Today, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) announced its recommendation that the Secretary of the Interior withdraw lands from new mineral leasing in the Rainy River watershed for 20 years, preventing development of important American mineral resources "Just when you think the Biden administration's energy 'plan' can't get any worse, they somehow find a way. After … Continue reading Biden Defies Science, Shuts Down Domestic Mineral Production
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House Financial Services Committee Republican Leader Patrick McHenry (NC-10) and U.S.Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), along with 12 of their colleagues, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging him to fully study the potential environmental impacts of digital asset mining, including beneficial uses, before considering environmental regulation. This letter is a follow-up to … Continue reading Biden EPA plans to go after crypto
This week, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), led a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler regarding the SEC’s proposal to require extensive climate change-related disclosures from public companies. The letter urges … Continue reading House Republicans demand Biden drop SEC scheme forcing US employers to make woke climate confessions
Americans for Prosperity, on behalf of hundreds of thousands of grassroots activists across the country, today submitted comments strongly opposing a proposal from the Biden administration that would require public companies to include vague and counterproductive “climate-related” information as part of disclosures to prospective investors. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) draft rule would impose a bevy … Continue reading Biden SEC Climate Scheme Won’t Protect Investors or Improve the Environment, But Will Create Massive Confusion and Mountains of Red Tape
Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement responding to President Joe Biden’s June 14 speech to the AFL-CIO, when he stated in part that “I don’t want to hear anymore of these lies about reckless spending. We’re changing people’s lives!… by the end of the fiscal year, we will have cut … Continue reading White House OMB projects 2022 $1.4 trillion deficit, 3rd largest ever
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor to call out Democrats for forcing taxpayers to bankroll failed and mismanaged union-run multiemployer pension plans. “Democrats keep forcing taxpayers to bail out failing and mismanaged union-run multiemployer pension plans and it needs to stop. “The Committee on Education and … Continue reading Foxx Hammers Democrats for Bailing Out Union Bosses Who Mismanaged Pensions
U.S. Senator Steve Daines is challenging HSBC’s decision to suspend a high ranking executive over comments made about the purported financial risks posed by climate change. In a letter to the bank’s CEO Noel Quinn, Daines expressed concern the suspension was deeply misguided and possibly a breach of United States law. “Based on the company’s prior approval of Mr. Kirk’s remarks, … Continue reading Woke Bank Suspends Executive Who Exposed Climate Investment Hoax
The Biden administration has repeatedly promised transparency for how and why it failed to act with urgency to address the baby formula supply shortages. WATCH: https://twitter.com/HouseCommerce/status/1535303276106723328?s=20&t=1s1nedKTUc2sjjsGZz0PMQ Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) are requesting … Continue reading FDA confirms Biden warned in ‘early February’ of baby formula shortage, White House refuses to release memo
Senators Mike Braun, Richard Burr, James Risch, Mike Crapo, Roger Wicker, John Boozman, John Thune, Steve Daines, Cynthia Lummis, Todd Young, Marsha Blackburn, John Hoeven, Kevin Cramer, Jerry Moran, Roger Marshall, and Mitt Romney, sent a follow-up letter to the President of the United States calling on President Biden to engage with stakeholders and Congress … Continue reading Biden pressed to stop dragging feet on union-led West Coast port disruptions
Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) questioned U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on how the Biden administration plans to address the record-high gas prices and inflation impacting Americans across the country. https://youtu.be/q7tPqQb3z6k Yellen testified at today’s Senate Committee on Finance hearing on the president’s FY 2023 budget request. Click here to watch Sen. Barrasso’s remarks. On High Gas Prices … Continue reading Yellen grilled over gas prices and confession Biden admin botched inflation