WASHINGTON, DC – Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (R-MD) led a bicameral group of Senators and Congressmen in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra demanding answers on why the Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped a lawsuit against […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox Business Network’s Mornings with Maria to discuss how President Biden and Congressional Democrats’ $3.5 trillion tax-and-spending spree will fuel inflation, send jobs overseas, and bankrupt future generations of Americans. In addition, Whip Scalise called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to release the data about COVID deaths in […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today introduced an amendment to the Democrats’ partisan budget resolution to prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars for funding of abortions and abortion-related discrimination. The amendment ensures that the budget will comply with the long-standing Hyde amendment, which bars the use of federal dollars to pay for abortion, and the Weldon amendment, […]
‘This new reckless taxing and spending spree will fall like a hammer blow on workers and middle-class families. Fewer jobs. Lower wages. More inflation pushing costs higher and higher WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the Democrats’ reckless tax and spending spree: “Later […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the debt ceiling: “In just a few days, our colleagues will start ramming through yet another reckless taxing and spending spree. Trillions more in inflationary spending when families just want good jobs and stable prices. “But […]
QUESTIONS THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE IN A HEARING ON AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE (AUMF) WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today questioned Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on the Biden administration’s rush to dismantle pressure against the Iranian regime and the subsequent […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) and Steve Daines (R-MT) along with 25 senators today to issue a public comment letter opposing the Biden Administration’s attempt to ignore congressional intent and the unequivocal legal requirements regarding abortion coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The letter to Health and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) spoke on the House Floor, where he urged Democrats to keep the Hyde Amendment, which has stood for nearly 45 years and saved millions of unborn babies. Whip Scalise emphasized that there used to be bipartisan consensus on the Hyde Amendment and highlighted that Joe Biden was […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding voting laws: “The massive taxing and spending spree that Democrats want to ram through this summer has problems that go even beyond inflation, rising costs, and massive tax hikes. “The problem is not just Democrats’ […]
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), along with Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas), filed an amicus brief in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, urging the Court to overrule its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey. The brief argues that the Supreme Court’s abortion jurisprudence finds no basis in […]