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 »
By Elizabeth Elkind, Julia Johnson A top Republican senator and Trump-endorser is among those criticizing the former president over his Monday announcement on abortion, in which he claimed restrictions on the procedure should be decided by individual states. "I respectfully disagree with President Trump’s statement that abortion is a states’ rights issue," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a st... Read More »
By Elizabeth Elkind Members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus and their allies are drawing lines in the sand ahead of what’s expected to be an intense inter-GOP battle over additional aid for Ukraine. The House of Representatives is expected to take up the issue of Ukraine and supplemental foreign aid the week after next, three sources told Fox News Digital. Freedom Caucus Chairman Bo... Read More »
By Emily Wishingrad While the effects of the pandemic on private sector office usage have become increasingly clear, the future of the federal footprint is still largely up in the air. The fate of these millions of square feet of offices is an unanswered question worth billions of taxpayer dollars. Federal government agencies are using just 12% of the space in their headquarters buildings on avera... Read More »
By Elizabeth Elkind , Julia Johnson Spending hawks in Congress are growing antsy about starting discussions on how to fund the government in fiscal year 2025. Congress only recently completed the appropriations process for fiscal year 2024, roughly six months after it began Sept. 30. And, in that time, disagreements over federal funding prompted conservative lawmakers to tank their own party’s bil... Read More »
