Category: congress

Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry Testifies to House on Budget

John Kerry, Department of State special presidential envoy for climate, testifies on the budget at 10:00 a.m. ET on July 13 to the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Accountability hearing. …


The History of The Epoch Times Is Read Into Congressional Record

A U.S. congressman reads the history of The Epoch Times into congressional record on July 13. …


Bipartisan Health Care Bills Tackling Transparency in Pricing Pass House

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce passed a number of bipartisan bills on July 12 aimed at bolstering transparency when it comes to health care pricing, while simultaneously lowering costs. The four bills are part of the latest clampdown by members of Congress on soaring medical costs and drug prices that have left an…


China Perfecting Techno-Totalitarianism for Export Around the World: Rep. Gallagher

WASHINGTON—The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is perfecting a techno-totalitarian regime for export to the rest of the world, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) has warned. The regime’s worsening repression of faith was in the spotlight at a roundtable hearing that the lawmaker hosted on July 12. One key takeaway, the chairman and other panelists of the House…


Senators Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Block the US President From Leaving NATO

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) reintroduced a bill on Wednesday that would constrain any U.S. president from ever withdrawing from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance. “NATO serves as an essential military alliance that protects shared national interests and enhances America’s international presence,” Mr. Rubio said on Wednesday. “Any decision…


Vice President Harris Matches Record for Tiebreaking Votes in Senate

Vice President Kamala Harris on July 12 tied the record for most tie-breaking votes in the Senate.  “I feel like it’s a wonderful historical moment and I’m thankful to [Senate Majority] Leader [Chuck] Schumer for reminding me that today was that day,” Ms. Harris told The Epoch Times shortly after the vote.  The tie-breaking vote…


FBI ‘Absolutely Not’ Protecting Biden Family, Wray Says

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray told the House Judiciary Committee on July 12 that his agency is “absolutely not” defending President Joe Biden’s family.  Wray’s comments come on the tail of a roughly month-long standoff between the embattled FBI chief and House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) over a…


Wray Repeatedly Denies FBI Censorship of Conservatives, as Republicans Point to Suppressed Posts

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray had barely completed his opening statement to the House Judiciary Committee’s FBI oversight hearing when Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) began a rapid-fire barrage of pointed questions that culminated in a clash of utterly opposed perspectives. “On July 4th, we had this explosive, explosive 155-page opinion from a federal…


Rep. Gaetz Grills Wray About Alleged Hunter Biden Message, Public Trust in FBI

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) had a tense exchange with FBI Director Christopher Wray at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, saying the bureau now had “the lowest level of trust in the FBI’s history.” …


Lawmakers Launch Bill to Prevent More ‘Accounting Errors’ at Pentagon After $6.2 Billion Flub

Sens. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) have introduced legislation to prevent further accounting errors at the Department of Defense (DOD) after a “valuation error” came to light recently at the Pentagon amounting to over $6 billion. The draft bill (pdf) aims to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the Pentagon…