WASHINGTON— This week, Congressman Chip Roy (TX-21) introduced the Restoring Military Focus Act, an effort to push back against the Democrats’ politicization of the Department of Defense and to eliminate the unnecessary progressive agenda being pushed by the left that undermines the United States military. This bill will repeal Sec. 913 of the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today penned an op-ed for the Washington Examiner on Biden and Harris’ capitulation to Putin over the Russian pipeline Nord Stream 2, which if completed would vastly strengthen Russia at the expense of the national security of America and our allies. In the op-ed, […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) made the following statement after the Senate unanimously passed critical legislation to strengthen the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) by redirecting monetary penalties from federal deferred prosecution and non-prosecution agreements into the Crime Victims Fund to increase funding for state victim compensation and assistance programs. “I’m very pleased that […]
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Chip Roy (TX-21) introduced the Protecting Life on College Campus Act of 2021 with Rep. Mary Miller (IL-15) as the House co-lead and Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), the Founder and Chairman of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, introducing the legislation in the Senate. The bill would prohibit Federal funds from going to any institution […]
What’s Important The Science Points to a Lab Leak: Recently, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Republicans held a forum where lawmakers heard from Members of Congress who have been investigating the virus’ origins as well as expert witnesses about the mounting evidence showing the virus originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). Panelists agreed the […]
WEEK OF JULY 19TH .MONDAY, JULY 19TH 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) H.R. 3119 – Energy Emergency Leadership Act (Sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush / Energy and Commerce Committee) 2) H.R. 2931 – Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Biden administration and Congressional Democrats avoid addressing the root of the problems in communist Cuba, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) penned an op-ed for The National Review highlighting his connection to Cuban dissidents and his support for the Cuban protestors fighting for freedom from their brutal dictatorship. In the op-ed, Sen. Cruz wrote: “This […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding voting laws: “At any particular moment, with total certainty, Washington Democrats know one of two things to be true. “Either American democracy is so well-functioning, so sacrosanct, that nobody can possibly question or badmouth it… […]
WASHINGTON—On Monday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement in response to abortion activists’ attempt to block the Texas Heartbeat Bill: Abortion extremists are once again on parade to the courthouse in their latest attempt to block a democratically passed law because it dares to protect innocent, unborn children from the lies of the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Rick Scott, Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton and Roger Marshall have introduced the Protect American Power Infrastructure Act to prohibit bulk-power equipment that is owned by, operated or associated with a foreign adversary from providing power to our nation’s defense critical electric infrastructure. Last year, President Trump issued an executive order to […]