Category Archives: Capitol Hill Updates

CONGRESSMAN SCALISE: PRESIDENT BIDEN AND DEMOCRATS’ RECKLESS POLICIES ARE DRIVING INFLATION EVEN HIGHER

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.), Congressman Dave Joyce (R-Ohio), and Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (R-Minn.) at today’s leadership press conference to discuss how President Biden’s inflationary policies and extremist climate agenda are hurting American families when they buy food at the […]

Senator McConnell: Democrats’ Reckless Plan To Rob Americans A Second Time

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the economy: “Last week, Americans families’ pain was confirmed by yet another round of awful statistics. “Year-on-year inflation set a new, 40-year high in June. The painful fallout of Washington Democrats’ 2021 spending binge continues to spread. “A […]

Weekly House of Representatives’ Schedule 7/18/22

WEEK OF JULY 18TH MONDAY, JULY 18TH 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) S. 144 – Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Access Improvement Act (Sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein / Natural […]

Rep. Steube Condemns Abortion-On-Demand Legislation on the House Floor

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) today condemned House Democrats’ Abortion-On-Demand legislation on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives during debate of H.R. 8297.   The Congressman’s remarks can be found in full below: “Thank you, Madam Speaker. Let me address the complete misrepresentations of fact that we’ve been hearing from Democrats since Roe has […]

Senator Lankford Stops Democrats’ Attempt to Promote Abortion Tourism

WASHINGTON, DC –Senator James Lankford (R-OK), on Thursday, objected on the Senate floor to a bill proposed by the Democrats to promote traveling across state lines to obtain an abortion – from a state that protects life to a state that neglects it and create workarounds for state laws to shield the abortion industry and […]

Senator Scott Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Urging President Biden to Strengthen Abraham Accords During Middle East Visit

WASHINGTON – As President Biden begins his visit to the Middle East, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Representatives Bradley Schneider (D-Ill.) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), co-chairs of the Senate and House Abraham Accords Caucuses, on a bipartisan and bicameral letter urging the president to deepen and expand […]

OBGYN Sen. Marshall Stands Up to Pro-Abortion Fearmongering During Hearing on Abortion Laws

(Washington, D.C.) – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. – an OBGYN responsible for delivering more than 5,000 babies – served as Ranking Member for a U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) hearing on abortion laws following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and returning the issue of […]

Sen. Rick Scott on CPI Inflation Report: President Biden’s Inflation Incompetence Tax Rages to 9.1%

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. June’s CPI data shows that there has been significant inflation […]

Senator McConnell: Landmark Wins for Religious Freedom at the Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the Supreme Court: “Yesterday, I discussed the Supreme Court’s historic, courageous, and correct decision in Dobbs. But that landmark case was only part of the most consequential Supreme Court term in almost 70 years, since […]

SEN. CRUZ CALLS ON AG GARLAND TO ATTEND DOBBS HEARING, DISCUSS SCOTUS INTIMIDATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on The Constitution, sent a letter last week to Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, calling on him to bring Attorney General Merrick Garland before the committee for its July 12th hearing regarding the Supreme […]