Tag: Republicans

Witnesses on ‘Biden’s Border Crisis’ Set for Judiciary Committee

Witnesses are slated to testify about the Mexican border crisis to the powerful Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 1. “The hearing, ‘Biden’s Border Crisis—Part One,’ will examine border security, national security, and how fentanyl has impacted American lives,” the committee’s Republicans said in a Jan. 30 news release. The first three…


House Members Could Be Asked If They Denounce Socialism

News Analysis House GOP members will ask all of their colleagues to make their position publicly known on socialism. On Jan. 26, Rep. Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) and House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) introduced House Concurrent Resolution 9, titled “Denouncing the horrors of socialism.” Salazar and Scalise intend to bring the resolution to the House floor for a…


‘China Changed Capitalism’: Sens. Rubio and Warner Sound Alarm on CCP’s Economic Threat

A bipartisan duo of lawmakers is calling for greater efforts to curb the malign influence of China’s communist regime through protectionist measures. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) appeared together for a joint interview on Jan. 29, where the two sounded the alarm on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) efforts to undermine U.S….


DOJ Refuses to Release Information on Biden Documents Probe to House Republicans

The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday stonewalled a request from the House Judiciary Committee to provide more information about the special counsel investigation into President Joe Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, saying that doing so would risk compromising the entire probe. The response came two weeks after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who chairs…


Kari Lake Asking Republican National Committee to Help Pay Her Legal Fees

Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake said she’s asking the Republican National Committee (RNC) to pay for her bills after she filed several election lawsuits challenging the state’s results. During an interview on Jan. 27 with Steve Bannon, Lake stated that “I heard that [the RNC] raised a couple hundred million for election integrity” and she’s now “asking…


Florida Congressman Demands DHS Allow Senior Border Patrols Officials to Testify Before Congress

A Florida Republican congressman urged the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to allow senior border patrols officials to testify before Congress. Rep. Carlos Giménez (R-Fla.) wrote a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, urging him to reconsider allowing four senior border officials to testify before Congress over the migrant crisis after they were denied permission, reported…


Republican Oversight Chair Targets Biden Family Over ‘Influence Peddling’

Republicans, now in control of the House of Representatives, have begun their investigation into government “waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement” as well as “holding the Biden Administration accountable.” Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, on Monday outlined his committee’s objectives. Speaking at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event, Comer said…


Jim Jordan: No ‘Law’ Would Have Stopped Tyre Nichols’s Death

There may not have been “any law” to prevent the “evil” that occurred during the fatal beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). Speaking in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Jordan said that the new body camera footage of Memphis police officers pummeling Nichols was “difficult to watch”…


National Intelligence Chief Expresses Concerns About ‘Overclassification’ of Documents

The Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, has warned that overclassifying too much information can “undermine” national security and “critical democratic objectives.” Haines raised her concerns at a two-day conference titled “America’s Secrets: Classified Information and Our Democracy” which was held at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library (LBJ Library) in Austin, Texas, last week. Her warning…


McCarthy Teases Swalwell’s Past Tie to Suspected Chinese Spy, Sidesteps Questions on Santos

In a recent interview, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy joked about Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) previously serving the House Intelligence Committee without a security clearance—as the new speaker asserted—over past ties to a Chinese national and suspected spy. Yet McCarthy didn’t explain why he relented on Rep. George Santos’ (R-N.Y.) serving on two committees, despite piling allegations…