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Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) announced Tuesday the House will begin impeachment proceedings against Secretary Mayorkas next week, Punchbowl News was first to report, calling it “a major escalation in Green’s nearly year-long probe into Mayorkas.”
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Religious organizations are slamming a Republican House probe, calling it a violation of their liberty, reports Religion News Service.
“It’s an invasion of religious liberty,” said Bishop Dwayne Royster, a United Church of Christ pastor who heads Faith in Action. Royster argues his group reserves the right to practice a form of faith “which says that there’s no strangers amongst us, that we’re all siblings.”
But Royster said Reps. Mark E. Green (R-Tenn.) and Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.) were anything but friends when they announced plans to probe more than 200 nongovernmental organizations earlier this month. The congressmen are accusing their targets of being “involved in providing services or support to inadmissible aliens during the Biden-Harris administration’s historic border crisis.”
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Royster told Religion News the probe was “designed to have a chilling effect” on organizations like Faith in Action. He added: “I will be damned if they’re going to stop us from doing what we feel mandated and called to do by God: To care for other human beings to the best of our ability.”
The chairmen are requesting each non-governmental organization complete a survey of questions about government grants, contracts, and disbursements they received, lawsuits they are petitioning and amicus briefs they have filed in any lawsuit brought against the federal government. The survey also demands organizations reveal any legal service, translation service, transportation, housing, sheltering, or any other form of assistance they’ve provided to non-citizen residents or unaccompanied non-citizen children since January 2021.
Green and Breechen, who chair the House Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Accountability, expressly targeted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Charities USA, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and Global Refuge for the probe. But a list provided to Religion News Service indicates more than 30 religious groups have received the lawmakers' letter.
Royster said the questionnaire wasn’t relevant to Faith in Action’s work, and said he had no intention of responding to it.
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Unitarian Universalist Association general counsel Adrienne K. Walker denied her denomination receiving any grants, contracts or disbursements from the Biden administration, and she criticized the probe as appearing “to target the UUA and its members’ fundamental rights to exercise their religious practices protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.”
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' spokesperson Chieko Noguchi said USCCB plans to respond to the survey but argues that the USCCB has a 45-year agreement with the federal government to serve groups of people authorized by that same government to receive assistance.
Read the full Religion News Service report at this link.
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mark Edward Green (born November 8, 1964) is an American politician, physician, and retired U.S. Army major who has served as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 7th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Green has chaired the Committee on Homeland Security since 2023.[1] Before his election to Congress, he served in the Tennessee Senate from 2013 to 2018, representing the 22nd district.
After graduating from West Point, Green was an infantry officer. He then graduated from Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University and became a flight surgeon, serving tours of duty in the War in Afghanistan and Iraq War. He wrote a book about his experience in Operation Red Dawn, in which Saddam Hussein was captured. After retiring from the military in 2006, Green became the CEO of a hospital emergency department staffing company.
Green first entered state politics in 2012 by defeating Democratic incumbent Tim Barnes for a seat in the Tennessee Senate. In 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Green to serve as the United States Secretary of the Army, but when comments Green had made about the LGBT community were revealed, he withdrew his nomination. When U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn announced her candidacy for the United States Senate in 2018, Green announced his candidacy to succeed her, and was elected in November of that year. He was reelected in 2020 and 2022. In October 2023, he was a candidate for Speaker of the House of Representatives, but withdrew from the race on October 24.
Military career[edit]
In 1986, Green graduated from the United States Military Academy, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in quantitative business management.[2][3] In 1987 he earned a master's degree in systems management from the University of Southern California.[4] From 1987 to 1990, Green served as an infantry officer in the United States Army. His first duty assignment after graduation from the US Army Ranger School was with the 194th Armored Brigade at Fort Knox. There he served as a rifle platoon leader, scout platoon leader, and battalion adjutant for an infantry battalion. After the Infantry Officer's Advance Course, then-Captain Green served with the 82nd Airborne Division[5] as an airborne battalion supply officer and rifle company commander.
Following a traumatic event in which a team of surgeons and critical care doctors saved his father's life, Green requested that the Army send him to medical school. He attended the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University, graduating with a Doctor of Medicine in 1999.[4] He did his residency in emergency medicine at Fort Hood, Texas. After his residency, Green was selected to serve as the flight surgeon for the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.[6]
As a special operations flight surgeon, Green served a tour of duty in the Afghanistan War and two tours of duty in the Iraq War. He was the special operations flight surgeon during Operation Red Dawn, the military operation that captured Saddam Hussein. Green interrogated Hussein for six hours.[2][7] After his military service, he authored a book, A Night With Saddam, detailing the capture and interrogation of Hussein and his service with the Army's elite aviation unit.[5][8] Green was honorably discharged from the Army in 2006.[7][9]
For his service, Green was awarded the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal with the V Device for valor under heavy enemy fire while rescuing British Special Operations forces wounded near Fallujah, and the Combat Medical Badge, among other awards. He also earned the Air Assault Badge and the Flight Surgeon Badge[2][5] during his service.
Civilian career[edit]
Green founded and served as chief executive officer of Align MD, a hospital emergency department management staffing company. Align MD provides staffing to emergency departments and hospital services in 50 hospitals in 10 states.[10] Green also founded Two Rivers Medical Foundation, which provides health care to underserved populations worldwide via medical mission trips, and operates a free medical clinic in his hometown and in Memphis, Tennessee.[10]
Green served on the boards of several for-profit companies, including American Physician Partners, Align MD, and Rural Physician Partners. Green is also a board member of the Middle Tennessee Boy Scouts of America. He has served on the advisory board of the political organization Latinos for Tennessee since 2015.
In 2015, Williamson College awarded Green an honorary Doctorate of Humanities.[10][11]
Political career[edit]
Tennessee State Senate[edit]
Green was first elected to the Tennessee Senate in 2012, defeating Democratic incumbent Tim Barnes.[5][12][13] He was rumored to be considering a challenge to Lamar Alexander in the 2014 U.S. Senate election,[14] but declined to do so.[15]
Green is most noteworthy for his legislation ending Tennessee's Hall Income Tax, only the second time in US history a state has repealed an income tax.[16] He also co-sponsored a bill that eliminated the statute of limitations on rape cases where the DNA profile of the suspect is known.[17] Green received awards recognizing his many laws protecting veterans and small businesses.[18][19] He led the charge in Tennessee for automated technology in auto manufacturing, speaking at national conferences on the topic.[20]
In 2015, Green proposed a pilot program to test an innovative solution to health care. The idea was to give Medicaid patients a reduced amount of health care dollars on a swipe card, giving them choice and control. The incentive is that any dollars not spent go to the patient as an addition to their earned income check. SJR 88 passed and was signed by the governor. The request for a waiver to test the program is at CMS for approval.[21]
Green won the 2016 Republican primary 84% to 16% over Lori Smith of Clarksville, Tennessee.[22] In the general election, he defeated Democratic nominee David Cutting, 67% to 33%.
Nomination as U.S. Army Secretary[edit]
In April 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Green for United States Secretary of the Army.[23] Green was Trump's second nominee for this position after his first nominee, Vincent Viola, withdrew from consideration.[24]
Green drew some opposition based on public comments about transgender people.[25] At a September 2016 Tea Party gathering in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Green said, "If you polled the psychiatrists, they're going to tell you that transgender is a disease."[26] He also supported a state law that limited access to public restrooms for transgender people to those matching their legal sex, not their gender identity, and told internet radio talk show host CJ Porter that he viewed his support of that law as part of his duty as a state senator to "crush evil".[26][27]
Green also said that if school districts "want to have a bathroom that's separate for all of the, you know, guys or gals with question marks" but were concerned the "AFL-CIO is going to sue you, well, I got your back." It is assumed Green meant the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), not the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO).[28] Green also said that he would "not tolerate" students learning about Muslim beliefs and practices.[29] Green added later that he doesn't "think we should teach the Lord's Prayer" in schools either. In a call for separation of church and state, he said, "Leave that to the churches, the synagogues, and the mosques."[30]
Green withdrew his nomination on May 5, 2017.[31]
2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election[edit]
Main article: 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election
On January 4, 2017, Green filed paperwork to run for governor in the 2018 gubernatorial election.[32] But in late 2017, when 7th District Representative Marsha Blackburn announced her candidacy for the United States Senate, Green announced he was running for the open congressional seat.[33] His state senate district included almost all of the northeastern part of the congressional district.
U.S. House of Representatives[edit]
Elections[edit]
2018[edit]
See also: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee § District 7
Green became the Republican nominee for the 2018 U.S. House of Representatives election in Tennessee's 7th congressional district after running unopposed for the nomination.[34] His State Senate district included much of the northern part of the congressional district. Green won the general election in November and took office in January 2019.
2020[edit]
See also: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee § District 7
In the 2020 Republican primary, Green was unopposed. On November 3, he defeated Democratic nominee Kiran Sreepada and two independents with 69.9% of the vote.
2022[edit]
See also: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee § District 7
In the 2022 Republican primary, Green was unopposed. On November 8, he defeated Democratic nominee Odessa Kelly with 60.0% of the vote.
Tenure[edit]
After incumbent U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander announced he would not seek reelection in 2020, Green was considered a likely candidate for the seat. But on July 11, 2019, he announced that he would not be a candidate.[35]
In late February 2021, Green and a dozen other Republican House members skipped votes and enlisted others to vote for them, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But he and the other members were actually attending the Conservative Political Action Conference, which was held at the same time as their slated absences.[36] In response, the Campaign for Accountability, an ethics watchdog group, filed a complaint with the House Committee on Ethics and requested an investigation into Green and the other lawmakers.[37]
In a closed-door GOP meeting in 2024, Green called Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas "a reptile with no balls."[38]
On February 14, 2024, Green announced that he would not run for re-election, but reversed this decision on February 29.[39]
Committee assignments[edit]
- Committee on Homeland Security (Chairman)[40]
- Committee on Foreign Affairs[41]
- Subcommittee on Indo-Pacific[42]
- Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere[43]
Caucus memberships[edit]
- Freedom Caucus[44]
- Republican Study Committee[45]
- Special Operations Forces Caucus
- GOP Doctor's Caucus
- Pro-Life Caucus
- Prayer Caucus
- Military Family Caucus
- Military Veterans Caucus
- Congressional Army Caucus
- House Republican Israel Caucus
- Songwriters Caucus
- Values Action Team
- Congressional Recording Arts and Sciences Caucus
Political positions[edit]
Green and Hermann Tertsch at CPAC 2022
Abortion[edit]
Green opposes abortion. In a 2019 op-ed, he wrote, "modern science has revealed that mother and baby are, in fact, two separate persons—long before the baby is born" and argued that "a child becomes a child at conception".[46]
:{Climate change
Green rejects the scientific consensus that human activity plays a key role in climate change.[47]
Creationism[edit]
Green rejects the theory of evolution, which is consensus in biology; in a 2015 lecture he used creationist reasoning such as "irreducible complexity".[48]
2020 election[edit]
In December 2019, Green voted against the articles of impeachment in the first impeachment of Donald Trump.[49]
In December 2020, Green was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden prevailed over incumbent Donald Trump.[50] The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state.[51][52][53]
Vaccines[edit]
In 2018, as a congressman-elect, Green said at a constituent meeting, "there is some concern that the rise in autism is the result of the preservatives that are in our vaccines", a claim that has been repeatedly debunked by scientific studies and rejected by medical organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics.[54]
2024 Republican primary[edit]
Green was named as part of the Trump campaign's Tennessee leadership team.[55]
Israel-Palestine conflict[edit]
Green voted to support Israel following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.[56][57]
Personal life[edit]
Green and his wife, Camie, have two children. For most of his tenure in the state senate, he lived in Ashland City, in Cheatham County, south of Clarksville and west of Nashville.[6][58] He has since moved to Clarksville.
Bibliography[edit]
- Green, Mark (2011). A Night With Saddam. Lulu.com. p. 236. ISBN 978-0557153190.[self-published ^source]---
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“Off Leash" is not only the name of a podcast started by Erik Prince, former CEO of Blackwater (now part of the security firm Constellis Holdings) and brother of ex-Trump Administration Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. It is also the name of a private far-right group chat Prince hosts via the instant messaging program WhatsApp.
The New Republic's Ken Silverstein describes the group chat in an article published on May 30, noting that former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, GOP activist/organizer Kimberly Guilfoyle (Donald Trump Jr.'s fiancée), Michael Flynn (former national security for the Trump Administration) and House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-Tennessee) are among the MAGA "cranks" who have been invited to participate.
"Collectively," Silverstein explains, "Off Leash provides an informal virtual gathering place for current and former political officials, national security operatives, activists, journalists, soldiers of fortune, weapons brokers, black bag operators, grifters, convicted criminals, and other elements in the U.S. and global far right…. Prominent figures in the Off Leash crew are well-known for their paleoconservative political views, but the private opinions expressed in the group chat are even more extreme and jarring than we normally see voiced publicly."
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According to Silverstein, his investigation of Off Leash conversations via WhatsApp showed that some of the participants have "chirpily discussed the desirability of clamping down on democracy to deal with their enemies at home and regime change, bombings, assassinations, and covert action to take care of those abroad."
Silverstein reports, "The group's overall bloodlust periodically proved to be too much for a few more judicious individual members, who in almost any other setting, would be considered ultra-conservatives but in the context of Off Leash, sound like hippie peaceniks…. Many other Off Leash participants have also stated that they don't view the group chat as merely a forum to exchange ideas but want it to become a vehicle to put their theories into action."
Silverstein observes that it isn't uncommon for Off Leash participants to advocate "violence."
"On the roster of Off Leash participants," Silverstein points out, "there was one — a poster with the handle of 'S,' whom it took me weeks to identify — who stood out as a particularly dark character. There were some in the group who expressed more unhinged views and others who more casually called for violence against their enemies; what made S distinctive was his dry, bloodless manner and businesslike espousal of a disciplined worldview that was unmistakably fascist."
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*Read Ken Silverstein's full report for The New Republic at this link.
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the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is likely to begin in the US Senate this week. It is expected to be quickly tabled or dismissed by Democrats, who hold the majority and have criticized House Republicans for bringing the case to trial despite a lack of "high crimes and misdemeanors" the Constitution requires to necessitate impeachment.
Both Senate Democrats and Republicans have criticized the Mayorkas impeachment as a political stunt. Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) said his Republican counterparts in the House of Representatives were engaging in the "worst, dumbest exercise and use of time" for an impeachment that was "obviously dead on arrival." Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) dismissed it as "political theater from a Republican Party that can't do any real legislative work."
And as if to underscore that point, one journalist has exposed the staffers who authored the articles of impeachment as seasoned veterans of far-right, Christian nationalist groups.
READ MORE:'Dumbest exercise': Pro-Trump senator blasts House GOP's impeachment of Mayorkas
In a thread on X (formerly Twitter), Jonathan Larsen — who most recently worked for The Young Turks and MSNBC — tweeted multiple pieces of evidence tying the staffers who steered impeachment efforts to several prominent Christian right groups he described as having a "theocratic" agenda. He noted that the leaders of these groups have "used lies to dispatch political foes," like Mayorkas.
Stephen Siao, who is the staff director of the GOP-controlled House Homeland Security Committee, is also the chief of staff for Rep. Mark Green (R-Tennessee), who chairs the committee. Larsen found that Siao is the former grassroots director of Heritage Action (the political arm of the far-right Heritage Foundation, which is behind the controversial Project 2025 campaign). He has additional experience with Hillsdale College — led by board chairman Pat Sajak of Wheel of Fortune fame — which is one of the leading organizations behind the evangelical right's crusade against LGBTQ+ rights. Siao also began his DC career at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which has played an influential role in numerous Supreme Court decisions benefiting the religious right — like the 2014 Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores case in which corporations were given a "religious exemption" for denying employees' contraception care.
Siao is also a member of the Council for National Policy (CNP). As Larsen reported, CNP executive director Bob McEwen is a member of the secretive far-right organization The Family (also known as The Fellowship), which is the primary organizer of the annual National Prayer Breakfast. That organization was notably a prominent backer of Uganda's legislation to implement the death penalty for members of the LGBTQ+ community.
According to Larsen, both Siao and his own deputy recently attended educational sessions hosted by the Faith & Law Project. Larsen tweeted a description of the Faith & Law's 2022 conference, in which the organization sought to help "thought leaders and policymakers" apply a "Biblical worldview" to their "public square vocation." That conference was entitled "Christian Faithfulness in Public Service: Essential characteristics of a Christ-follower on Capitol Hill." Larsen also tweeted a statement from a female staffer on Green's committee, who wrote that she "frequently ask[s]" how her "personal faith should influence" her legislative work, and that the Faith & Law retreat would help her "answer that question."
The ideology of Christian nationalism asserts that the United States was founded as a Christian nation (many of the founding fathers were actually Deists) and that public policy should be crafted for the explicit promotion of Christianity. A 2023 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution found that more than half of Republicans polled said they wanted the US to be an explicitly Christian nation.
After he was officially elected as Speaker of the House, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) invited anyone curious about his politics to "go pick up a Bible." He also said that the separation of church and state was a "misnomer" in a CNBC interview.
READ MORE:Mike Johnson's 'Christian nationalism' is 'a greater threat to America than al-Qaida': strategist
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Mark Green Representative (R - TN)
- Homeland Security, Chairman
- Foreign Affairs
FIRST ELECTION
2018
NEXT ELECTION
2024
TOP INDUSTRY 2023 - 2024
Retired
$150,156
TOP CONTRIBUTOR 2023 - 2024
American Israel Public Affairs Cmte
$28,200
Campaign Committee Fundraising, 2023 - 2024
Leadership PAC: Never Surrender PAC
| Raised: | $1,300,663 |
|---|---|
| Spent: | $1,047,960 |
| Cash on hand: | $380,050 |
| Debts: | $0 |
LAST REPORT: 03/31/2024
Top Contributors, 2023 - 2024
| Contributor | Total | Individuals | PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Israel Public Affairs Cmte | $28,200 | $23,200 | $5,000 |
| Kemmerer Resources | $26,400 | $26,400 | $0 |
| Ivanti | $16,600 | $16,600 | $0 |
| NextGen Management | $16,500 | $16,500 | $0 |
| GEO Group | $15,300 | $15,300 | $0 |
Top Industries, 2023 - 2024
| Industry | Total | Individuals | PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retired | $150,156 | $150,156 | $0 |
| Securities & Investment | $126,150 | $126,150 | $0 |
| Real Estate | $73,106 | $73,106 | $0 |
| Pro-Israel | $68,918 | $61,918 | $7,000 |
| Health Professionals | $51,839 | $41,339 | $10,500 |
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| HJRes7 | Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020. | Joint Resolution Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
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| HJRes8 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices. | JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices. | In Committee |
| HJRes11 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. | JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. | In Committee |
| HJRes26 | Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. | Joint Resolution Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJRes27 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'". | Joint Resolution Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘Revised Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’ ’’. | Vetoed |
| HJRes37 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States. | JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States. | In Committee |
| HJRes44 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'". | JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to ‘‘Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached ‘Stabilizing Braces’ ’’. | Crossed Over |
| HJRes56 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require three-fifths majorities for bills increasing taxes. | JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require three-fifths majorities for bills increasing taxes. | In Committee |
| HJRes61 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of Labor relating to "Rescission of Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause's Religious Exemption Rule". | JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of Labor relating to ‘‘Rescission of Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption Rule’’. | In Committee |
| HJRes83 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Officer for Immigration Review relating to "Circumvention of Lawful Pathways". | JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Officer for Immigration Review relating to ‘‘Circumvention of Lawful Pathways’’. | In Committee |
| HJRes92 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Food and Nutrition Service relating to "Application of Bostock v. Clayton County to Program Discrimination Complaint Processing-Policy Update". | JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Food and Nutrition Service relating to ‘‘Application of Bostock v. Clayton County to Program Discrimination Complaint Processing-Policy Update’’. | In Committee |
| HJRes100 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure". | JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to ‘‘Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure’’. | In Committee |
| HJRes103 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulation". | JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to ‘‘Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulation’’. | In Committee |
| HJRes107 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination". | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination". | In Committee |
| HR2 | Secure the Border Act of 2023 | AN ACT To secure the borders of the United States, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR5 | Parents Bill of Rights Act | AN ACT To ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in the Nation’s public schools. | Crossed Over |
| HR7 | No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2023 | A BILL To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions. | In Committee |
| HR22 | Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act | AN ACT To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR24 | Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2023 | A BILL To require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR26 | Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act | AN ACT To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion. | Crossed Over |
| HR29 | Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 | A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to suspend the entry of aliens, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR38 | Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act | A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a means by which nonresidents of a State whose residents may carry concealed firearms may also do so in the State. | In Committee |
| HR152 | Hearing Protection Act | A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR185 | To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes. | AN ACT To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR277 | Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023 | AN ACT To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law. | Crossed Over |
| HR311 | Cost Estimates Improvement Act | A BILL To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation shall include costs relating to servicing the public debt, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR354 | LEOSA Reform Act | AN ACT To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR357 | Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act | AN ACT To require the head of an agency to issue and sign any rule issued by that agency, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR361 | Stop Inflationary Spending Act | A BILL To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to conduct an analysis of the impact on inflation from certain reconciliation legislation reported or submitted pursuant to reconciliation directives in a concurrent resolution on the budget. | In Committee |
| HR371 | Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2023 | A BILL To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. | In Committee |
| HR384 | Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act | A BILL To prohibit the use or declaration of a public health emergency with respect to abortion, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR412 | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 East Pecan Boulevard in McAllen, Texas, as the "Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post Office". | A BILL To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 East Pecan Boulevard in McAllen, Texas, as the ‘‘Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post Office’’. | In Committee |
| HR431 | Life at Conception Act | A BILL To implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human person. | In Committee |
| HR451 | Protecting Families from Fertility Fraud Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize abuse with respect to assisted reproductive technology, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR531 | Educational Choice for Children Act | A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for charitable donations to nonprofit organizations providing education scholarships to qualified elementary and secondary students. | In Committee |
| HR582 | Credit Union Board Modernization Act | AN ACT To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to modify the frequency of board of directors meetings, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR589 | MAHSA Act Mahsa Amini Human rights and Security Accountability Act | AN ACT To impose sanctions on the Supreme Leader of Iran and the President of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses and support for terrorism. | In Committee |
| HR629 | Medicaid Improvement and State Flexibility Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for State approval and implementation of specified waivers under the Medicaid program. | In Committee |
| HR631 | A PLUS Act Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act | A BILL To allow a State to submit a declaration of intent to the Secretary of Education to combine certain funds to improve the academic achievement of students. | In Committee |
| HR646 | SHORT Act Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today Act | A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR700 | Supply Chain Disruptions Relief Act | A BILL To treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of LIFO inventory for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. | In Committee |
| HR722 | Western Hemisphere Nearshoring Act | A BILL To decrease dependency on People’s Republic of China manufacturing and decrease migration due to lost regional economic opportunities. | In Committee |
| HR734 | Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023 | AN ACT To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth. | Crossed Over |
| HR790 | RIFLE Act Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act | A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the firearm transfer tax, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR791 | American Music Fairness Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR807 | Working Dog Commemorative Coin Act | AN ACT To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the invaluable service that working dogs provide to society. | Crossed Over |
| HR920 | Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act | A BILL To amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to require a Caribbean border counternarcotics strategy, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR976 | TCJA Permanency Act | A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent certain provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act affecting individuals, families, and small businesses, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR1092 | BENEFIT Act of 2023 Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2023 | A BILL To strengthen the use of patient-experience data within the benefit-risk framework for approval of new drugs. | In Committee |
| HR1096 | 250th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps Commemorative Coin Act | AN ACT To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps, and to support programs at the Marine Corps Heritage Center. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR1128 | Rural Health Care Access Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit States to designate without any mileage limitations facilities that are located in rural areas as critical access hospitals. | In Committee |
| HR1129 | Rural ER Access Act | A BILL To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise regulations to remove the requirement under the Medicare program that an off-campus facility or organization shall be located within a 35-mile radius of a hospital or critical access hospital. | In Committee |
| HR1139 | GUARD VA Benefits Act Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding VA Benefits Act | A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to reinstate penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relating to claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR1154 | Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023 | AN ACT To combat forced organ harvesting and trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR1200 | National Right-to-Work Act | A BILL To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities. | In Committee |
| HR1218 | Expediting Israeli Aerial Refueling Act of 2023 | A BILL To require the Secretary of the Air Force to provide training to members of the air force of Israel on the operation of KC-46 aircraft, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR1228 | Combating Racist Training in the Military Act of 2023 | A BILL To prohibit the United States Armed Forces from promoting anti-American and racist theories. | In Committee |
| HR1259 | HITS Act Help Independent Tracks Succeed Act | A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an election to expense certain qualified sound recording costs otherwise chargeable to capital account. | In Committee |
| HR1271 | No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act | A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to discontinue the collection by the Federal Government of firearm transaction records of discontinued firearms businesses, to require the destruction of such already collected records, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR1282 | Major Richard Star Act | A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility to certain military retirees for concurrent receipt of veterans’ disability compensation and retired pay or combatrelated special compensation, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR1291 | Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act | A BILL To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanylrelated substances as schedule I controlled substances. | In Committee |
| HR1297 | To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Defense from paying or reimbursing expenses relating to abortion services, and for other purposes. | A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Defense from paying or reimbursing expenses relating to abortion services, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR1330 | Taiwan Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2023 | A BILL To provide for the loan and lease of defense articles to the Government of Taiwan, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR1346 | COVID–19 Origin Act of 2023 | A BILL To require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of COVID-19, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR1425 | No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act | A BILL To require any convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response reached by the World Health Assembly to be subject to Senate ratification. | In Committee |
| HR1456 | SCREEN Act Stopping Communist Regimes from Engaging in Edits Now Act | A BILL To limit the use of funds for the production of films using assets of the Department of State under certain circumstances, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR1492 | CBO Show Your Work Act | A BILL To require the Congressional Budget Office to make publicly available the fiscal and mathematical models, data, and other details of computations used in cost analysis and scoring. | In Committee |
| HR1501 | UAS Act Unmanned Aerial Security Act | AN ACT To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from operating or procuring certain foreign-made unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR1505 | No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act | AN ACT To modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names. | Crossed Over |
| HR1516 | DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act | A BILL To establish Department of Homeland Security funding restrictions on institutions of higher education that have a relationship with Confucius Institutes, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR1676 | Bring American Companies Home Act | A BILL To allow expensing of amounts paid to move business property from China to the United States, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR1690 | RIDE Act Regional Immigration Diplomacy and Enforcement Act | A BILL To authorize the Secretary of State to negotiate regional immigration agreements, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR1704 | Latin America and Caribbean Nearshoring Act | A BILL To decrease dependency on People’s Republic of China manufacturing and decrease migration due to lost regional economic opportunities. | In Committee |
| HR1761 | Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to raise the retirement age for pilots engaged in commercial aviation operations, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR1769 | Healthcare Freedom Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create health freedom accounts available to all individuals. | In Committee |
| HR1770 | Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act | A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services. | In Committee |
| HR1782 | International Port Security Enforcement Act | A BILL To amend section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of the Department in which the United States Coast Guard is operating from entering into an agreement relating to assessing the effectiveness of antiterrorism measures at a foreign port with any foreign government that is a state sponsor of terrorism, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR1802 | Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act | A BILL To authorize the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, to enhance the United States-Caribbean security partnership, to prioritize natural disaster resilience, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR2407 | Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act | A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests. | In Committee |
| HR2440 | Covenant School Heroes Congressional Gold Medal Act | an active shooter at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 30, 2023 Mr. OGLES (for himself, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Ms. GREENE of Georgia, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. SELF, Mr. NEHLS, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. MILLS, Mr. OWENS, Mr. GUEST, and Mr. BURLISON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To award Congressional Gold Medals to Metropolitan Police Officers Officer Michael Collazo and Officer Rex Englebert, in recognition of their exceptional bravery and valor in confronting an active shooter at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. | In Committee |
| HR2464 | General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Memorial Exchange Program for Polish-American Defense Cooperation Act | A BILL To direct the Commander of United States Army Special Operations Command to seek to carry out a training program with special operations forces of the Polish Army. | In Committee |
| HR2474 | Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act | A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index. | In Committee |
| HR2496 | Protecting Gold Star Spouses Act of 2023 | A BILL To provide interim appropriations for the Coast Guard Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2022, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR2594 | China Technology Transfer Control Act of 2023 | A BILL To control the export to the People’s Republic of China of certain technology and intellectual property important to the national interest of the United States, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR2630 | Safe Step Act | A BILL To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR2700 | Employee Rights Act | A BILL To reform the labor laws of the United States, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR2743 | Fair Access to Banking Act | A BILL To amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount window lending programs, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR2766 | Uyghur Policy Act of 2023 | AN ACT To support the human rights of Uyghurs and members of other minority groups residing primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and safeguard their distinct identity, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR2794 | Border Reinforcement Act of 2023 | A BILL To secure the international borders of the United States, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR2800 | Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act | A BILL To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Master Sergeant Rodrick ‘‘Roddie’’ Edmonds in recognition of his heroic actions during World War II. | In Committee |
| HR2814 | PRIME Act Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act | A BILL To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt from inspection the slaughter of animals and the preparation of carcasses conducted at a custom slaughter facility, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR2826 | Save Local Business Act | A BILL To clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. | In Committee |
| HR2867 | Bruce’s Law | A BILL To establish an awareness campaign related to the lethality of fentanyl and fentanyl-contaminated drugs, to establish a Federal Interagency Work Group on Fentanyl Contamination of Drugs, and to provide community-based coalition enhancement grants to mitigate the effects of drug use. | In Committee |
| HR2876 | To cancel certain proposed changes to loan level price adjustments by the Federal National Mortgage Association and credit fees charged by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. | A BILL To cancel certain proposed changes to loan level price adjustments by the Federal National Mortgage Association and credit fees charged by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. | In Committee |
| HR2940 | PASTEUR Act Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions To End Upsurging Resistance Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to develop antimicrobial innovations targeting the most challenging pathogens and most threatening infections, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR3039 | DRIVE Act Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-wheelers Act | A BILL To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from issuing a rule or regulation requiring certain vehicles to be equipped with speed limiting devices, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR3094 | To terminate the requirement imposed by the Secretary of Homeland Security for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes. | A BILL To terminate the requirement imposed by the Secretary of Homeland Security for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR3202 | Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023 | AN ACT To prohibit any official action to recognize or normalize relations with any Government of Syria that is led by Bashar al-Assad, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR3205 | Project Precursor Act | A BILL To disrupt the international fentanyl supply chain, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR3206 | Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act | A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits. | In Committee |
| HR3224 | Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Extension Act of 2023 | AN ACT To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to extend the authorization of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR3286 | Securing Open Source Software Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the duties of the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency regarding open source software security, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR3384 | Better Foreign Policy Through Better Pet Policy Act | A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit the use of Federal funds to pay for travel costs of Federal personnel and their pets, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR3493 | ADA Improvement Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to require an opportunity to correct an alleged violation as a precondition to commencing a civil action with respect to a place of public accommodation or a commercial facility. | In Committee |
| HR3510 | CERTS Tax Exemption Act | A BILL To exempt grants received under the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act from Federal taxation. | In Committee |
| HR3635 | Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure fairness in Medicare hospital payments by establishing a floor for the area wage index applied with respect to certain hospitals. | In Committee |
| HR3730 | Rural Health Clinic Burden Reduction Act | A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize provisions relating to rural health clinics under Medicare. | In Committee |
| HR3774 | SHIP Act Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act | AN ACT To impose additional sanctions with respect to the importation or facilitation of the importation of petroleum products from Iran, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR3857 | Special Relationship Military Improvement Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide to the United Kingdom an exemption for licensing of defense items for export in the absence of a relevant bilateral agreement. | In Committee |
| HR3887 | Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program of payments to children’s hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR4078 | Syria Detainee and Displaced Persons Act | A BILL To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 to modify the establishment of a coordinator for detained ISIS members and relevant displaced populations in Syria, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR4154 | No Welfare for the Wealthy Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to close the nominal benefits loophole. | In Committee |
| HR4362 | Saving Organs One Flight at a Time Act | A BILL To require the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to jointly issue regulations relating to air carrier transport of human organs, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR4414 | States Choose Life Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit requiring a recipient or subrecipient of funds to provide referrals for abortion, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR4443 | Countering China’s Exploitation of Strategic Metals and Minerals and Child and Forced Labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Act | A BILL To ensure that certain goods made with child labor or forced labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo do not enter the United States market, to counter control of strategic metals and minerals by the People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR4467 | DHS Border Services Contracts Review Act | AN ACT To direct the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homeland Security to assess contracts for covered services performed by contractor personnel along the United States land border with Mexico, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR4470 | Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2023 | AN ACT To extend the authorization of the Chemical Facility Anti- Terrorism Standards Program of the Department of Homeland Security. | Crossed Over |
| HR4563 | Solving an Overlooked Loophole in Votes for Executives (SOLVE) Act Don't Weaponize the IRS Act Promoting Free and Fair Elections Act End Zuckerbucks Act of 2023 | A BILL To promote election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, equipping States with tools for, and establishing voluntary considerations to support effective State administration of Federal elections, improving election administration in the District of Columbia, improving the effectiveness of military voting programs, enhancing election security, and protecting political speech, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR4710 | POST FAST Act of 2023 Publish Overdose and Suicide Tracking For American Safety Today Act of 2023 | A BILL To require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to accelerate the collection and publication of data on suicide and drug overdoses. | In Committee |
| HR4721 | Main Street Tax Certainty Act | A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income. | In Committee |
| HR4818 | Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5110 | Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act | AN ACT To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to clarify that the prohibition on the use of Federal education funds for certain weapons does not apply to the use of such weapons for training in archery, hunting, or other shooting sports. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR5213 | Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2023 | A BILL To ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. | In Committee |
| HR5302 | Michel O. Maceda Memorial Act | A BILL To designate the Air and Marine Operations Marine Unit of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection located at 101 Km 18.5 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, as the ‘‘Michel O. Maceda Marine Unit’’. | In Committee |
| HR5303 | NOT in Our Schools Act of 2023 No Obscene Teaching in Our Schools Act of 2023 | A BILL To prohibit the disbursement of Federal funds to schools that violate any State law relating to materials that are harmful to minors, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5319 | Ban Offshore Abortion Tourism Act | A BILL To prohibit abortions in the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5403 | CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act | AN ACT To amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit the Federal reserve banks from offering certain products or services directly to an individual, to prohibit the use of central bank digital currency for monetary policy, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5406 | Life.Gov Act | A BILL To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a clearinghouse of ZIP-Code based information to expecting mothers, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5415 | Safeguarding Endangered Children, Unaccompanied and at Risk of Exploitation Act of 2023 | A BILL To require the Federal Government to report on efforts to locate, establish contact with, conduct wellness checks on, and investigate any suspicion of human trafficking related to approximately 85,000 unaccompanied alien children who crossed the U.S. southern border, were released from Federal custody, and with whom subsequent contact has been lost. | In Committee |
| HR5526 | Seniors’ Access to Critical Medications Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the application of the in-office ancillary services exception to the physician self-referral prohibition for drugs furnished under the Medicare program. | In Committee |
| HR5577 | FACE Act Repeal Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to repeal prohibitions relating to freedom of access to clinic entrances, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5641 | Pay Our Troops Act | A BILL To make continuing appropriations for military pay in the event of a Government shutdown. | In Committee |
| HR5651 | No Asylum for CCP Spies Act | A BILL To deny asylum to members of a Communist or other totalitarian party, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5675 | Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2023 | A BILL To extend the authority to provide employees of the United States Secret Service with overtime pay beyond other statutory limitations, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5694 | Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act | A BILL Making appropriations for the salaries and expenses of certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees working during a Government shutdown in fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5713 | Homeland Security Fentanyl Enforcement Act | A BILL To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize Homeland Security Investigations to perform certain drug enforcement functions, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5717 | No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act | A BILL To provide that sanctuary jurisdictions that provide benefits to aliens who are present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws are ineligible for Federal funds intended to benefit such aliens. | In Committee |
| HR5729 | To prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish a Homeland Intelligence Experts Group, and for other purposes. | A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish a Homeland Intelligence Experts Group, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5806 | Ending Chemical Abortions Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit chemical abortions, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5836 | Deterring Attempts at Dirty Deals by Youngsters Act | A BILL To prohibit immediate family members of executive branch officials from using their family’s influence to benefit in foreign business dealings, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5840 | Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act | A BILL To require the Transportation Security Administration to streamline the enrollment processes for individuals applying for a Transportation Security Administration security threat assessment for certain programs, including the Transportation Worker Identification Credential and Hazardous Materials Endorsement Threat Assessment programs of the Administration, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5841 | Homeland Heroes Pay Act | A BILL Making continuing appropriations for the salary and expenses of certain excepted employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5842 | Coast Guard Sustained Funding Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title 14, United States Code, to make appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event an appropriations Act expires before the enactment of a new appropriations Act, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5920 | Student Loan Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow married couples to apply the student loan interest deduction limitation separately to each spouse, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5947 | To provide for the rescission of certain waivers and licenses relating to Iran, and for other purposes. | AN ACT To provide for the rescission of certain waivers and licenses relating to Iran, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR5961 | No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act | AN ACT To freeze certain Iranian funds involved in the 2023 hostage deal between the United States and Iran, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR5969 | Improving Travel for Families Act | AN ACT To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to revise certain regulations to permit certain children to accompany their parents or legal guardians through Global Entry airport lanes, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR6018 | Operation Swords of Iron Supplemental Appropriations Act | A BILL Making supplemental appropriations, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR6046 | Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act | AN ACT To designate Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization and impose certain sanctions on Ansarallah, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR6114 | Maximum Pressure Act | A BILL To impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran and modify other existing sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR6126 | Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 | AN ACT Making emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to the attacks in Israel for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR6133 | Protecting Religious Freedom for Foster Families Act | A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed rule, entitled ‘‘Safe and Appropriate Foster Care Placement Requirements for Titles IV-E and IV-B’’. | In Committee |
| HR6146 | No CCP Consultants Act | A BILL To prohibit certain contractors who have previously consulted for certain foreign entities or who fail to make disclosures relating to conflicts of interest that relate to national security or foreign policy from receiving contracts from the Department of State, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR6174 | DHS Biodetection Improvement Act | AN ACT To improve the biodetection functions of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR6176 | Protect Funding for Women’s Health Care Act | A BILL To prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. | In Committee |
| HR6177 | No Taxpayer Funding for Researchers Who Prey on Children Act | A BILL To prohibit Federal funding for researchers who have conducted a study or experiment relating to gender identity, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR6339 | States Choose Common Sense Act of 2023 | A BILL To prohibit withholding or revoking Federal funds based on the definition of ‘‘sex’’ used by a State, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR6426 | Our Money in China Transparency Act | A BILL To require annual reporting on the availability of Federal funds to persons and entities of China and activities conducted in collaboration with China, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR6504 | Protect American Gun Exporters Act | A BILL To prohibit actions to carry out the Department of Commerce’s pause in the issuance of new export licenses for certain exports under the Commerce Control List. | In Committee |
| HR6520 | No Representation Without Legal Immigration Act | A BILL To exclude individuals who are not citizens of the United States from the number of persons used to determine the apportionment of Representatives and the number of electoral votes. | In Committee |
| HR6683 | Preserving Seniors’ Access to Physicians Act of 2023 | A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes. | In Committee |
| HR6870 | To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to clarify creditor's rights and remedies with respect to the consideration of immigration status with respect to the extension of credit, and for other purposes. | A BILL To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to clarify creditor’s rights and remedies with respect to the consideration of immigration status with respect to the extension of credit, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR6951 | College Cost Reduction Act | A BILL To lower the cost of postsecondary education for students and families. | In Committee |
| HR6969 | To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol. | A BILL To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol. | In Committee |
| HR7035 | Death Tax Repeal Act | A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes. | In Committee |
| HR7042 | RIFLE Act of 2024 Reining in Federal Licensing Enforcement Act of 2024 | A BILL To reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. | In Committee |
| HR7109 | Equal Representation Act | AN ACT To require a citizenship question on the decennial census, to require reporting on certain census statistics, and to modify apportionment of Representatives to be based on United States citizens instead of all individuals. | Crossed Over |
| HR7297 | Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act | A BILL To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prevent consumer reporting agencies from furnishing consumer reports under certain circumstances, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR7322 | SUE for Immigration Enforcement Act Standing Up to the Executive branch for Immigration Enforcement Act | A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to enforcement by an attorney general of a State. | In Committee |
| HR7450 | Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act | A BILL To prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer from generalmerchandise retailer or sporting-goods retailer, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR7494 | Protect America’s Lands Act | A BILL To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit exchanges from effecting transactions in securities issued by natural asset companies, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR7570 | Shrinkflation Reduction Act | an Act of 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 6, 2024 Mr. OGLES (for himself, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, and Mr. BIGGS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability A BILL To rescind unobligated funds under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act. | In Committee |
| HR7951 | VALID Act Verifying that all Aliens have Legitimate Identification Documents Act | A BILL To prohibit transportation of any alien using certain methods of identification, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR7991 | Safeguarding American Workers’ Benefits Act | A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the social security number requirements for claiming the child tax credit and earned income tax credit. | In Committee |
| HR8001 | Combating Houthi Threats and Aggression Act | A BILL To impose sanctions on the Houthis for attacks on international shipping, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR8038 | Fight and Combat Rampant Iranian Missile Exports Act Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence Off Fentanyl Fight CRIME Act MAHSA Act Mahsa Amini Human rights and Security Accountability Act SHIP Act Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act FEND Off Fentanyl Act | A BILL To authorize the President to impose certain sanctions with respect to Russia and Iran, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR8208 | Stop the BIS Rule Act Stop the Bureaucratic Ineptitude Shuttering Respectable and Upstanding Lawful Exporters Act | A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds to finalize, implement, or enforce the interim final rule of the Bureau of Industry and Security relating to enhancing the control structure for firearms and related items and advancing human rights issued on April 26, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 34680). | In Committee |
| HR8282 | Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act | A BILL To impose sanctions with respect to the International Criminal Court engaged in any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies. | In Committee |
| HR8369 | Israel Security Assistance Support Act | AN ACT To provide for the expeditious delivery of defense articles and defense services for Israel and other matters. | Crossed Over |
| HR8380 | To criminalize fraudulent statements made with respect to clinical vaccine trials. | To criminalize fraudulent statements made with respect to clinical vaccine trials. | In Committee |
| HR8410 | To prohibit judges from issuing gag orders in certain circumstances. | To prohibit judges from issuing gag orders in certain circumstances. | In Committee |
| HRes51 | Expressing support for the designation of the week of January 22 through January 28, 2023, as "National School Choice Week". | RESOLUTION Expressing support for the designation of the week of January 22 through January 28, 2023, as ‘‘National School Choice Week’’. | In Committee |
| HRes82 | Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to designate Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom, the need to appoint a Special Envoy for Nigeria and the Lake Chad region, and for other purposes. | RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to designate Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom, the need to appoint a Special Envoy for Nigeria and the Lake Chad region, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HRes90 | Demanding that the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party immediately release Mark Swidan. | RESOLUTION Demanding that the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Communist Party of China immediately release Mark Swidan. | In Committee |
| HRes100 | Expressing support for the Iranian people's desire for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran, and condemning violations of human rights and state-sponsored terrorism by the Iranian Government. | RESOLUTION Expressing support for the Iranian people’s desire for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran, and condemning violations of human rights and statesponsored terrorism by the Iranian Government. | In Committee |
| HRes169 | Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Homeland Security in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress. | RESOLUTION Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Homeland Security in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress. | In Committee |
| HRes237 | Recognizing the importance of stepped-up basis under section 1014 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in preserving family-owned farms and small businesses. | RESOLUTION Recognizing the importance of stepped-up basis under section 1014 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in preserving family-owned farms and small businesses. | In Committee |
| HRes288 | Encouraging the EU to DESIGNATE Resolution Encouraging the European Union to Determine that the European Union Should Sanction the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Now As a Terrorist Entity Resolution | RESOLUTION Urging the European Union to expeditiously designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization under Common Position 931, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HRes482 | Commending United States Border Patrol Chief Raul L. Ortiz on his retirement after 32 years of public service. | RESOLUTION Commending United States Border Patrol Chief Raul L. Ortiz on his retirement after 32 years of public service. | In Committee |
| HRes627 | Condemning the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the massacre of political prisoners in 1988 and the uprisings of recent years, including the 2018, 2019, and 2022 uprisings, and calling for justice for its victims. | RESOLUTION Condemning the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the massacre of political prisoners in 1988 and the uprisings of recent years, including the 2018, 2019, and 2022 uprisings, and calling for justice for its victims. | In Committee |
| HRes683 | Expressing support for the diplomatic relations required to encourage the Government of Mexico to fulfill its water deliveries on an annual basis to the United States under the treaty between the United States and Mexico regarding the utilization of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande. | RESOLUTION Expressing support for the diplomatic relations required to encourage the Government of Mexico to fulfill its water deliveries on an annual basis to the United States under the treaty between the United States and Mexico regarding the utilization of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande. | In Committee |
| HRes684 | Condemning the actions of Governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham, for subverting the Second Amendment to the Constitution and depriving the citizens of New Mexico of their right to bear arms. | RESOLUTION Condemning the actions of Governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham, for subverting the Second Amendment to the Constitution and depriving the citizens of New Mexico of their right to bear arms. | In Committee |
| HRes685 | Honoring Hiram "Hank" Williams on the 100th anniversary of his birth. | RESOLUTION Honoring Hiram ‘‘Hank’’ Williams on the 100th anniversary of his birth. | In Committee |
| HRes720 | Designating the week of September 24 through September 30, 2023, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week". | RESOLUTION Designating the week of September 24 through September 30, 2023, as ‘‘Gold Star Families Remembrance Week’’. | In Committee |
| HRes734 | Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day". | RESOLUTION Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as ‘‘National Latino and Latina Physician Day’’. | In Committee |
| HRes768 | Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists. | RESOLUTION Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists. | In Committee |
| HRes771 | Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists. | RESOLUTION Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists. | In Committee |
| HRes793 | Calling on Hamas to immediately release hostages taken during October 2023 attack on Israel. | RESOLUTION Calling on Hamas to immediately release hostages taken during October 2023 attack on Israel. | In Committee |
| HRes839 | Condemning antisemitism at institutions of higher education in the United States and encouraging college and university leaders, administrators, and faculty to speak out against antisemitism. | RESOLUTION Condemning antisemitism at institutions of higher education in the United States and encouraging college and university leaders, administrators, and faculty to speak out against antisemitism. | In Committee |
| HRes974 | Expressing support for the designation of the week of January 21 through January 27, 2024, as "National School Choice Week". | RESOLUTION Expressing support for the designation of the week of January 21 through January 27, 2024, as ‘‘National School Choice Week’’. | In Committee |
| HRes995 | Appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security. | Appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security. | Crossed Over |
| HRes1019 | Condemning the Nicaraguan Government's unjust imprisonment of individuals affiliated with Mountain Gateway Ministry. | Condemning the Nicaraguan Government's unjust imprisonment of individuals affiliated with Mountain Gateway Ministry. | In Committee |
| HRes1050 | Supporting the designation of March 2024 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. | Supporting the designation of March 2024 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. | In Committee |
| HRes1148 | Condemning the Iranian regime's terrorism, regional proxy war, internal suppression, and for other purposes. | Condemning the Iranian regime's terrorism, regional proxy war, internal suppression, and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HRes1210 | Condemning the Biden border crisis and the tremendous burdens law enforcement officers face as a result. | Condemning the Biden border crisis and the tremendous burdens law enforcement officers face as a result. | In Committee |
| HRes1262 | Celebrating the centennial of the U.S. Border Patrol. | Celebrating the centennial of the U.S. Border Patrol. | In Committee |
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house Republicans, who will have a tiny two-vote margin in less than three weeks, are still on their winter break despite two impending budget crises that could lead to government shutdowns as soon as January 19. Speaker Mike Johnson allowed the House to go into recess on December 14, ignoring urging from the White House and the Senate for aid packages for Ukraine and Israel. Members are not expected to return until next week.
But dozens of House Republicans, including Speaker Johnson, are headed to Texas Wednesday, betting their focus on the southern border will help them win the November elections. They’re kicking off the year by trying to do something Congress hasn’t done in almost 150 years: impeach a presidential cabinet secretary.
Republicans have been gunning for the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, since President Joe Biden nominated him three years ago. Born in Havana to Cuban Jewish parents, including a mother whose family fled the Holocaust, Mayorkas is the first Latino, the first immigrant, and the first Cuban American to lead DHS. He was confirmed despite tremendous pushback by Senate Republicans in a 56-43 vote on February 2, 2021, after U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) took the rare step of putting a hold on his nomination.
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Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) announced Tuesday the House will begin impeachment proceedings against Secretary Mayorkas next week, Punchbowl News was first to report, calling it “a major escalation in Green’s nearly year-long probe into Mayorkas.”
The last time Congress impeached a cabinet secretary was in 1876, when they impeached President Ulysses S. Grant’s Secretary of War, William Worth Belknap. He was not convicted by the Senate.
“Our investigation made clear that this crisis finds its foundation in Secretary Mayorkas’ decision-making and refusal to enforce the laws passed by Congress, and that his failure to fulfill his oath of office demands accountability,” Green told Punchbowl News in a statement. “The bipartisan House vote in November to refer articles of impeachment to my Committee only served to highlight the importance of our taking up the impeachment process – which is what we will begin doing next Wednesday.”
Punchbowl News reports “the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border has arguably been House Republicans’ biggest rallying cry heading into a critical election year. The issue is widely seen as a huge political problem for Democrats and Biden. The president’s poll numbers on this issue are terrible.”
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The White House is pushing back against Republicans’ framing of the issue at the southern border.
“Actions speak louder than words,” White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement, Politico reports. “House Republicans’ anti-border security record is defined by attempting to cut Customs and Border Protection personnel, opposing President Biden’s record-breaking border security funding, and refusing to take up the President’s supplemental funding request.”
“After voting in 2023 to eliminate over 2,000 Border Patrol agents and erode our capacity to seize fentanyl earlier in 2023, House Republicans left Washington in mid-December even as President Biden and Republicans and Democrats in the Senate remained to forge ahead on a bipartisan agreement,” Bates added.
White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt on social media added, “President Biden has requested $13.6 billion for border enforcement & migration management, increasing the Border Patrol by 1,300, judge teams by 375 and asylum officers by 1600 to expedite the screening process, and critical drug detection technology.”
House Republicans will be at the border Wednesday, “calling for solutions” to the “border crisis,” as Texas CBS affiliate KENS5 reports.
They’re also pushing for the Senate to pass HR2, legislation American Immigration Council policy director Aaron Reichlin-Melnick calls “hardline.”
“Mandates the indefinite detention of toddlers,” “Makes it a federal crime to violate a visa, even unknowingly,” “Empowers DHS to waive every single other law on the books to build, maintain, and operate border infrastructure,” and “Ends 99.9% of asylum,” he says.
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Meanwhile, several far-right Republicans got an early start in Texas, meeting up with a Fox News reporter, telling him, “shut the border down, or we’ll shut the government down. We control the money.”
Wednesday morning Secretary Mayorkas responded to news the House is moving to impeach him.
Watch his remarks below or at this link.
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'Raw political sham': House Democrat torches GOP witness for invoking racist Great Replacement Theory
Brandon Gage July 19, 2023
United States Representative Delia Ramirez (D-Illinois) clapped back at a witness who invoked the controversial and racist "Great Replacement Theory" during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday.
Right-wing lawmakers like House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-New York) have repeatedly referenced GRT — which maintains that white people are being supplanted by foreigners of color — as an excuse to crack down on undocumented immigrants. The conspiracy has also been cited by perpetrators of mass shootings to rationalize murder.
Meanwhile, Republicans are pushing for the removal of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whom they allege "created our nation's historic border crisis by implementing intentionally reckless policies, failing to enforce the laws passed by Congress, and ignoring the advice, recommendations, and warnings of experienced law enforcement."
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Ramirez's remarks came after Chairman Mark Green (R-Tennessee) called on her by the wrong name.
"Ms. Garcia, you're recognized," Green announced.
"Ramirez. Ms. Ramirez," the congresswoman corrected.
"Ms. Ramirez, I'm sorry," Green replied.
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"Thank you," Ramirez continued. "And as I think about the hearing now and hearing the witnesses, I think about just last year how a horrific domestic terror attack at Buffalo, New York supermarket left our nation reeling. My colleagues across the aisle offered up their thoughts and prayers, but they offered no actions to address racially and ethnically-motivated violent extremism. It is not lost on me that before murdering ten people at the supermarket last year, the shooter wrote and I quote, 'We are experiencing an invasion on a level never seen before in history.' However, twisted justification the shooter believed he was repelling an invasion of the United States by immigrants from Latin America. Does that sound familiar?" Ramirez asked retired Department of Justice Special Agent in Charge of Special Operations Division Derek Maltz.
"Mr. Maltz, in your testimony you said, 'I know what's going on in America,' so let me ask you. Do you support the assertion that the United States is experiencing a historic invasion by immigrants? That's a yes or no question," Ramirez said.
"Illegal immigrants. Immigrants from around the world, yes," Maltz responded.
"Yes or no," Ramirez reiterated.
"Yes," stated Maltz.
"So you believe that we are experiencing a historic invasion of immigrants?" Ramirez added.
"Yes," Maltz confirmed.
"So despite knowing that the Pittsburgh shooter justified his actions based on the idea of an immigrant invasion to replace white people, despite knowing that invasion ideology was used to justify the shootings in El Paso and Buffalo, you continued to espouse this Great Replacement Theory — an extremist ideology that people like me when my mother crossed the border pregnant with me — don't deserve to be here because we are invading the country?" Ramirez retorted.
"Mr. Chairman, this hearing is not a fact-finding mission," Ramirez concluded. "It's a raw political sham to stoke fear, and it will continue to justify the violence against immigrant communities, and I find that unacceptable."
Watch below via Heartland Signal or at this link.