Holocaust Survivors Supported by The Blue Card Request Meeting with Whoopi Goldberg to Educate & Address Recent Damaging Remarks

The Blue Card, the only organization in the United States whose sole mission is to provide financial support to needy Holocaust survivors, penned a joint letter with Holocaust victims to Whoopi Goldberg, her co-hosts, and ABC, following Goldberg's suspension from the network syndicated talk show The View. Goldberg made comments on a recent broadcast minimizing the role … Continue reading Holocaust Survivors Supported by The Blue Card Request Meeting with Whoopi Goldberg to Educate & Address Recent Damaging Remarks

Risch Publishes Report on Biden Administration’s Strategic Failures During Afghanistan Withdrawal

U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week published a report entitled “ Left Behind: A Brief Assessment of the Biden Administration’s Strategic Failures during the Afghanistan Evacuation ,” to give an overview of what went wrong in the planning and execution of the Biden Administration’s hazardous withdrawal … Continue reading Risch Publishes Report on Biden Administration’s Strategic Failures During Afghanistan Withdrawal

Republicans Raise Serious Concerns with Intrusive IRS Identity Verification Measures

Senate Republicans, led by Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), are raising serious questions and concerns with the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) announcement of a major expansion of its collaboration with ID.me that will require taxpayers to have an ID.me account to access key IRS online resources.  In order to register with ID.me, taxpayers will need … Continue reading Republicans Raise Serious Concerns with Intrusive IRS Identity Verification Measures

Unhinged Biden nominee believes Fed must shut down oil companies to stop ‘unlivably hot planet’

U.S. Senate Banking Committee Republican staff today released a staff report highlighting Sarah Bloom Raskin’s, President Biden’s nominee for Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve (the Fed), prior statements on how financial regulation should be “reimagined” to save us from an “unlivably hot planet.” The staff report—Sarah Bloom Raskin In Her Own Words: “Reimagining” Financial … Continue reading Unhinged Biden nominee believes Fed must shut down oil companies to stop ‘unlivably hot planet’

Sasse slams Pelosi subservience to Communist China

U.S. Senator Ben Sasse condemned Speaker Nancy Pelosi's cowardly remarks discouraging athletes from speaking out against China’s human rights abuses at the 2022 Olympics. "The Chinese Communist Party is just thrilled that the Speaker of the House is encouraging athletes to self-censor. Speaker Pelosi missed the mark. Every American — Republican or Democrat, it doesn’t matter — … Continue reading Sasse slams Pelosi subservience to Communist China

Toomey: Fed Nominees are a Referendum on the Fed’s Independence

In his opening statement at this week's U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing, Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) said President Biden’s Federal Reserve (Fed) nominees Sarah Bloom Raskin and Lisa Cook would threaten the independence of the Fed. Senator Toomey said that while global warming, social justice, and education policy are important issues, they are wholly … Continue reading Toomey: Fed Nominees are a Referendum on the Fed’s Independence

Virginia: Officials Seal Nearly 400,000 Marijuana Convictions

State officials have sealed nearly 400,000 marijuana-related criminal records in recent months, according to data provided by the state’s Cannabis Oversight Commission. At the Commission’s most recent meeting, officials announced that regulators have moved to seal some 330,000 low-level marijuana possession convictions and another 64,000 misdemeanor distribution convictions. Regulators were tasked with reviewing and sealing past records when the … Continue reading Virginia: Officials Seal Nearly 400,000 Marijuana Convictions

Rand Paul Joins Sen. Thune and the entire Senate Republican Conference in Fight to Stop Resurrection of Biden-Obama WOTUS Overreach

.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) joined U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) and the entire Senate Republican Conference in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to suspend the pending rulemaking to redefine the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA), specifically “waters of the United … Continue reading Rand Paul Joins Sen. Thune and the entire Senate Republican Conference in Fight to Stop Resurrection of Biden-Obama WOTUS Overreach

Americans Can’t Afford a Central Banker Who Wants to Bend the Rules, Bankrupt Industries, and Kill American Jobs

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the Federal Reserve: “This morning, the Banking Committee is examining three of President Biden’s nominees to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. “The Fed is one of the most consequential institutions in America. Its decisions have massive ramifications for … Continue reading Americans Can’t Afford a Central Banker Who Wants to Bend the Rules, Bankrupt Industries, and Kill American Jobs

Comer, Scalise, Jordan Call on Scientists Who Privately Supported Lab Leak Theory to Provide Answers Under Oath

This week House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) called on seven scientists who initially believed COVID-19 may have leaked from the Wuhan lab to provide … Continue reading Comer, Scalise, Jordan Call on Scientists Who Privately Supported Lab Leak Theory to Provide Answers Under Oath