Category Archives: Capitol Hill Updates

Congresswoman Mace Presses HHS on Taxpayer-Funded Child Gender Transition Research

WASHINGTON— House Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra raising concerns about the federal government’s use of taxpayer funds to promote radical gender ideology and the medical transition of children using pharmaceutical or surgical […]

DOJ stonewalls congressional demands for FACE Act prosecution data

WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy released the following statement following the Department of Justice’s failure to turn over Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act) prosecution data by last Thursday’s deadline: “Yet again, the Biden Administration is systematically stonewalling Members of Congress — in this case flat-out ignoring a demand for basic, historical […]

Congresswoman Stefanik on Learning Loss Data: “Cease Radical Indoctrination and Return Back to the Basics”

“The Nation’s Report Card” Shows Decline in Students’ Reading, Math Scores Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, a senior member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, released the following statement after NAEP scores showed the largest math declines recorded for fourth and eighth graders. The data released today also showed a three point decline […]

Senator Portman: September CBP Stats Show Worst Year at the Border on Record

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics showing that 2022 was the worst year at the border on record, with 2.4 million border encounters, more border encounters than any year on record […]

CONGRESSMEN SCALISE AND FITZGERALD: SOFT-ON-CRIME DEMOCRATS ARE RUINING OUR COMMUNITIES

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wis.) co-authored an op-ed for FoxNews.com highlighting how Democrats’ soft-on-crime policies and support for the radical “Defund the Police” movement have weakened police departments and caused a dramatic rise in violent crime and homicides in Wisconsin and across the country. Additionally, Whip Scalise and Congressman Fitzgerald […]

Sen. Rick Scott Slams President Biden’s Economic Lies on National Debt After Spending Billions in Taxpayer Dollars

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott issued the following statement after President Joe Biden delivered a speech spewing lie after lie about his disastrous economic record and ignoring the real consequences of his radical tax and spend agenda that’s caused the U.S. debt to rise above $31,000,000,000,000. Senator Scott also released a weekly update on […]

Congressman Jim Jordan Sends Series of Preservation Letters Continuing Oversight of Biden Administration’s Targeting of Parents

This week, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a series of letters and preservation notices to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, continuing the Committee Republicans’ oversight of the Biden Administration’s use of law-enforcement resources, including counterterrorism resources, to target parents […]

CONGRESSMAN SCALISE BLASTS DEMOCRATS’ FAILURES; RELEASES KEY FINDINGS FROM SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE REPUBLICANS’ INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today blasted Democrats’ politicization of the Select Subcommittee to attack the Trump Administration rather than conduct impartial congressional oversight of the pandemic. Since the panel’s inception, Democrats refused to investigate the origins of COVID-19; President Biden’s politically motivated decision-making; […]

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 […]