Category Archives: Capitol Hill Updates

Congressman Steve Scalise: THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE REPORT

What’s Important   NIH Acknowledges that the United States Funded Gain-of-Function Experiments in Wuhan, Contradicting Fauci: A top NIH official admitted that U.S. taxpayers funded gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses in Wuhan and revealed that EcoHealth Alliance, the U.S. non-profit that funneled NIH money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, failed to comply with the terms of its […]

Weekly House of Representatives’ Schedule 10/25/21

WEEK OF OCTOBER 25TH   MONDAY, OCTOBER 25TH 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) H.R. 4111 – Sovereign Debt Contract Capacity Act (Sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters / Financial Services Committee) […]

Roundtable Recap: Supporting Hyde and Preventing Taxpayer-Funded Abortions

Continuing the roundtable series he launched earlier this week, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) hosted a conversation today to discuss how Democrats are moving to break nearly 50 years of bipartisan Congressional agreement on the Hyde Amendment, an important provision that prevents taxpayer dollars from funding abortions. Joining Leader McCarthy were House Republicans Rep. Chris Smith […]

SCALISE: BIDEN ADMIN IS TRYING TO ‘SHOCK’ AND ‘SCARE’ PARENTS FROM PARTICIPATING IN THEIR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel’s America Reports this afternoon to discuss how Democrats’ vote to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress was nothing more than partisan theatrics designed to distract from the many crises facing the country under Democrat-controlled government. Whip Scalise emphasized that Speaker Pelosi made the January 6th […]

Democrats’ Latest Effort to Take Over Elections Will Fail in Senate, Like the Others

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding election law: “Later today, the Democratic Leader will have the Senate vote on the latest iteration of his party’s election takeover scheme. “Frankly, I’ve lost count of how many times our Democratic colleagues have tried to […]

SENS. CRUZ, LANKFORD, REP. HARTZLER STAND FOR COACH’S RIGHT TO PRAY

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today filed an amicus brief signed by 11 other Senators and 14 Representatives in support of Coach Joe Kennedy in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. The brief asks the Supreme Court to reverse the […]

Congressman Steve Scalise: THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE REPORT

What’s Important   Biden Requires That All Foreign Nationals Entering the United States Must Have a COVID Vaccine, Except Illegal Immigrants: The Biden White House announced that it plans to ease travel restrictions on all fully vaccinated foreign visitors at the beginning of November. The new rules will require all foreign nationals arriving in the United States to […]

McConnell: Americans Paying Dearly for Democrats’ Inflation Nightmare

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Democrats’ reckless tax and spending spree: “There’s a famous saying: If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging. “Well, Madam President, my Democratic colleagues’ policy decisions have dug our economy […]

Weekly House of Representatives’ Schedule 10/18/21

WEEK OF OCTOBER 18TH MONDAY, OCTOBER 18TH On Monday, no votes are expected in the House. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19TH On Tuesday, 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) H.R. 4369 – National Centers of Excellence in Advanced and Continuous […]

Johnson: Parents Have a Right to Exercise Free Speech and Demand Accountability from Public Officials

Joins Fox Business to discuss Biden Administration aiming federal law enforcement at concerned parents and Republican efforts to ensure those parents are heard WASHINGTON, October 14, 2021 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) joined Fox Business’ Evening Edit with Liz MacDonald on Wednesday evening to discuss local school board protests across the country and the efforts of House […]