Category Archives: Capitol Hill Updates

Weekly House of Representatives’ Schedule 2/5/24

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5TH MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH On Monday, the House will meet at noon 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: H.R. 1727 – Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission Extension Act, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. […]

Senator Rick Scott Joins Senator Chuck Grassley in Demanding ‘Coherent and Complete Response’ on Anti-Catholic FBI Richmond Memo

Senator Rick Scott joined Senator Chuck Grassley in leading 14 Republican senators in a reignited push for answers upon discovering new details and discrepancies surrounding an anti-Catholic memo prepared by analysts in the FBI’s Richmond, Virginia field office. Joining Senators Scott and Grassley are Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Eric Schmitt […]

Senator McConnell: Biden Administration’s War on Domestic Energy Harms American Workers And U.S. Allies

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor on Thursday regarding left-wing climate policy: “Last week, the Biden Administration followed through on a devastating threat to some of the most abundant and reliable energy made here in America – and to those who rely on it around […]

Senators Thune, Hyde-Smith Call on Secretary Austin to Uphold Conscience Protections in Pentagon’s Abortion-Travel Policy

“Implementation of this ill-advised policy should fall squarely on you, and you alone.” WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today called on U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to provide answers regarding the Department of Defense’s implementation of conscience protections for any servicemembers or civilians […]

Senator Kennedy in The Wall Street Journal: No new nominees until Biden admin ends harmful LNG policy

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), the ranking member of the Energy and Water Subcommittee on Appropriations, penned this op-ed in The Wall Street Journal to explain why the Biden administration’s pause on new and pending liquified natural gas (LNG) export permits will hurt America and our allies. Kennedy announced that he will block all of President Biden’s […]

Weekly House of Representatives’ Schedule 1/29/24

WEEK OF JANUARY 29TH MONDAY, JANUARY 29TH On Monday, the House will meet at noon 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: H.R. 5528 – Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Donalds / Oversight and […]

Hawley Files NetChoice v. Paxton Amicus Brief with Supreme Court to Fight Big Tech’s Censorship Crusade

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Texas’ case NetChoice v. Paxton to define Big Tech platforms’ role in disseminating users’ speech. In his brief, Senator Hawley argues that the Supreme Court must narrow Big Tech’s power by defining whether these social media companies are self-conscious editors of content or neutral platforms that […]

SENATOR TIM SCOTT WELCOMES SCHOOL CHOICE CHAMPIONS TO U.S. CAPITOL DURING NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), co-chair of the Congressional School Choice Caucus, welcomed over one hundred school choice stakeholders to the United States Capitol, including students, parents and leaders of the school choice movement. “As a kid growing up in poverty, one of the challenges that my mother faced was finding […]

Congressman Roy calls on Biden administration to reject WHO pandemic agreement

WASHINGTON, DC — On Monday, Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging HHS to reject a new pandemic treaty being negotiated at the World Health Organization (WHO). Representative Roy wrote, “The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the corruption at the WHO, its deep-rooted ties to the Chinese […]

Senator Lee Introduces Four Bills to Protect the Unborn

WASHINGTON – As the nation prepares to observe the annual March for Life, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is reinforcing his dedication to protecting the unborn by introducing four critical pieces of legislation: the Abortion is not Health Care Act, the Protecting Life in Health Savings Accounts Act, the Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act, and the Guaranteeing […]