U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today led 31 senators in a letter to President Biden urging the Administration to lift travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The senators called for an end to pre-departure testing requirements for travel to the U.S. and the … Continue reading Wicker Leads Call to End Federal COVID Travel Restrictions, Mask Mandates
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Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the SHIP IT Act this week to help ease the nations supply chain crisis and counter rising inflation by simplifying or suspending certain federal regulations on ports, ships, and trucks. Empty shelves and backlogged ports have wreaked havoc on American businesses and families. This bill focuses on streamlining the process to get … Continue reading Senator Lee Introduces Supply Chain Bill to Counter Inflation
U.S. Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is raising concerns over a new program the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) may soon launch to finance domestic manufacturing and domestic infrastructure, areas far outside EXIM’s statutory mandate. Although the bank has not published a comprehensive framework for this unprecedented program or subjected … Continue reading Toomey Raises Concerns Over EXIM Proposal for Taxpayer-Subsidized Domestic Manufacturing
With inflation reaching new record-setting heights in February, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, is calling it a “national emergency” and urging the Biden administration to prioritize driving down costs. Boozman joined his Senate Republican colleagues at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol … Continue reading Ranking Member Boozman: Inflation is a “National Emergency”
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding energy: “Washington Democrats are trying to pull off a political spin job for the ages. “Everybody knows that gas prices and energy costs have been soaring sharply for many months. Working families know all too well that gas … Continue reading Democrats’ War on Domestic Energy Long Predates Putin’s War on Ukraine
In case you missed it, US News & World Report’s Lauren Camera published a story on Club for Growth aggressively challenging opposition to school choice. Click here to read the US News & World Report story. Click here to read more about the Club for Growth ads in Oklahoma. Story Excerpts Why School Choice is Roiling the … Continue reading “School Choice Is The New Litmus Test For Republicans
New data released Thursday showed the annual inflation rate shot up 0.8% in February, with overall prices up 7.9% compared to last February. Americans now face real wage losses of 2.8%. The core rate (excluding energy and food) rose 0.5%, up 6.4% over the past year. Both overall inflation and core inflation are now at … Continue reading Economist: Rising Inflation Is Another Tax on Working Americans and Biden’s Policies Are to Blame
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC), and Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (R-WA) are leading 201 House Republicans in renewing calls for the Biden administration to drop its plan to expand the scope of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), and House Republican Conference … Continue reading 201 House Republicans Renewing Calls for Biden to Drop Dangerous WOTUS Nationwide Land Grab
Gas prices are through the roof and Maggie Hassan is looking for something, anything to blame it on. Her new favorite target: The U.S. oil and gas industry. Here’s what she told WMUR: “What you’re hearing from the oil companies, and, frankly, what you’re hearing from my opponents in the Senate race is excuses about … Continue reading Hassan offers conspiracy theories to explain her inflation-exploding votes
Inflation set yet another record in February as it rose 8% year over year. That’s the highest inflation we have seen since 1982. What’s even worse, Americans’ paychecks fell even further behind Joe Biden and Senate Democrats’ inflation. Wages declined 2.6% since last year when adjusted for Bidenflation. Inflation is getting so bad that the White House … Continue reading Bidenflation Sets Another Record
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