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Dems Need to Get Their Priorities Straight

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) spoke on the House floor today ahead of the vote on Speaker Pelosi's $3 trillion, 1,800-page liberal wishlist. Whip Scalise highlighted both what is in this atrocious bill — including billions of dollars for taxpayer-funded abortions, stimulus payments to illegal aliens, federalized elections, and billions of dollars to bailout…

Scalise Blasts Dems Proxy Voting Scheme

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Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement upon House passage of the Democrats’ proxy voting scheme: “Democrats have once again used this pandemic as cover for a power grab — this time, ramming through a partisan rule change that upends over 200 years of precedent with serious constitutional and institutional repercussions. Republican leaders…

Scalise: Pelosi Exploiting Crisis for Political Gain

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel's America's Newsroom to discuss today's show vote in the House of Representatives on Speaker Pelosi's partisan, $3 trillion, liberal wish-list messaging bill that has zero chance of becoming law. Whip Scalise called on Speaker Pelosi to instead focus on holding the Chinese government accountable and safely reopening our…

Scalise: Pelosi's Liberal Wish List Won't Help American Families

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel's The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino to discuss Speaker Pelosi's 1,800 page, $3 trillion, entirely partisan bill, which is nothing more than a liberal wish list. Whip Scalise blasted Speaker Pelosi for crafting this extremely partisan bill in secret, knowing it has zero chance of becoming law, and will not help America…

Scalise Urges Subcommittee Dems to Return to the Capitol

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 Republican Whip and Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Steve Scalise (R-La.) opened the Select Subcommittee's first public hearing by advocating for the subcommittee to return to Washington, D.C. to hold in-person hearings focused on safely getting America back to work and holding China accountable. Whip Scalise dialed into the virtual hearing from…

Select Subcommittee Republicans Demand Safeguards Against Democrat Partisanship

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 Today, Republican Whip and Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Steve Scalise (R-La.) sent a letter to the Democrat Chairman of the Select Subcommittee, Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), demanding that the subcommittee adopt procedural safeguards to prevent partisanship, protect the rights of the minority, and ensure maximum transparency, since they…

Democrats Divided on SelectSubcommittee's Harassment of American Companies

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Today, in an embarrassing rebuke of the Democrat majority on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Democrat Reps. Conor Lamb (D-Pa.) and Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) joined Republicans on a letter in to register their disapproval of the actions of the Subcommittee Democrats and voice their support for a Pennsylvania steel company’s access to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)…

HEAT Members Request Equal Access to the Main Street Lending Program for All Industries

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and HEAT members Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas), Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) led a joint letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell requesting equal consideration of all industries when implementing the Main Street…

Coronavirus Committee Dems Fail to Do Basic Due Diligence

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 After Democrats on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis sent harassing letters to American companies publicly demanding the return of legitimately-obtained Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds, subcommittee Republicans replied today with a letter protesting the Democrats' actions. The Republicans' letter details subcommittee Democrats' flawed analysis and urges…

Scalise Statement on Louisiana Economic Reopening

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement in regards to the announcement that Louisiana will move towards Phase 1 of reopening on May 15th: "I’m glad to hear Governor Edwards’ announcement that Louisiana will finally begin to safely reopen more parts of our economy. We need to start safely reopening our economy so people can get back to work…