Here’s what to watch for on the House Floor this week: Enhancing America’s Energy and National Security After his crackdown on American energy resulted in skyrocketing gas prices for American families ahead of the midterm elections last year, President Biden began to feel the heat. But instead of reversing his failing policies, Biden sold 180 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (S... Read More »

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) to highlight the bipartisan passage of a continuing resolution to keep America’s government funded. Leader Scalise emphasized that, as House Republicans fight to rein in out-of-control government spending... Read More »

Here’s a recap of what Republicans achieved on the House Floor this week: Ensuring Strong Defense of the American People ✅ As threats to our nation rise from foreign adversaries and at the border, it is vital Congress fulfills its duty to responsibly fund our national defense, support our military, and keep American citizens safe. But while Republicans focus on national security issues like deterr... Read More »

Here’s what to watch for on the House Floor today: Reducing Spending and Enhancing Border Security Since Biden assumed office, illegal immigrants, including more than 100 individuals on the terror watch list, have been pouring across our southern border while Democrats and the White House do little to curb the crisis caused by their failing policies. Meanwhile, Republicans have remained steadfast ... Read More »

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement today slamming the Biden Administration after the release of the most restrictive Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2024 – 2029 in history: “Today’s announcement is the most restrictive five-year plan in our history. Once again, President Biden has sided with the radical climate mob rather than with ... Read More »

Here’s a recap of key moments from House Republican committees during the week: Armed Services On Wednesday, September 27, the Quality of Life Panel held a hearing on the current state of unaccompanied military housing. The hearing comes a week after a GAO report detailed the disturbing conditions of unaccompanied housing for junior servicemembers. Members sought answers from Department of Defense... Read More »

Here’s what to watch for on the House Floor today: Supporting Farmers, Ensuring Food Security, and Protecting National Security Food security, drug safety, and access to nutritional programs are vital to the health and wellbeing of American families – as well as to our national security. Over the past decade, Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland has quintupled, increasing from 69,000 acres in 2011 t... Read More »

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), and Congressman Michael Cloud (R-Texas) to stress the urgency of addressing the issues that matter to American families: securing our border, having a strong national defense, and stopping reckless, wasteful, and unsustainable spending. Leader Scalise sl... Read More »

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) spoke on the House Floor in support of an amendment to hold the Secretary of the Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, accountable for his abject failure to secure America’s southern border. Leader Scalise slammed Secretary Mayorkas and the Biden Administration for their forfeiture of control over the southern border to drug cartels and human tra... Read More »

Here’s what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week: Armed Services On Wednesday, September 27, the Committee on Armed Services will hold a hearing called "An Update on Unaccompanied Military Housing and the Military Housing Privatization Initiative." On Thursday, September 28, the Committee on Armed Services will hold a full committee hearing called "Examining Irregularity i... Read More »

Here’s what to watch for on the House Floor this week: Supporting Farmers, Ensuring Food Security, and Protecting National Security Food security, drug safety, and access to nutritional programs are vital to the health and wellbeing of American families – as well as to our national security. Over the past decade, Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland has quintupled, increasing from 69,000 acres in 20... Read More »

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement today after a federal judge ordered a halt to a Biden Administration decision to reduce the acreage of Lease Sale 261 and impose additional restrictions on operations as part of a back room deal with radical environment extremists: “I applaud the Court for correctly deciding that the Biden Administration violated the law ... Read More »

Here’s a recap of key moments from House Republican committees during the week: Armed Services On Tuesday, September 19, the House Armed Services Committee held a full committee hearing on defense cooperation with Taiwan. Members pressed Department of Defense and State Department officials on the unacceptable backlog of FMS aid for Taiwan and President Biden’s inability to articulate a consistent ... Read More »

Here’s what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week: Armed Services On Tuesday, September 19, the House Armed Services Committee will hold a full committee hearing called “Defense Cooperation with Taiwan.” On Wednesday, September 20, the Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation will hold a hearing called "Industry Perspectives on Defense Innovation and ... Read More »

Here’s a recap of key moments from House Republican committees during the week: Appropriations On Wednesday, September 13, the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies held an oversight hearing called "Department of Veterans Affairs Implementation of the Electronic Health Record Modernization Initiative." Senior leaders from the Department and Oracle joined the... Read More »