By Matthew Foldi While the House’s Oversight Committee has earned its share of headlines for its public hearings, the antics of some of its staff–all but certainly Democrats–are now raising eyebrows following the first true leak of this Congress. In advance of the subsequently-canceled hearing with Washington, D.C.’s mayor, Muriel Bowser, committee members and staff attended a closed-door briefing... Read More »
By Curtis Houck With Republicans holding a razor-thin House majority and President Biden struggling to build momentum against former President Trump, there’s no limit to how far the liberal media will go into interfere in the presidential election. Such an odious example came up on Wednesday as CNN.com eagerly published an account using audio from a private House Oversight Committee meeting to fal... Read More »
NFIB Small business owners and business leaders from across Pennsylvania traveled to Harrisburg today to advocate their positions on a wide range of issues including small business tax reform, burdensome regulations and mandates, permitting reform, steep minimum wage hikes, and other measures that impact the state’s business climate and affordability. The event, hosted by The National Federation o... Read More »
By Ace Vincent Leading Republican Reps. Andy Ogles, Tom Tiffany, and Scott Perry, along with a coalition of Senate Republicans, are spearheading an effort to thwart President Joe Biden’s proposed plan to resettle Palestinians in the United States. This initiative reflects a broader conservative response to what they perceive as a threat to national security and a mismanagement of America’s immigra... Read More »
By Justin Harclerode Opening remarks, as prepared, of Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Scott Perry (R-PA) from today’s hearing, entitled, “Disaster Mitigation: Reviewing the Effectiveness and Costs of FEMA’s Resilience Programs”: I want to thank our witness, Ms. Victoria Salinas, the Senior Official Performing the Duties of Deputy Administrator... Read More »
By Andres Picon A House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee will question a Federal Emergency Management Agency official this week on the agency’s disaster mitigation spending. The hearing of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management — led by Chair Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and ranking member Dina Titus (D-Nev.) — will be the panel’s second hearing f... Read More »
By Sarah Wilson The US House of Representatives is expected to vote Saturday night on four separate bills — three would provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, the other would advance border security measures. “This is a foreign aid package that’s not paid for in any way and is not related to the border in any way,” Republican Midstate Congressman Scott Perry said, referring to the four bills h... Read More »
By Rachel Schilke The House advanced Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) four-pronged foreign aid legislation through a procedural vote on Friday, largely thanks to House Democrats who helped push it over the line, setting up for a final vote on the package this weekend. Though rule votes historically fall along party lines, several hard-line House GOP members have weaponized the rule vote over the 118t... Read More »
By Rachel Schilke Hard-line House Republicans are coming out in strong opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) four-pronged foreign aid package, particularly over a stipulation in the Ukraine aid bill that the loan can be canceled by the president in a few years — a move that some are calling a “joke.” Johnson’s long-awaited four-bill foreign aid package, for which text was released on W... Read More »
Today, U.S. Representatives Scott Perry (PA-10), Thomas Massie (KY-04), Mary Miller (IL-15), and Andy Ogles (TN-05) introduced the No Propaganda Act to defund the biased Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The organization and its subsidiaries are staffed by extreme liberals, including the newly appointed divisive CEO of the National Public Radio (NPR) who has openly campaigned for Joe Bide... Read More »
By Jory Heckman Federal buildings officials say the FBI needs a new headquarters building to replace the “obsolete” and “failing” J. Edgar Hoover (JEH) Building in downtown Washington, D.C. But even in a best-case scenario, it’ll take more than a decade for FBI employees to relocate to a new suburban headquarters, according to the Biden administration’s latest plans. The General Services Administr... Read More »
By Justin Harclerode Washington, D.C. - Opening remarks, as prepared, of Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Scott Perry (R-PA) from today’s hearing, entitled, “From Headquarters Building to Field Offices: Examining the FBI’s Real Estate Needs and Strategy”: The FBI has a massive real estate portfolio across this country, comprised of a headquarte... Read More »
By Ken Tran A controversial spying law is set to reignite tensions between House Republicans this week as conservative hard-liners and members of the intelligence community fight over the scope of how the law should be overhauled under a time crunch. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority Act, also called FISA, is set to expire April 19, meaning time is running short for Congress to reaut... Read More »
By Riley Rogerson and Reese Gorman After a two-week recess away from Capitol Hill, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was clearly hoping his House GOP colleagues would come back to Washington, put past issues behind them, and tackle the current challenges in a spirit of understanding and unity. That didn’t happen. As one senior GOP staffer put it, what Johnson actually came back to is best described as a... Read More »
By Arjun Singh The House of Representatives on Wednesday blocked a bill to reauthorize a controversial provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), dealing a blow to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership. Section 702 of FISA enables the U.S. government to operate large-scale electronic surveillance programs, which have been heavily criticized by congressional Republicans and so... Read More »
