WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and 20 of their Republican colleagues in introducing Congressional Review Act (CRA) legislation to nullify new rules proposed by the Biden administration which would add burdensome requirements to charter schools seeking funding. Earlier this year, the Department of Education overhauled the 28-year-old, bipartisan […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has returned from her Congressional Delegation visit to Israel. Blackburn was joined on this visit by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and U.S. Representative Ronny Jackson (R-Texas). During the visit, Senator Blackburn met with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Israeli National Security Advisor […]
The Biden Administration’s plans to provide abortion counseling and, in some cases, abortions at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities violates the Veterans Healthcare Act of 1992 and runs counter to decades of bipartisan agreement to keep the VA out of the abortion business. It represents a change in direction for the White House, which previously said using […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Administrator for the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Cindy Long to oppose a recent move by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and FNS to redefine the Department’s definition of Title IX’s prohibition on sex discrimination to also prohibit […]
WASHINGTON—On Thursday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) demanded answers from the Austin Fire Department after they allegedly fired their longtime volunteer lead chaplain for exercising his First Amendment rights. The chaplain, Dr. Andrew Fox, was fired after posting his traditional Christian beliefs about gender, and that boys should not be allowed to compete in girls’ sports, on […]
“Social media endangered my son” Big Tech is a destructive force that continues to abuse its power to manipulate, harm, and exploit our children for profit. They do this while refusing to publicly acknowledge how their platforms endanger children’s mental health and well-being. They are ignoring the parents who are raising the alarm. Parents like: […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Senator James Lankford (R-OK), a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about concerns he has after reports surfaced revealing deplorable living conditions for service members who have religious objections to the COVID vaccine. Lankford has written to Secretary […]
PATCHOGUE, NY – On Sunday, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, pushed back on the Biden Administration’s renewed efforts to enter a deeply flawed nuclear agreement with Iran, the world’s largest state sponsor of terror. According to reports, the Biden Administration and Iranian negotiators are moving closer to a […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Denis McDonough to share his concerns with a not -yet-public Interim Final Rule (IFR) recently submitted by the VA to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) pertaining to “reproductive health services” at the VA, that may […]
Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a hold on Arkansas’s law to ban transgender medical interventions for children: “Our legislature voted to protect kids from experimental drugs and surgeries that could permanently damage their health and well-being. By blocking this law again, the court […]