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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding inflation: “Two years ago, the American people elected a President who claimed he would govern as a uniting moderate. Underscoring that mandate, voters gave him unusually small coattails, the slimmest possible majority in Congress. “This […]
What’s Important Biden’s Education Department Reportedly Allowing School COVID Relief Funds to Pay for Radical, Left-Wing Curricula: Top Republicans have launched an investigation into Biden’s Department of Education reportedly allowing COVID relief funds intended for learning loss remediation to pay for racially biased and other leftist programs. Former Governor Cuomo Fails to Show Up for Nursing Home Hearing: Select Subcommittee […]
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 26TH MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH On Monday, no votes are expected in the House. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH On Tuesday, no votes are expected in the House. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH AND THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK On Wednesday, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. […]
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), last week, wrote to Google CEO Sundar Pichai demanding answers on Google’s apparent attempts to throttle the online ads and reach of pregnancy resource centers. Senator Hawley wrote, “I am concerned that, in the name of providing ‘clarity’ in search results, your company is deliberately limiting pregnancy resource centers’ outreach efforts. By […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a shocking video of a doctor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) touting profits from transgender care, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking the FDA to immediately provide information about the harmful use of certain puberty blockers to treat minor children experiencing gender dysphoria. […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, is a bipartisan commission that monitors and reports on religious freedom internationally. The commission’s authorization is currently set to expire September 30, 2022. Less than two weeks before USCIRF’s authorization expires, the US House of Representatives […]