Category Archives: Capitol Hill Updates

House Republican Whip Scalise: Select Subcommittee Dems Go Silent During Critical Months of Pandemic

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) opened the Select Subcommittee’s hearing criticizing committee Democrats for not holding any hearings during some of the most critical months of the COVID-19 pandemic, only to return from their hiatus just to try to sell Speaker Pelosi’s Payoff to Progressives Act. Whip Scalise emphasized […]

Senate GOP Call Out Biden Administration for Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding

Senators seek Government Accountability Office (GAO) ruling on infringement of Congress’s constitutional power of the purse WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined 39 Republican senators, led by Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, to send a letter to GAO Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro highlighting President […]

Daily House of Representatives’ Schedule 3/17/21

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17TH On Wednesday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for legislative business. First votes expected: 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Last votes expected: 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. One Minute Speeches H.J.Res. 17 – Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment (Closed Rule, One Hour of Debate) (Sponsored by Rep. […]

Senate Republican Leader McConnell: Democrats Hypocritically Killing the Filibuster Would Break the Senate

‘This chaos would not open up an express lane to liberal change. It would not open up an express lane for the Biden presidency to speed into the history books. The Senate would be more like a hundred-car pile-up. Nothing moving.’   WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks […]

Daily House of Representatives’ Schedule 3/16/21

TUESDAY, MARCH 16TH On Tuesday, 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. One Minute Speeches Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules: 1) H.R. 1085 – To award three congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who […]

President’s COVID-19 Remarks Tried to Rewrite History and Overrule Science

‘Current CDC guidance says it is already safe, right now, for fully-vaccinated people to meet in small groups. Not just outdoors, but indoors. And they can be joined by an unvaccinated household if they’re low-risk. That’s the CDC’s advice — talking not about July 4th, but right now. So the President went on national TV […]

The Pandemic Response Report

What’s Important   CDC’s School Reopening Guidance Misinterprets Science: Four doctors wrote a scathing opinion piece in USA Today blasting the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) school reopening guidance for misinterpreting science and not taking into account data showing little disease transmission in schools. The authors argue school closures are harming children. Cuomo Must Deliver […]

Weekly House of Representatives’ Schedule 3/15/21

WEEK OF MARCH 15TH MONDAY, MARCH 15TH On Monday, no votes are expected in the House. TUESDAY, MARCH 16TH On Tuesday, 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. 1799 – PPP Extension […]

Congressman Smith tells Sec of State “deeply concerned” over Biden’s response to human rights abuses in China

At today’s House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that he was “deeply concerned” over Biden’s response to egregious and ongoing human rights abuses in China. The following are excerpts of Smith’s questions to Secretary Blinken. To watch the exchange, click here or video clip below. Excerpts:     […]

House Republican Whip Scalise: Biden’s Self-Made Crisis at the Southern Border

TOPLINE: Through promises of amnesty and open borders, the Biden Administration has created an out-of-control surge of illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. President Biden and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas refuse to take responsibility for their actions and acknowledge the reality of the situation. Will House Democrats support these reckless policies that are creating a massive humanitarian […]