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The Leader’s Floor Lookout: Thursday, September 28, 2023

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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…

Scalise: The Border Must Be Secured

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9.27.23 Stakeout

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: House GOP Won’t Let Biden Continue To Be Derelict On Border

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9.27.23 Floor Photo

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…

Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview – September 25, 2023

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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…

The Leader’s Floor Lookout: Week of September 25, 2023

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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,…

Leader Scalise Applauds Injunction on Biden’s Anti-American Energy Deal with Climate Radicals

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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…

Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Recap – Week of September 18, 2023

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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…

Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview – Week of September 18, 2023

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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…

Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Recap – Week of September 11, 2023

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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 Leader’s Floor Lookout: Thursday, September 14, 2023

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Here’s what to watch for on the House Floor today: Protecting Americans’ Freedom to Choose Their Own Car In August of 2022, California’s Air Resources Board (CARB) voted to place restrictions on automakers that would essentially ban the sale of new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2035. This overstep of liberal politicians to push their radical green new deal agenda…