WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding K-12 schools: “Parents and kids need a swift end to pandemic disruptions that ignore the incredibly low risk to children. “I am proudly joining Senator Thune and many of our Republican colleagues on a resolution that would overturn […]
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U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding answers in light of recent revelations about the Biden Administration’s controversial memo instructing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate concerned parents speaking at local school board meetings. Last year, Garland admitted he drafted the memo in response to a letter from the National School Boards Association (NSBA) smearing parents as “domestic […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement following the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which showed inflation remained elevated at historic levels in January increasing 9.7% over the year. Senator Rick Scott said, “Today’s Producer Price Index report is more proof that Democrats’ failed policies and reckless […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), and 44 Republican Members of Congress submitted an amicus brief to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Braun (R-IN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Steve Daines (R-MT), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), John Hoeven (R-ND), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Ben […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding parents’ and children’s rights: “About two weeks ago, I spoke on this floor about the state of the pandemic two years in. About letting American families get back to normal. “The current science clearly supports the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) sent a letter with 31 colleagues to President Biden rebuking the administration’s negotiations for a new Iran nuclear deal. In the letter, the Senators state the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA) requires the President to submit any Iran deal to Congress—and they will […]
Washington, D.C. – House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) issued the following statement in response to the January CPI report. Leader McCarthy quote: “The White House’s policies have defied the most basic principles of economics. They injected trillions into the economy while forcing lockdowns, driving inflation to another 40-year high. Washington Democrats were warned by both […]
TOPLINE: President Biden’s weak leadership and disastrous response to COVID-19 has Democrats panicking. Liberal and progressive leaders at the federal, state, and local levels are finally changing their tune on COVID after being caught flouting their own rules. Republicans have said from the beginning that the science has been clear all along – mask mandates do not […]
As violent crime rates soar, Grassley continues sounding the alarm WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) participated in a press conference and spoke on the Senate floor to continue shining a light on the rise in violent crime across the country. In 2021, a dozen major cities set all-time high homicide records – including several cities in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding inflation: “The Biden Administration spent the end of last week boasting that our economy added back more jobs in January than some economists had predicted. “But American families aren’t buying their spin. The working men and women of […]