Tag: Tom cotton

House GOP Leaders Call on House Democrats to Launch Investigation Into CCP Virus

Two House GOP leaders are calling on their Democrat colleagues to launch a “full and complete” investigation into the origins of the CCP virus. The call came from House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), who is the ranking member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, and Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the top Republican…


Grassroots Rebellion Grows with New Calls to Ban Critical Race Theory from Military, Public Schools

Kevin O’Leary said he was “devastated” when he learned his former football coach, David Flynn, had been fired after questioning a seventh-grade history curriculum that labeled white people and America as inherently racist. “Everyone loves coach, he gets kids to play football,” O’Leary told a local television news reporter in January. “Coach Flynn is an…


Sen. Cotton Challenges the Left’s Psy-War Assault on the US Military

Commentary The psychological-warfare attack—its script straight from the Antifa/Black Lives Matter version of the Cold War’s Marxist playbook—began in January when the predictable chorus of hard-left hacks in academia, media, and government vilified the American military with toxic allegations calculated to demoralize military personnel, sow destructive institutional suspicion, and undermine command authority with the goal…


Biden DOJ Nominee Avoids Question on Transgender Athletes in Girls’ Sports

Vanita Gupta, President Joe Biden’s nominee for associate attorney general, refused to say at her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday whether she believes it’s fair for male-born transgender athletes to compete against biological girls. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), highlighting Gupta’s record of leading the Justice Department’s civil rights unit under the Obama administration, noted that…


US Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Combat China’s Forced Organ Harvesting

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced legislation in both the Senate and the House to stop China’s state-sanctioned practice of harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience. “Organ harvesting is an egregiously barbaric and inhumane act that has no place in our world,” stated Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), the prime sponsor of the House…


Sen. Tom Cotton Speaks at CPAC

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) spoke about keeping America safe during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, on Friday.


Senators Roll Out Bill to Cut China’s Access to 10-Year Visas

Five U.S. senators on Feb. 25 introduced legislation to revoke Beijing’s access to 10-year multi-entry visas, a policy they said has enabled Chinese abuses that pose national security risks. The 10-year visa program, which was rolled out in 2014 during the Obama administration, grants citizens multiple short-term visits to the other country over a 10-year…


Senators Aim to Cut China’s Access to 10-Year Visas With New Bill

Five U.S. senators on Feb. 25 introduced legislation to revoke Beijing’s access to 10-year multi-entry visas, a policy they said has enabled Chinese abuses that pose national security risks. The 10-year visa program, which was rolled out in 2014 during the Obama administration, grants citizens multiple short-term visits to the other country over a 10-year…


Countries Should Do More to End China’s ‘Horrific’ Forced Organ Harvesting: Experts

A group of international advocates are calling on countries including the United States to do more to hold China accountable for its state-sanctioned practice of harvesting organs from living prisoners of conscience. “On the issue of forced organ harvesting, the international community has remained silent despite the evidence for far too long,” said Kristina Olney,…


Mitt Romney and Tom Cotton Propose $10 Minimum Wage In Counter to Democrat Push for $15 an Hour

In a counterpoint to the Democrat push for an hourly minimum wage hike to $15, Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Tuesday announced their own bill that would raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2025. Called the Higher Wages for American Workers Act (pdf), Cotton and Romney’s bill would…