House Armed Services Committee members Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) are seeking answers from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point after learning cadets were forced to participate in sensitivity training on “understanding and respecting” others’ preferred pronouns. According to the “facilitator guide” obtained by The Epoch Times, the required training involved a…
House Republicans Probe Preferred Pronoun ‘Role Play’ at West Point
House Oversight Committee Probes FDA’s Response to Baby Formula Shortage
Republicans on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee are pressing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for information about the agency’s response to the nationwide infant formula shortage. In a March 21 letter (pdf) to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), chair of the Subcommittee on…
House GOP Subpoenas Bank Records in Biden Family Probe, Leading to ‘New Avenues of Investigation’
Subpoenaed bank records have opened “new avenues of investigation” into the Biden family’s business dealings, according to the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. News that the committee had subpoenaed Bank of America for the financial records of three of Hunter Biden’s associates first broke on March 12, when the Oversight Committee’s ranking member, Rep. Jamie…
Republicans Ask Energy Secretary to Retract ‘Alarming’ Praise of China’s Climate Efforts
After Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm praised China on Friday for its efforts to combat climate change, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are seeking a retraction of those remarks and demanding that Granholm “testify immediately.” Granholm, during a March 10 interview for the 2023 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas, said…
Republicans Revive Push to Allow Americans to Sue CCP Over COVID-19
Legislative efforts to enable Americans to sue the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the COVID-19 pandemic have been renewed on Capitol Hill by Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Michael Burgess (R-Texas). Under legislation the congressmen introduced on March 10, the Chinese communist regime could be held legally liable for misrepresenting “the seriousness and nature” of…
Republicans Press FDA for Testimony on Rushed COVID-19 Vaccine Approvals
Republicans on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic are seeking answers after recently released emails indicated that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had rushed the approval of COVID-19 vaccines and boosters to accommodate vaccine mandates. “According to new internal U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) communications, it appears the Biden Administration may have…
‘A Lot More Transparency Is Coming’ on Jan. 6: House GOP
More details about what occurred on the day of Jan. 6, 2021, will be revealed in the days to come, according to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.). “In the end, transparency is the best disinfectant,” Scalise said at a March 8 press conference in Washington while discussing new security footage of the Capitol breach…
GOP Lawmakers Ask Marine Corps to Address Recruitment Shortage Produced by Vaccine Mandate
Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.), along with House Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) and Reps. Max Miller (R-Ohio) and Jen Kiggans (R-Va.), sent a letter to the Marine Corps Wednesday to address the service recruiting shortage produced in part by vaccine mandates. “We write to express our concerns over the unprecedented recruiting challenges your service and…
GOP to Use ‘Power of the Purse’ Against FBI: Rep. Jim Jordan
House Republicans will use its spending power to restrict funding to the FBI, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), head of the lower chamber’s Judiciary Committee and its weaponization subcommittee, said on Sunday. Jordan said on Fox New’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that Republicans in the lower chamber will use its “power of the purse,” or spending power designated…
Republicans Decry Ban of Pro-Life Doctors From OBGYN Conference
After a group of pro-life doctors was banned by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) from presenting at its annual medical education conference, four Republican congressmen are calling on their colleagues to hold the organization to account. On Monday, Feb. 27, doctors from the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) were…
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