WASHINGTON – Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, just issued the following statement on the decision by the United States Department of State to add a new gender to U.S. passports: “Russia is committing war crimes against its sovereign neighbor, the United States has resorted to groveling to foreign […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the economy: “The American people know our country is hurting. “One national survey just found that only 22% say our country is headed in the right direction. “Seven in 10 Americans just told another poll […]
Lankford: “Mr. President, walk away from this. There is a reason that your own staff is walking out of the conversation, because you’re headed the wrong way.” WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) took on President Biden’s weak foreign policies that have emboldened bad actors like Russia and Iran, even as the […]
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik released the following statement following President Biden’s budget plan to spend $73 trillion over the next ten years: “As hardworking families in Upstate New York and the North Country are facing crisis after crisis due to President Biden’s Far-Left policies, Joe Biden’s budget doubles down on his failed agenda that […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor on Monday regarding President Biden’s budget request: “President Biden likes to say, and said again today, that ‘budgets are statements of values.’ “Indeed they can be. And the White House budget request that President Biden published today […]
What’s Important Select Subcommittee to Examine Biden’s Botched Pandemic Response: This Wednesday, the Select Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the Biden Administration’s botched pandemic response with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dawn O’Connell. […]
WEEK OF MARCH 28TH MONDAY, MARCH 28TH On Monday, the House will meet at 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. 2629 – Better Cybercrime Metrics Act (Sponsored by Sen. Brian Schatz / Judiciary Committee) 2) H.R. 3359 – Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2021, […]
WASHINGTON— U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) alongside Representatives Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) and Joe Wilson (R-SC) yesterday introduced H.R. 7223 The COI Elimination Act to abolish a United Nations’ anti-Israel commission of inquiry and restrict U.S. taxpayer dollars from funding the commission. “The ongoing anti-Israel commission formed by the UN’s discredited Human Rights Council directly obstructs peace in the […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced a resolution of disapproval to stop a Biden Administration regulation allowing combined payments for abortion coverage in taxpayer-funded Affordable Care Act (ACA) health exchange plans, which violates an unambiguous separate payment requirement in that law. The resolution challenges the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) final […]
Washington, D.C. — On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led a group of colleagues in introducing the Prohibiting Religious Exemption and Accommodations Databases Act legislation to prohibit federal agencies from sharing, disclosing, or disseminating information concerning a religious accommodation request by a federal employee beyond the minimum necessary to process the request. The legislation […]