Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Small Business Committee Republican Leader Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA), and Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations Subcommittee Republican Leader Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) issued the following joint statement on the discovery of unions illegally receiving Paycheck Protection Program … Continue reading Union bosses caught illegally taking taxpayer-funded loans
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House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Biden Administration announced a new regulation to expand government subsidized health care under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without Congressional authorization – addressing a provision within the ACA that Democrats call a “glitch” and feel hampers their efforts to enroll more … Continue reading Biden defies Congress to blow doors off Obamacare spending
An AP report finds that funds from the “American Rescue Plan” that President Biden and Senate Democrats passed by a party line vote last year are being spent on non-COVID-related, wasteful pet projects. The AP story, by Brian Slodysko, identified millions of “COVID aid” dollars being spent on projects such as $140 million for a … Continue reading Braun calls for millions of so-called “COVID relief” funds spent on luxury hotels, ski slopes, and golf courses to be repaid
U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on President Biden’s FY2023 budget request: “Once again, the Administration is proposing trillions of dollars in new spending, coupled with job-killing tax hikes. Far from deficit neutral, the proposal includes a placeholder for the reckless tax-and-spend legislation that … Continue reading Crapo on Biden Budget Proposal: Record-High Tax Hikes on top of Record-High Inflation
.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement after President Biden submitted his proposed FY2023 budget to Congress. “President Biden’s budget is another pipe dream of liberal activism and climate extremism. It spends too much, borrows too much, and taxes too much. All at a time when Americans are struggling to make ends meet … Continue reading Barrasso: Biden Budget is Another Pipe Dream of Climate Extremism
Americans for Prosperity applauded Sen. Mike Braun (Indiana) and Rep. Jodey Arrington (Texas) for a constitutional amendment proposal aimed at putting an end to Washington’s wasteful and irresponsible spending. The Business Cycle Balanced Budget Amendment (BCBBA) would limit federal spending to a rolling average of the three prior years’ revenues, adjusted for inflation and population, … Continue reading AFP Applauds Sen. Braun and Rep. Arrington for Their Newly Introduced Balanced Budget Amendment
Republican members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, led by Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), sent a letter to Senate colleagues highlighting concerns with a proposal to double down on skyrocketing spending during record-high inflation by extending the poorly targeted, badly designed Obamacare subsidy hikes, including for Americans with sizable six-figure salaries. Last year, … Continue reading Finance Committee Republicans: Unsustainable Mandatory Spending Will Fuel Inflation Crisis
U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) introduced the Protecting Medicaid Beneficiaries Act. This bill helps ensure that Medicaid dollars are preserved for those in need and taxpayer dollars are wisely stewarded by requiring states to apply asset verification … Continue reading Inhofe, Lankford, Braun, Blackburn, Kennedy, Paul, R. Scott Introduce Protecting Medicaid Beneficiaries Act
U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Finance Committee Member Todd Young (R-Indiana), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy, along with all other Finance Committee Republicans, sent a letter requesting U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Yellen provide an update on the status of the Social Security … Continue reading Republicans Ask Yellen to Comply with Federal Law Requiring Timely Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-03) introduced a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to eliminate waste and rein in federal spending. Congresswoman Boebert said, “Everyday Americans are faced with tough decisions on how to balance their checkbooks. Unfortunately, the government shows no such restraint, pummeling all of us with record-setting spending and runaway inflation. Nancy Pelosi and the … Continue reading Lauren Boebert Introduces Balanced Budget Amendment to Constitution
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