The non-partisan grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) this week submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request probing the federal government’s role in causing and exacerbating the national baby formula shortage. A mountain of evidence already indicates the overbearing federal regulatory regime – including draconian FDA labeling requirements and tariffs on competing products from overseas – is … Continue reading AFP Submits FOIA to Investigate the Food and Drug Administration’s Failures in Baby Formula Crisis
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Recent reports suggest President Biden is considering declaring a “national climate emergency” citing authority under the Defense Production Act to impose energy policy in the absence of Congressional action on the president’s climate agenda. Director of CEI’s Center for Energy Environment Myron Ebell said: “President Biden’s use of the Defense Production Act to declare a ‘national climate emergency’ would … Continue reading Declaring National Climate Emergency Would Be an Abuse of Power and Further Raise Energy Prices
U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) spoke on the Senate floor recently about a joint resolution of disapproval he introduced under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), with all 49 of his Senate Republican colleagues, to nullify the Biden administration’s new National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation. In his speech, Sullivan argued that the new NEPA rules will further bog down the already-onerous federal … Continue reading Sullivan: Senate Democrats Have a Choice—Stand with Hard-Working Americans or Far-Left Environmentalists
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) held a markup hearing for H.R. 1808, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2021, for Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The bill, sponsored by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) has 211 cosponsors, all democrats. If signed into law, H.R. 1808 would ban nearly all semi-automatic weapons and standard-capacity magazines.“It hasn’t even been a … Continue reading NAGR Opposes H.R. 1808, “Assault” Weapons Ban
the House Committee on Natural Resources majority held a markup on 10 bills, including H.R. 2794, which would create significant barriers to mineral development in the Duluth Complex. "In recent years, an anti-mining sentiment has permeated in the Twin Cities and the coasts," Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Ranking Member Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) said. "This anti-jobs, … Continue reading Democrats push plan to cut off America’s supply of minerals needed for ‘green’ energy
House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Consumer Price Index showed inflation at a forty-year high of 9.1 percent and rising 13.8 percent since President Biden took office: “President Biden’s inflation crisis is sending America hurtling towards a recession after turning the American Dream into an unaffordable nightmare … Continue reading As Biden’s Inflation Crisis Pushes America Toward Recession, Democrats Scheme on Higher Taxes & More Spending
U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, received confirmation from government officials that the federal government is purchasing Chinese-made Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the evolving threat posed by UAS, also known as drones. Following confirmation … Continue reading Government Officials Confirm Biden FBI, Homeland Security Using Chinese-Made Drones
With unemployment fraud leaving taxpayers on the hook for roughly $163 billion, and only slightly more than $4 billion recovered, Senate Republicans, led by Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Rob Portman (R-Ohio) are introducing legislation to recover funds from unchecked unemployment fraud and … Continue reading Republicans Introduce Legislation to Recover $163 Billion in COVID Fraud
The Republican Leader of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), and the Republican Leader of the House Agriculture Committee, U.S. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about the concerning trend of disregarding scientifically-sound, risk-based regulatory processes, and unilaterally denying access … Continue reading As global food crisis looms, science-denying Biden EPA wages leftist War On Crops
This week Representative Matt Rosendale voted against the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. Mr. Rosendale issued the following statement:“Instead of empowering our military and providing them with the resources necessary to secure and defend our nation, this year’s NDAA is full of woke diversity and inclusion initiatives. This legislation would force Special … Continue reading Democrat defense bill turns military into woke experiment for ‘diversity and inclusion,’ mandatory green car spaces and ‘plant-based meat alternatives’
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