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Scalise: Impeachment Will Only Divide A Nation That Calls Out For Healing

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) took to the House Floor today to speak out against an impractical impeachment that hasn't had a single House hearing and won't be taken up in the Senate until after the President's term has expired. The Whip implored his colleagues to not add fuel to the fire of divisiveness in this country with a rushed impeachment, and urged Republicans and…

Scalise in WSJ: Politics Has No Place for Violence

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal denouncing last week's violence at the Capitol and drawing on his experience from the baseball shooting to lay out what leaders from both parties must do to bring the national temperature down. Scalise stressed that "Republicans and Democrats alike must have the moral clarity to call [violent rhetoric]…

Scalise: I Will Vote Against Invoking 25th Amendment, Impeaching President Trump

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement ahead of this week's votes in the House of Representatives: “Like many Americans, I am deeply upset and outraged over the domestic terrorism we witnessed last week in our nation’s Capitol. It is clear that tensions in our country are dangerously high. It is incumbent upon leaders to be focused, first…

Scalise Unequivocally Condemns Violence at U.S. Capitol, Outlines Path Forward

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox Business Network's Mornings with Maria and Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends this morning to denounce the violent mobs that stormed the U.S. Capitol yesterday. Whip Scalise emphasized how there is no place in this country for resorting to violence to solve our differences and thanked the U.S. Capitol Police and every brave law…

Scalise Condemns Violence at Capitol

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Bill Hemmer on Fox News to condemn the violence at the Capitol today. Click here or on the image above to watch the full interview. On the unacceptable violence at the Capitol: "Well, clearly this is something that none of us accept and it's not the way for people to act. And law enforcement — you've got to respect law…

Scalise Statement on Electoral Vote Certification

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement ahead of today’s joint session of Congress: “The Constitution requires that states carry out elections according to the rules established by state legislatures. In a number of states, that did not happen. We cannot turn a blind eye to states selectively choosing which election laws to follow. Our…

Republican Leaders: Pelosi Ignored COVID Guidance to Secure Speakership

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Conferencewoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), and Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) in a letter addressed to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-N.Y.) protesting Pelosi's complete disregard for medical guidance during the opening session of the 117th Congress in her pursuit of the Speaker's gavel. The Republican leaders…

HEAT Leaders Blast Speaker Pelosis PAYGO Elimination

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House Energy Action Team co-chairs Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) joined House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) in a joint statement to blast Speaker Pelosi’s rules package that exempts certain legislation from PAYGO requirements, laying the groundwork for multi-trillion-dollar, budget-busting bills like the Green New Deal without proper…

Scalise: Pelosi Taking Representation Away from Nearly Half of Americans

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) took to the House Floor today to denounce Speaker Pelosi's rules package designed to strip the minority of their historic rights, stop debate on important legislation, and silence the voices of the 48 percent of Americans who are represented by Republicans in the House of Representatives. Whip Scalise pointed out that Speaker Pelosi's rule…

Rules Package Solidifies Democrat Misrule

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TOPLINE: Speaker Pelosi's rules package puts progressive activists over the American people. While families are having trouble putting food on the table, House Democrats prioritize gender-neutral language, stripping the House Minority of historic rights, and setting up massive handouts to Democrat-connected industries. Tomorrow, newly-sworn-in representatives will vote on Speaker…