WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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 tax-and-spend agenda. February’s CPI data shows that there has been a significant […]
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PATCHOGUE, NY – Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), member of the House Financial Services Committee, just issued the following statement on the February consumer price index (CPI) report showing a 7.9% inflation spike, which is the highest since January 1982: “Inflation continues to skyrocket to four-decade highs with consumer prices rising by 7.9% through February […]
What’s Important Speaker Pelosi Continues to Keep the People’s House Closed: For over 720 days, the People’s House has been closed to the American people under Speaker Pelosi’s authoritarian rule. Democrats’ Science™ Hasn’t Changed, Just Their Poll Numbers: Impact Research, a Democrat polling firm where President Biden’s pollster works, released a memo on February 24, 2022, saying “most Americans have […]
Washington, D.C. – On Friday, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (TX-10) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on him to abandon JCPOA negotiations with Iran. The members wrote: “We are alarmed that the Biden Administration may be preparing to evade the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced the Energy Freedom Act, in order to make America energy independent again by accelerating federal permitting for energy projects and pipelines, mandating new onshore and offshore oil and gas lease sales, approving pending LNG export licenses, and generally speeding up solar, wind, and geothermal development. Upon […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, co-chair of the House Republican Israel Caucus and one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress, was joined by 46 of his House Republican colleagues in introducing the Israel Anti-Boycott Act. This legislation amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit boycotts or boycott […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding President Biden’s State of the Union Address: “Last night, President Biden gave a State of the Union address that might have worked okay for a popular administration that had been successfully tackling America’s problems […]
“Well that was interesting.” WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) offered his reaction to President Biden’s State of the Union address to the nation. Lankford laid out his questions, answers, and concerns from the President’s speech in his reaction on Facebook Live following the address. Lankford highlighted how “audacious” it was that President Biden would talk about […]
What’s Important Select Subcommittee Republicans Probe CDC’s Data Secrecy: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Republicans recently called on CDC Director Rochelle Walensky to produce all COVID-19 data collected over the past year that the agency has hidden from the public. Masking Science Hasn’t Changed, Just the Politics: Just in time […]
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 28TH MONDAY, FEBRUARY 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. 321 – ‘Six Triple Eight’ Congressional Gold Medal Act (Sponsored by Sen. Jerry Moran / Financial Services Committee) 2) S. 3706 – To provide for […]