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Make Role Models of Those ‘Who Didn’t Need Affirmative Action,’ Improve Inner-City K-12 Schools: Rep. Ken Buck

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) rebuffed criticisms of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision striking down race-based affirmative action admissions policies at U.S. colleges, arguing that students ought to embrace more merit-based measures for systems and educators should raise their K-12 education standards, especially in inner-cities. In an interview with “The Hill” on NewsNation on Thursday, Buck…


Book Review: ‘Crushed: Big Tech’s War on Free Speech’

Monopolies are nothing new in our capitalist economy, but as Colorado Congressman Ken Buck aptly illustrates in his book “Crushed: Big Tech’s War on Free Speech” (“Crushed”), Silicon Valley’s current monopoly is more dangerous than earlier ones. Today’s Big Tech monopoly is both an economic threat and a serious risk to democracy and future innovation….


4 Republicans Explain Why They Opposed Speaker McCarthy’s Debt Limit Bill

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy led his fellow House Republicans in passing a bill on Wednesday that pairs an increase to the U.S. federal debt limit with trillions in future spending cuts. The bill passed mostly along party lines, but four Republicans joined Democrats in opposition to the debt limit arrangement—albeit for different reasons than their…


GOP Lawmakers Hawley, Buck Introduce Bills to Ban TikTok From All US Devices

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Jan. 25 introduced the “No TikTok on United States Devices Act” to prohibit the Chinese-based app from being downloaded on all U.S. devices and ban commercial transactions with ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company. Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) has introduced a companion legislation in the House. In recent months, more than half…


Republicans Ask Biden to Release Visitor Logs From Delaware Home

Two Republican lawmakers are demanding President Joe Biden release visitor logs from his Wilmington, Delaware home, after classified documents from the Obama-Biden administration were found in his residence’s garage and an adjacent room. Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) and Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) each sent a letter to Biden on Jan. 12, telling the president that…


Congressman Ken Buck Condemns Big Tech Censorship, Anti-Competitive Practices

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) has called out Big Tech for abuses of power, singling out Google as the “greatest threat to speech in the market.” The congressman has put forth a bill in the House that would attempt to limit the economic and political sway of several tech giants. Speaking to the Heritage Foundation on…


Bipartisan Bill Would Let Americans Voluntarily Give Up Gun Rights

Congress is trying to pass a bill to allow the federal government to pressure people to give up their Second Amendment rights in the name of suicide prevention. At the same time, newly released documents show multiple federal law enforcement agencies have effectively done this to people without congressional approval. On Thursday, Gun Owners of…


How Russia’s Invasion Dooms China’s Chance to Take Taiwan; Rep. Ken Buck Weighs In

The allied response to sanction Russia may deter China. A unified response to aggression is reshaping the world. A divide is clear: authoritarianism versus a new allied West. Is China comfortable invading Taiwan knowing the stakes just got that much higher? We explore why China is supporting Russia, and how much harder it is for…


Russia, China ‘Plotting Behind the Scenes’ Ahead of Ukraine Invasion: Congressman

Moscow and Beijing have been keeping each other abreast of their plans in the leadup to the Ukraine attack, according to two lawmakers. “I think they have coordinated and I think that China is in a better position letting Russia go first, to evaluate,” Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) told EpochTV’s “China Insider” program at the…


Lawmaker Says US Tech Companies Should Not Assist Communist China

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) said it is a “serious issue” that some American tech companies have chosen to please the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in order to do business in China. “I think it is really important that we recognize just how compromised these companies are, when they deal with foreign governments and try to…