned Mr. Tommy Beaudreau, Deputy Secretary for the Department of the Interior […]
WEEK OF DECEMBER 12TH MONDAY, DECEMBER 12TH On Monday, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. 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: 1) Senate Amendment to H.R. 7077 – Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act (Sponsored by Rep. Ritchie Torres / Science, […]
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 November increasing 7.4% over the year. Senator Rick Scott said, “I know how much inflation hurts hardworking families because I saw it growing up, and today’s […]
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR) today introduced the Agricultural Foreign Investment Transparency Act to address the national security threat of foreign adversaries buying up U.S. agricultural land. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), foreign ownership and investment in U.S. agricultural land has nearly doubled over the last decade, and a […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. helped secure a major win as part of his longstanding effort to protect American servicemembers from Joe Biden’s COVID-19 punitive vaccine mandate. Thanks to steadfast advocacy by Senator Marshall during his first two years in the Senate, the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), legislation critical to American […]
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) sent a letter to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell expressing opposition to a Pelosi-Schumer omnibus spending bill in the current lame duck Congress. “The American people sent an unmistakable message in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) appeared on Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends to discuss how House Republicans will hold the Biden Administration and Big Tech accountable in the 118th Congress. Whip Scalise also called out the mainstream media for falsely labeling the Hunter Biden story as disinformation and slammed Big […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following statement after oral arguments in the case 303 Creative LLC vs. Elenis before the U.S. Supreme Court. Sen. Cruz said: “To force a private citizen to violate her deeply-held beliefs […]