WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) announced the committee would consider authorizing subpoenas to compel testimony from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding the platforms’ censorship of New York Post articles. The subpoena authorization will be first listed on the agenda for the Committee’s executive business meeting on October 22, 2020. Committee […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding COVID-19 and the Paycheck Protection Program: “Quote: ‘It would have been really hard for us to get through without it.’ That was the co-owner of Apollo Pizza, which has a handful of locations throughout Kentucky. […]
Washington, D.C. – House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) released the following statement on the China Task Force Act, which he introduced this morning alongside China Task Force Chairman and House Committee on Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul (TX-10) and members of the China Task Force: “For more than 40 years, we have seen China’s ruthless rise in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends to discuss Speaker Pelosi’s fixation on overturning the results of the last presidential election instead of providing immediate relief to families and small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Whip Scalise also expressed his support for the people of Southwest Louisiana, and everyone […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today regarding the New York Times story on Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s children: “The political left and the press should leave Judge Barrett’s children alone. The nominee introducing her family in a few sentences of prepared remarks does not give the New York […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week gave opening remarks for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies virtual event on ‘The Future of Iran.’ During his remarks, Sen. Cruz called for collapsing the Iranian regime, following the example of U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He also […]
LOUISVILLE, KY – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today regarding Democrats’ continuing threats to pack the Supreme Court: “It is bizarre to watch Vice President Biden and other Democrats refuse to give a straight answer on their own party’s threats to pack the Supreme Court. But it is even more […]
LOUISVILLE, KY – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today regarding the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: “The Judiciary Committee and the American people just heard from one of the most impressive nominees for public office that I […]
After Meeting With Judge Barrett, Senators Came Away Impressed By Her ‘Stellar Credentials,’ ‘Unquestionable Knowledge Of The Law,’ And ‘Commitment To The Constitution,’ Finding Her To Be ‘An Inspiring Role Model As A Wife, Mother, Scholar And An Accomplished Jurist’ SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): “I think [the president] picked the single best person he […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Republican Whip and Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Steve Scalise (R-La.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing on “Responding to Our Nation’s Economic Crisis” by blasting subcommittee Democrats for refusing Republicans’ request for a minority witness to testify at today’s hearing, in violation of Congressional rules. Whip Scalise outlined four guiding […]