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Scalise: Prayers For Those Lost in Kabul Attack

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 Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement in response to explosions outside Kabul's airport killing several U.S. service members and Afghan civilians:   “Today’s terrorist attack at the Kabul airport is heartbreaking, and I express my deepest sympathies and prayers to the service members killed as well as their families.…

Scalise: Biden Prioritizing Socialist Agenda Over Americans Stranded in Afghanistan

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 Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends to discuss President Biden’s incompetence and misplaced priorities as Americans remain stranded in Afghanistan. Whip Scalise slammed President Biden for spending his time pressuring Democrats to vote for trillions in tax and spending increases rather than working on getting…

Scalise: Joe Biden is an Embarrassment

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 Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox Business Network’s Kudlow to discuss how President Biden and Congressional Democrats’ reckless $3.5 trillion tax-and-spending spree will cause inflation to rise, send jobs overseas, and raise taxes on hard-working families. In addition, Whip Scalise slammed President Biden’s misplaced priorities as…

Scalise Slams Dems Misplaced Priorities As Americans Remain Stranded in Afghanistan

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Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) called out President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, and Congressional Democrats for ramming their $3.5 trillion tax-and-spending spree through the House of Representatives even though it will fuel inflation, send jobs overseas, and bankrupt future generations of Americans. In addition, Whip Scalise slammed President Biden’s decision to…

Scalise: Biden, Pelosi More Focused on Tax and Spending Increases than Stranded Americans in Afghanistan

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 Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Representative Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) held a press conference with Republican Members of Congress who served in Afghanistan to discuss the crisis President Biden created by withdrawing U.S. troops without an adequate plan in place to prevent the Taliban from taking over the country. In addition, Whip Scalise criticized the Biden…

Scalise & Granger: Keep the Hyde Amendment, Don't Fund Abortions with Taxpayer Money

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Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-Texas) co-authored an op-ed for the Washington Examiner criticizing House Democrats’ efforts to eliminate Hyde Amendment protections, which would allow taxpayer dollars to fund abortions. Whip Scalise and Congresswoman Granger urged Democrats to preserve the Hyde Amendment, which has stood…

The HEAT Report

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The HEAT Report is a weekly newsletter focusing on how members of the House Energy Action Team (HEAT) promote American energy security, and an all-of-the-above energy economy.   The Latest:   The Biden Administration has had a rough August as its anti-American energy policies have caused skyrocketing prices at the gas pump. Instead of working with American oil producers to…

Bidens Foreign Policy: Afghanistan is in Disarray

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TOPLINE: Over the weekend, the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan was forced to evacuate after the Taliban overtook Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. This comes as a direct result of President Biden withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan without concrete plans to protect Americans and Afghan citizens or prevent the Taliban from taking over the country. President Biden’s poor…

Scalise on Face the Nation: This is Bidens Saigon Moment

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 Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined CBS’ Face the Nation to discuss the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan being forced to evacuate after the Taliban began to advance on Kabul. Whip Scalise slammed President Biden for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan without having specific conditions or any concrete plans to prevent the Taliban from taking over the…

Biden's America: Another Month of Record Inflation

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TOPLINE: Inflation is at its highest level in 13 years. The American people are paying more for everyday goods and services, wiping out all of their paycheck increases they gained during the Trump Administration. The last thing President Biden and Congressional Democrats should be doing is an attempt to ram through the most significant tax increase and spending plan in history on a…