Tag: Republicans

Marjorie Taylor Greene Makes Political Statement Through Viral State of the Union Outfit

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) decided to use her outfit and a balloon to make a statement at President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. Greene wore a white wool coat with a fur collar to the speech. She also brought a white balloon to the U.S. Capitol ahead of the address….


GOP-Led House Panels Shift Gears, Goes Full Throttle for Domestic Energy Production

It is standard procedure for committees at the start of a new Congressional session to outline their goals for the next two years, especially when a chamber is under new management. With Republicans assuming control of the United States House of Representatives following November’s midterm elections, the newly installed GOP leadership has been doing just…


New York’s Malliotakis Reacts to Biden’s SOTU Address

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) has expressed guarded optimism about President Joe Biden’s acknowledgment during his State of the Union address on Feb. 7 that the United States is not ready to abandon fossil fuels completely. She made the comments to NTD, the television affiliate of The Epoch Times, in a Feb. 8 interview, while also expressing…


Biden Courts Working-Class Voters in Visit to Wisconsin Union Training Center

A half-day after delivering a State of the Union address before a divided Congress that produced boos and jeers from Republicans in the chamber, President Joe Biden traveled to Wisconsin on Feb. 8 to tout his economic plan. Biden has said in recent months that he plans to seek a second term in 2024. Traditionally,…


House Takes on Biden’s Waters of the United States Rule

Representatives at a Congressional hearing moved closer to challenging President Joe Biden’s new rule defining the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act, an issue pitting many farmers, ranchers, and other landowners against many environmentalists and federal bureaucrats. The meeting brought together members of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on…


Sen. Josh Hawley Proposes Legal Minimum Age for Youth to Use Social Media

Amid growing backlash against social media platforms, including legislation targeting Chinese-owned TikTok and other apps, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said in a Feb. 7 interview with NBC News that he plans to sponsor legislation that will set a minimum age of 16 for users of social media and that he also plans to commission a…


Arizona Lawmaker Holds ‘Impeach Mayorkas’ Event, Submits Impeachment Articles

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) on Feb. 8 held an event calling for the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Biggs announced the event, which was streamed to Facebook, in a press release obtained by the Epoch Times. “Today, Congressman Andy Biggs … will hold an impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro…


McCarthy Responds to Biden’s Medicare, Social Security Remarks in SOTU

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) criticized President Joe Biden’s Feb. 7 State of the Union address in a Fox & Friends interview, accusing the president of having deliberately misrepresented critical aspects of the Republican Party’s legislative agenda while failing to take responsibility for a failed border policy and an escalating fentanyl crisis driven by China….


US Congresswoman Says She Was Injured by COVID-19 Vaccine

A U.S. congresswoman on Feb. 8 says she was left injured by a COVID-19 vaccine. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) disclosed during a hearing with former Twitter executives while decrying how Twitter had censored posts from medical experts, including Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff. “I, along with many Americans have long-term effects from COVID. Not…


Rogers Vows to Expel All Chinese Goods from Defense Supply Chains

The Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is vowing to expel all Chinese goods and materials from the United States’s defense supply chains. Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said that he would lead the effort to expunge China-sourced goods during a Feb. 8 hearing of the committee on the subject of defense-industrial base security. “The…