Powerful teachers union successfully lobbied CDC to advise keeping 90% of schools shuttered   House 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.), along with Republican lawmakers on both panels, today launched a probe into improper outside influence… Read more »

Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), and 15 members of Congress who were on the 2017 Republican Congressional Baseball Team or otherwise on the assailant's potential “hit list” sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking for the bureau to conduct a full investigation of the shooting as well as an internal… Read more »

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 Science Shows Vaccines Are Working: COVID-19 vaccines are working. There are very few breakthrough cases, and infections and fatalities are plummeting across the… Read more »

 Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement about the April jobs report:   "Today’s weak jobs report was disappointing but not surprising. Schools should have been reopened months ago, which would help more parents get back to work. We need to end the wasteful government practice of paying people more money to stay at home than… Read more »

 Today, House 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.) slammed President Biden’s plan to support a proposal waiving international patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines:   “Operation Warp Speed built on decades of smart… Read more »

Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement regarding President Biden's visit to Louisiana to tout his job-killing socialist agenda under the guise of infrastructure: “Today, President Biden will visit Louisiana to promote his budget-busting tax hike spending boondoggle masquerading as an infrastructure bill.   “Raising taxes that… Read more »

 Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement in response to the Facebook Oversight Board's decision to keep President Trump banned from using Facebook: “The extreme left’s cancel culture is out of control and needs to stop. American democracy benefits from free and open debate. Facebook caused this problem with flawed policies… Read more »

 Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel’s America’s Newsroom to discuss Democrats’ reckless spending proposals that will raise taxes on middle class families and waste trillions of dollars of taxpayer money on liberal fantasies, and called out President Biden for abandoning the bipartisanship he promised. Whip… Read more »

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 Biden Pledged Independent CDC but Allows Powerful Union to Influence School Guidance: President Biden pledged the CDC would be free from political influence but new… Read more »

Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox Business Network’s Varney & Co. to discuss President Biden’s joint address to Congress. Whip Scalise called out President Biden for letting the socialist left control his administration’s agenda and criticized the President for creating the ongoing humanitarian and national security crisis at the… Read more »