Tag: Gosar

Gosar Resolution to End COVID-19 National Emergency Passes House

The House of Representatives has passed Rep. Paul Gosar’s (R-Ariz.) House Joint Resolution 7, which would end the coronavirus national emergency proclaimed almost three years ago at the start of the pandemic. “Time’s up,” Gosar said in a Feb. 1 interview with The Epoch Times. “Most of America has moved on. “It’s that the government…


Gosar to Vows Probe of Border ‘Invasion’ as He Takes Seat on Key Oversight Committee

As part of his newly-assigned seat on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) will zero in on the Biden administration’s handling of the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a spokesman. “Despite efforts by House Democrats to silence him, Congressman Gosar is looking forward to restoring government accountability that has been absent…


Gosar Vows Probe of Border ‘Invasion’ as He Takes Seat on Key Oversight Committee

As part of his newly-assigned seat on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) will zero in on the Biden administration’s handling of the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a spokesman. “Despite efforts by House Democrats to silence him, Congressman Gosar is looking forward to restoring government accountability that has been absent…


EXCLUSIVE: House Freedom Caucus Members Got Earmarks Despite Caucus’s Past Opposition

Data from the Bipartisan Policy Center reveal that congressmen in the House Freedom Caucus requested earmarks in last month’s omnibus bill—a move at odds with the conservative caucus’s critical previous statements on earmarks, but possibly in line with private discussions among its members. “Earmarks are the currency of corruption. The @freedomcaucus opposes earmarks, whether in…


Exclusive: Gosar Says Democrats ‘Want to Cripple And Destroy The Mining Process’

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) told The Epoch Times that several Democrats should be stripped of their committee assignments if Republicans regain control of Congress in the 2022 midterm elections. In November 2021, Gosar was censured and taken off committees after his Twitter account shared an anime video in which a cartoon version of the congressman…


House Votes to Censure Rep. Gosar Over Controversial Video

In a Wednesday vote, the House decided to censure Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) over a since-removed anime video that the congressman posted to his Twitter page earlier in the month. The House motion to censure Gosar strips the congressman of his two committee assignments on the Committee on Oversight and Reform and the House Committee on…


GOP Lawmakers Barred From Checking Prison Conditions for Jan. 6 Inmates

Two days after being denied entrance into the Department of Justice and then chased away by protestors, four Republican lawmakers probing the conditions of the inmates arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol have been barred from a facility where some 50 of the prisoners are said to be held. Reps…


House Ethics Committee Rejects Capitol Breach Claims Against Reps. Brooks, Gosar

The House Ethics Committee has declined to investigate whether Reps. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) had any involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. The Republican congressmen on Tuesday released notices they received from Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), who said that the 10-member committee he chairs has voted to not form a special…