Tag: Lance Gooden

House Republicans Urge Biden Administration to Invite Taiwan President to APEC Summit

A group of House Republicans is calling on the Biden administration to support Taiwan by inviting the island’s democratically elected president to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which will be held in San Francisco in November. Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) made the request in two letters to President Joe Biden (pdf) and Secretary…


Rep. Lance Gooden Introduces Bill to Re-establish Trump-Era Program Targeting Chinese Espionage

Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) introduced a bill on March 7 to re-establish the China Initiative—a Trump-era program that aimed at countering economic espionage, intellectual property theft, and other threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The legislation (pdf)—called the Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act—is intended to reinstate the China Initiative program,…


Rep. Gooden Introduces Bill to Re-establish Trump-Era Program Targeting Chinese Espionage

Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) introduced a bill on March 7 to re-establish the China Initiative—a Trump-era program that aimed at countering economic espionage, intellectual property theft, and other threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The legislation (pdf)—called the Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act—is intended to reinstate the China Initiative program,…


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…


Gas Prices ‘Killer’ for Biden and Democrats in Midterm Elections: House Republican

President Joe Biden and Democrats will pay hard during the coming midterm elections because of soaring gas prices, a House Republican alleged. “I think that the gas prices are going to be a killer for [Biden] between now and the midterm elections in just a few months. There are very few things that could improve…


Congressman Predicts Rep. Liz Cheney Will Be Gone by End of This Month

Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) predicted that Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will be ousted as her GOP leadership position in May, amid growing Republican criticism against her after she made comments against former President Donald Trump. “Liz Cheney has promised she will campaign on impeaching Trump ‘every day of the week.’ Good luck with that, Liz! PREDICTION:…


Lone Republican to Vote for Democrat Police Reform Bill Says He Pressed Wrong Button

The only Republican to vote yes for a Democrat police reform bill in the House of Representatives said he accidentally did so, and changed his vote in the record. “I accidentally pressed the wrong voting button and realized it too late,” Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) wrote in a tweet he later deleted. “I have changed…


Sole GOP Voter for House Police Reform Bill Says He Pressed Wrong Button

The only Republican to vote yes for a Democrat police reform bill in the House of Representatives said he did so by accident, and has changed his vote in the record. “I accidentally pressed the wrong voting button and realized it too late,” Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) wrote in a tweet that he later deleted. “I…


More GOP Lawmakers Back Electoral College Challenge

Another member of Congress has pledged to challenge the Electoral College vote submissions when the Joint Session of Congress meets Jan. 6, joining several others who said they will do so. Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) wrote in a letter to Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) that “I intend to object to the…