Category Archives: Capitol Hill Updates

Democrats’ S. 1: A Massive Election Takeover With a Fill-In-The-Blank Rationale

‘S. 1 is a bad bill filled with bad ideas, and I’ve been crystal clear about opposing it from the very beginning… Nobody is fooled. And next week, the Senate will reject it.’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding S.1: “Next week, as […]

Sen. Cruz: Democrats Want to ‘Strike Down Any State Laws Protecting Human Life’

DELIVERS OPENING REMARKS AT SENATE JUDICIARY HEARING SLAMMING DEMOCRATS’ PRO-ABORTION BILL     WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks criticizing Democrats for their radical legislation that includes protections for taxpayer-funded abortions in order to defend Roe v. Wade. Excerpts of Sen. Cruz’s remarks are […]

Washington Democrats Attempt to Impose Their Radical Preferences on Ordinary Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding nominations: “Unfortunately, thus far, the Biden Administration hasn’t just neglected to aggressively prosecute overt discrimination. In some cases, it’s actually trying to promote it. “Take the massive spending package Democrats rammed through in the name of COVID […]

Congressman Steve Scalise: THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE REPORT

What’s Important     Democrats Refuse to Investigate COVID-19 Origins: Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) has repeatedly called on Democrats to investigate the origins of COVID-19, but Democrat leaders have refused.   OMB Won’t Say if Biden Budget Funds Research at the Wuhan Lab: At last week’s House […]

Democrats’ Exclusion of Unborn Protections Breaks With Commonsense, Bipartisan Precedent

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding protections for the unborn: “Unfortunately, the Administration’s radical left turn touches much more than just infrastructure policy. In fact, it includes an unprecedented new threat to the basic dignity of human life. “On the campaign […]

Sens. Cruz, Scott, Braun, Blackburn Introduce Federal Debt Emergency Control Act to Fight Washington’s Spending & Debt Crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today introduced the Federal Debt Emergency Control Act to rein in Washington’s out-of-control spending and provide a concrete path forward to tackle the nation’s nearly $30 trillion debt. Specifically, the Federal Debt Emergency Control Act: Requires the […]

Lankford, Rubio, Grassley Lead Colleagues in Urging Biden to Uphold US Law, Stand with Israel

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) along with Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) led a group of 14 Republican senators in pressing the Biden Administration to adhere to US law and refrain from reopening the Mission of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) on US soil and the US Consulate General in Jerusalem for […]

Scalise: THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE REPORT

What’s Important     Dr. Fauci’s Emails Reveal Lab Leak Plausible from the Start: Recently released emails from Dr. Anthony Fauci show that the scientific community expressed concerns the virus was not naturally occurring as early as February 2020. Top House Republicans are calling for Dr. Fauci to testify.   Scalise Leads House Republicans in Calling on Democrats to Investigate […]

Sen. Cruz Visits Israel and Calls For US to Unequivocally Stand With the Jewish State: ‘Israel Not Only Has a Right, But a Responsibility to Defend Yourselves’

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) this week visited Israel in the aftermath of the recent violent escalation by Iran-controlled terrorist groups including Hamas to see and hear directly what the Israelis need to defend themselves and to show the international community that the United States stands unequivocally with […]

SCALISE & COMER RENEW CALL FOR DEMOCRATS TO INVESTIGATE COVID-19 ORIGINS

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today renewed their request to Democrat leadership on both panels to investigate the origins of COVID-19 and hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable. On May 24, […]