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Scalise: Select Subcommittee Dems Go Silent During Critical Months of Pandemic

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Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) opened the Select Subcommittee's hearing criticizing committee Democrats for not holding any hearings during some of the most critical months of the COVID-19 pandemic, only to return from their hiatus just to try to sell Speaker Pelosi's Payoff to Progressives Act. Whip Scalise emphasized how the Select…

Democrats Mass-Amnesty Legislation Will Promote Even More Illegal Immigration

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TOPLINE: Despite the massive crisis at the southern border, House Democrats are pushing ahead with irresponsible legislation that promotes amnesty and does nothing to halt illegal immigration. The Dream and Promise Act will further incentivize children and migrants to unlawfully enter our country and fails to secure our border.   Democrats' Major Immigration Overhaul…

Scalise Joins Senators in Pushing DOJ to Review Obstruction of Justice in Ongoing Probe of States COVID Response in Nursing Homes

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Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a group of Senators in calling on the Justice Department to continue its probe into whether state officials failed to comply with federal guidelines or requirements for participation in federal programs in their…

The Pandemic Response Report

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Pandemic Response Report is a weekly newsletter about America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic from Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis (SSOCC) Republicans.  What’s Important   CDC’s School Reopening Guidance Misinterprets Science: Four doctors wrote a scathing opinion piece in USA Today blasting the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…

Scalise Introduces Legislation to Promote American Manufacturing and Job Creation

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) introduced the Promoting New Manufacturing Act, a bill to increase investment in American manufacturing, create new jobs and reduce costly permitting delays. This legislation is included in House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans' Securing Cleaner American Energy package. “As our economy continues to recover from a…

Scalise and Comer: Cuomo Must Deliver the Facts Now

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Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statements on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s call to “wait for the facts:” “Governor Cuomo calls on New Yorkers and the American people to wait for the facts…

Scalise Calls Out House Dems for Refusing Bipartisan COVID Effort

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) called out House Democrats in today’s colloquy for abandoning every opportunity to work with Republicans on targeted COVID relief, like safely reopening schools and speeding up vaccine distribution, as they rammed their $1.9 trillion package of progressive priorities through Congress. Whip Scalise also criticized House Democrats' erratic…

Scalise: House Dems Infringe on Gun Rights of Law-Abiding American Citizens

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel's The Ingraham Angle to discuss the most recent step Speaker Pelosi has taken to pursue House Democrats' radical agenda. Scalise blasted House Democrats for passing a bill that would take away the gun rights of law-abiding American citizens, but rejecting a Republican amendment that would have required ICE to be…

Scalise, Eshoo Introduce Modern Television Act of 2021

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) today introduced the Modern Television Act of 2021, a bill to repeal outdated regulations of the 1992 Cable Act, including retransmission consent and compulsory copyright license, to increase competition in the TV marketplace and to better address perennial broadcast TV blackouts. "Congress needs to…

Scalise: Biden Must Fix Self-Made Border Crisis

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), and other Members of the House Republican Conference to blast President Biden's self-made crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Whip Scalise criticized President Biden for implementing policies that are keeping America's schools closed while…