Category Archives: Capitol Hill Updates

House Republicans Introduce Legislation to Ensure Taxpayer Dollars Cannot Fund Sexually Explicit Material for Children

WASHINGTON, October 18, 2022 — 33 Republican Members of Congress led by House Republican Conference Vice Chairman Mike Johnson (LA-04) today introduced legislation to prohibit federal, state, local governments, and private organizations from using federal tax dollars to expose children under 10 to sexually explicit material. “The Democrat Party and their cultural allies are on a […]

Senator Blackburn, Colleagues Lead Resolution In Support Of The Anti-Regime Protesters In Iran

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), along with Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) introduced a bicameral Senate resolution reaffirming the United States’ support for the Iranian protesters who have been fiercely fighting for their freedom […]

Senator Lankford, Colleagues Stand Firmly Against VA Illegally Providing Abortions

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) was joined by 12 Republican Senators and 26 members of the House of Representatives to file a public comment letter expressing strong opposition to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) interim final rule (IFR) that illegally allows abortions to be offered by the VA.. The Members cite that […]

Senator Tim Scott Letter to PayPal: Financial Institutions Are Not Engineers of Social Policy

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) wrote a letter to PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman on Wednesday, following the company’s announcement that their policy fining users $2,500 for spreading “misinformation” was published by mistake. In the letter, Sen. Scott urges PayPal to disavow discrimination in the financial services industry and requests more information related […]

Congressman Roy, Sen. Lee lead colleagues in demanding answers on FBI’s ‘abuse’ of the FACE Act

WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21), Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), and 38 of their House and Senate colleagues demanded a briefing from the FBI on its use of the FACE Act to target Americans for their beliefs. “The recent rise in high-profile FBI investigations into pro-life Americans raises well-founded concerns that the FBI has amassed too […]

SENATOR CRUZ, COLLEAGUES SLAM DOJ ATTEMPTS TO SILENCE DISSENT ABOUT GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERIES FOR MINORS

Demand DOJ Communications with American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, Children’s Hospital Association, and any of their representatives WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Senators Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland condemning the Department of Justice’s […]

Rep. Roy requests briefing on Air Force ‘advancing a radical political agenda’ with new mixed-sex restrooms, showers

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) requested the Air Force brief him on their plans for mixed-sex restrooms, locker rooms, and showers at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland’s new Special Warfare Training Wing’s (SWTW) $66.6 million 76,000 square-foot aquatics training facility. “While I understand that those who fight together must train together, this development […]

CONGRESSMAN SCALISE TORCHES DEMS’ “AMERICA LAST” AGENDA

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox Business Network’s Kudlow this week to discuss how House Republicans are ready to reverse Democrats’ self-made crises when they take the majority next year. Whip Scalise emphasized that House Republicans’ “Commitment to America” would lower inflation, cut energy costs for American families, halt illegal […]

SENATOR COTTON, COLLEAGUES WARN AMALGAMATED BANK FOR ABUSING FINANCIAL SYSTEM TO INFRINGE ON SECOND AMENDMENT

Washington, DC—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) led 24 colleagues in a letter to Amalgamated Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Priscilla Sims Brown criticizing the bank’s manipulation of an international rules organization to force U.S. financial services firms to categorize gun purchases—an attempt to target law-abiding Americans exercising their right […]

SENS. CRUZ, BLACKBURN CALL ON COMMERCE SECRETARY TO ADDRESS ANTI-SEMITIC PRACTICES OF MORNINGSTAR INC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, calling on her to address the role of so-called Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards in facilitating anti-Semitic boycotts of Israel that would fall under the […]