Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), lifelong farmer and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and many of his colleagues in urging the International Trade Commission (ITC) to address the strain on the fertilizer supply chain to bring down costs. Specifically, the lawmakers ask the ITC to eliminate duties on phosphate fertilizer products imported … Continue reading Grassley, Colleagues Urge Immediate Action To Bring Down Fertilizer Costs
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, gave his opening statement on the first day of the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Watch Sen. Cruz’s opening statement here. The full text of Sen. Cruz’s opening statement is included below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz’s … Continue reading Sen. Cruz at Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearing: ‘Will You Protect Freedom Or Restrict It?’
In a gambit to nationalize the health care market, President Biden and Congressional Democrats are working tirelessly to undermine Americans’ confidence in private health coverage, including employer-sponsored insurance, which over 155 million Americans rely on. In Case You Missed It via The Washington Times, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) pens an op-ed on … Continue reading Foxx Op-Ed: Denying patients and families the opportunity to make their own health care decisions is un-American
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) raised concerns about Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements’ possible conflicts of interest after a review of public records revealed her failure to disclose her spouse’s financial stake in the renewable energy … Continue reading Comer, Norman Express Concerns Over FERC Commissioner’s Failure to Disclose Financial Interests
Failed Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer seems to be taking campaign advice from her potential colleagues. Like the vulnerable Senate Democrats she hopes to serve with, Finkenauer also is finding loopholes to accept thousands from corporate donors despite touting that her campaign has not accepted “dime of corporate PAC money.” Abby Finkenauer might view Mark Kelly, Maggie Hassan, Catherine Cortez Masto, … Continue reading New Report: Abby Finkenauer Lies to Iowans About ‘No Corporate PAC’ Pledge
U.S. Representatives Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Adam Smith (D-WA), Ranking Member and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley expressing concerns about the need for a Department of Defense strategy to meet short range air defense (SHORAD) … Continue reading Rogers, Smith Urge Defense Department To Replenish U.S. And Allied Stocks Of Stingers
In his opening statement at the U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing, Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) said that Ukraine has been actively utilizing cryptocurrencies to do tremendous good. As of today, Ukraine has raised approximately $100 million in crypto to defend against Russia’s invasion, which has been used to purchase military equipment that is saving … Continue reading Toomey: Ukraine is Actively Utilizing Crypto to Save Lives
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, discussed his concerns with the nomination of Gigi Sohn to serve on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Thune highlighted Ms. Sohn’s radical position on net neutrality, and he noted that Americans deserve an FCC nominee who can do his or her … Continue reading Thune: Gigi Sohn’s Proven Partisanship Makes Her Unfit to Serve at the FCC
Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) joined a resolution led by Rep. Jim Banks condemning the Biden Administration's attempt to re-enter the failed Obama-era Iran nuclear deal. “Only a professed foreign policy expert like Joe Biden would think it wise to restart nuclear negotiations with the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism who just days ago pelted … Continue reading Barry Moore blasts Biden for resurrecting Iran nuclear deal negotiations