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Hill Veterans Say House GOP Republicans Must Get Tough on Oversight Investigations in 2023

If voters give them control of the House of Representatives, Republicans doing oversight investigations of the Biden administration in 2023 should get tough, according to long-time congressional aides and observers interviewed by The Epoch Times. The biggest obstacle they will face in the 118th Congress that convenes Jan. 3, 2023, will be refusal by the…


House Republicans Must Get Tough on Oversight Investigations in 2023, Hill Veterans Say

If voters hand Republicans a majority in the House of Representatives, Republican lawmakers involved in oversight investigations of the Biden administration in 2023 should get tough, longtime congressional aides and observers told The Epoch Times. The biggest obstacle they’ll face in the 118th Congress, which convenes on Jan. 3, 2023, will be the refusal by the…


Biden’s China Ties, Covid Origins Top Agenda as House GOPers Plan Most Investigations Since Tea Party Congress of 2011

If there is a House Republican majority when the 118th Congress convenes on Jan. 3, 2023, it will launch an onslaught of congressional investigations to expose, among much else, what they view as the Biden family’s abuse of public office to enrich themselves. Three House Republican veterans—Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, Rep. Jim Jordan of…


EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Plan Onslaught of Investigations Into Biden’s China Ties, Virus Origins

If there is a House Republican majority when the 118th Congress convenes on Jan. 3, 2023, it will launch an onslaught of congressional investigations to expose, among much else, what they view as the Biden family’s abuse of public office to enrich themselves. Three House Republican veterans—Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, Rep. Jim Jordan of…


Biden Is ‘Buying Votes’ Ahead of Midterm Elections With Policy Decisions: Rep. Lauren Boebert

As the Nov. 8 midterm election draws near, some see recent moves by President Joe Biden as a desperate means to “buying votes.” Pardons for Marijuana Offenses On Oct. 6, Biden announced a blanket pardon for some federal marijuana possession convictions. “No one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana,” Biden said….


McCarthy Suggests Opposition to Biden Impeachment Efforts

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) suggested that he opposes efforts from within his caucus to impeach President Joe Biden. If Republicans take the House, as observers expect, McCarthy is likely to be elected speaker of the House. After two failed efforts by Democrats to remove President Donald Trump from office, and amid scandals surrounding…


Republicans Blast Biden’s Latest Oil Reserve Release; Vocal Support Among Democrats is Sparse

President Joe Biden’s decision to release up to 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is an abuse aimed at using the world’s largest such resource to protect vulnerable Democrats from voter wrath over high gas prices. That’s the view of a host of congressional Republicans reacting to the Chief…


Opposition Growing to Biden Proposal to Expand Union Power in Federal Project Contracting

Fifty Republican Members of Congress and 18 Republican governors are urging President Joe Biden to withdraw the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council’s (FARC) proposal to require unionized workforces on most government-funded construction projects. The FARC proposal implements Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 14063 that requires Project Labor Agreements (PLA) on all “major” federal construction projects. Use of a PLA…


Biden Seeks to Give Union Allies New Monopoly on Billions of Dollars in Federal Contracts

President Joe Biden’s appointees at the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FARC) are proposing a new rule to require that only companies with unionized workforces be allowed to bid for new government contracts worth $35 million or more annually. The FARC proposal implements Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 14063 that requires Project Labor Agreements (PLA) on all…


Biden Tours LA Metro Subway Construction Site, Touts Infrastructure Funding

LOS ANGELES—President Joe Biden paid a visit to a Metro subway construction site in West Los Angeles Oct. 13, touting federal investments in the nation’s infrastructure and saying the dollars will support projects across the Southland, including transit improvements for Los Angeles International Airport and the ports. Overlooking the future Metro D (Purple) Line subway…