Category: House Energy and Commerce Committee

EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Plan Onslaught of Investigations Into Biden’s China Ties, Virus Origins

If there is a House Republican majority when the 118th Congress convenes on Jan. 3, 2023, it will launch an onslaught of congressional investigations to expose, among much else, what they view as the Biden family’s abuse of public office to enrich themselves. Three House Republican veterans—Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, Rep. Jim Jordan of…


Republicans Blast Biden’s Latest Oil Reserve Release; Vocal Support Among Democrats is Sparse

President Joe Biden’s decision to release up to 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is an abuse aimed at using the world’s largest such resource to protect vulnerable Democrats from voter wrath over high gas prices. That’s the view of a host of congressional Republicans reacting to the Chief…


GOPers See Big Win for Religious Freedom If House Keeps ‘Charitable Choice’ in Fed Grants

First Amendment religious freedom advocates cheered on June 21 when the Supreme Court struck down a Maine law denying faith-based school funding options to parents who see public education failing their children. Another such big win could come on June 22 in the House of Representatives. The occasion is the House taking up H.R. 7666,…