Category: Kevin McCarthy

McCarthy Announces Resolution to Censure Waters Over ‘Dangerous’ Comments

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Monday that he will introduce a resolution to censure Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) over comments he says “incited violence.” “This weekend in Minnesota, Maxine Waters broke the law by violating curfew and then incited violence. Speaker Pelosi is ignoring Waters’ behavior—that’s why I am introducing a resolution to…


McCarthy: Cash Payments to Central America Insults Millions of Jobless Americans

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said Friday that President Joe Biden’s plans to send cash to Central American countries is an insult to the millions of unemployed Americans. Southern border coordinator for the White House Roberta Jacobson first told Reuters last week that the Biden administration is considering the plans as part of a move…


House GOP Leader Seeks Classified Briefing After Terror Suspects Apprehended at Border

The top Republican in the House of Representatives wants a classified briefing from intelligence officials after the Biden administration disclosed that two Yemeni nationals on the FBI’s Terrorism Watch List were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) asked for a briefing from CIA Director William Burns and FBI Director Christopher Wray….


House GOP Leader McCarthy Had COVID-19 but Didn’t Know at the Time

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) recently revealed that he had previously contracted COVID-19 and found out about it late last year when he tested positive for CCP virus antibodies. McCarthy told reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that he tested positive for antibodies against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes the disease…


House GOP Leader Files Resolution to Remove Swalwell From Intelligence Committee Over Chinese Spy Allegations

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) filed a resolution Thursday to remove Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) from the House Intelligence Committee following reports that he may have been compromised by a Chinese Communist Party spy. “Swalwell engaged in a years-long relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and his conduct makes clear he has no place…


‘Dangerous Precedent:’ House GOP Leader Calls for Halt to Politicization of Military

The top Republican in the House of Representatives on Monday called for a halt to what he described as politicization of the military. “Uniformed service members recently criticized a private citizen for his First Amendment rights, & today a Dem lawmaker used soldiers in a political stunt against a GOP member,” Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)…


The Bright Republican Future

Commentary The national Democrats’ biggest achievement to date is passing a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that only directs 9 percent of its funding to COVID-19 relief. The very first bill Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced in this Congress, after months of a health crisis, lost jobs, lockdowns, and fear, was legislation aimed at federalizing elections, bailing out…


GOP House Leader to Try to Remove Swalwell from Intelligence Committee

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) plans to introduce a resolution next week to remove Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) from the House Intelligence Committee. “Pelosi just reappointed Eric Swalwell to the Intelligence Committee. Based on the briefing she and I received together, Swalwell should not be on the panel in charge of guarding our nation’s…


McCarthy Asks Pelosi to Explain When Capitol Will Return to Pre-Pandemic Operations

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has challenged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) over her decision to continue to enforce COVID-19 restrictions at the U.S. Capitol. McCarthy is urging Pelosi to reconsider her restrictions and re-open the U.S. Capitol to pre-pandemic operations given that more and more Americans are now receiving the vaccination aimed at…


Kevin McCarthy Calls on Pentagon to Restore NSA General Counsel Michael Ellis to Active Service

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has urged U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to restore attorney Michael Ellis to active service as the National Security Agency general counsel after reports that Ellis was placed on administrative leave, with McCarthy arguing that Ellis’s sidelining “appears to have been the result of undue political influence.” “I urge…