117th Congress
May 16th, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has created a blatantly unconstitutional Disinformation Governance Board led by Nina Jankowicz—an outspoken liberal who mocked stories exposing Hunter Biden’s laptop and praised the...
May 12th, 2022
The threats to Justices remain high because emotions are high, and the Chief Justice has asked Congress to take action to protect the Justices and their families by simply providing the same sort of authorities that the...
May 11th, 2022
After the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its April Consumer Price Index reporting consumer prices increased 8.3 percent from a year ago, I issued the following statement:
May 5th, 2022
By a vote of 86-12, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a motion introduced by Senator Cruz which stated that terrorism sanctions on Iran, and specifically on the Central Bank of Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...
May 4th, 2022
Congressman Jake Ellzey Join Colleagues in Sending Letter Opposing President Biden’s Farm Killer Tax
Last week, I joined 28 of my colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden expressing concerns with provisions in the President's Fiscal Year 2023 budget that threaten the stepped-up tax basis and impose 'mar
May 3rd, 2022
Monday, I sent letters to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg calling out blatant favoritism towards The Walt Disney Company and urging them to reconsider the appropriateness of Disney’s...
May 2nd, 2022
Ben Cardin (D-MD), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and I released the following statements after the House of Representatives passed their Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act, which would...
April 28th, 2022
U.S. Senator Chris Coons and I released the following statements after the House of Representatives passed their Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act, which would require online publication of financial disclosure...
April 27th, 2022
After the Biden Administration announced it would appeal the Texas District Court’s ruling that reasserted Congress’s clear writing of the No Surprises Act, I issued the following statement:
April 25th, 2022
I released the following statement after the Biden Administration’s Center for Medicaid Services (CMS) Director reversed their earlier decision to rescind Texas’ previously-approved 1115 waiver and put the health of low-...
May 12th, 2022
More than 70,000 (over 94%) of Afghans resettled in the U.S. thus far have been processed under humanitarian parole. Parole offers only limited, temporary benefits and — unlike refugees and SIVs — no clear path to permanent...
May 11th, 2022
This radical pro-abortion bill that Senator Schumer set for a vote allows for abortions at any point during a woman's pregnancy up until the time of delivery. It does this by prohibiting states from protecting an unborn...
May 6th, 2022
Last week, I led my Republican colleagues in sending a letter to the House Appropriations Committee urging the adoption of smart safeguards to protect U.S. taxpayers from footing the bill of faulty high speed rail projects....
May 4th, 2022
Runaway deficit spending by the Federal Government is the primary culprit of our high inflation.Don't you believe Biden's spin here. Just go to the grocery store and almost everything is up 10, 15, 20 or even 30%!
May 3rd, 2022
Although Obamacare has been on the books for more than a decade, the Biden Administration is attempting to illegally and unilaterally change the law, according to a new letter from Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin...
May 2nd, 2022
Republican Leader of the House Committee on Ways and Means Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement on Thursday’s Bureau of Economic Analysis report for gross domestic product which showed a disappointing ...
April 29th, 2022
“The President's budget chooses partisanship over solutions, committing to economic self-sabotage, undermining Americans’ health care, and ignoring the crises where action is desperately needed,” I said before a full...
April 27th, 2022
Rep. Delgado and I led the bipartisan One-Stop Shop for Small Business Compliance Act of 2021 (H.R. 4877), to help small businesses navigate the web of federal regulations governing their business operations. This bill...
April 25th, 2022
Congressman Jake Ellzey (R-TX-06) and Congressman Colin Allred (D-TX-32), members of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, co-led the introduction of the Fiscal Year 2022 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility...
April 22nd, 2022
On Thursday, Rep. Scott Perry (PA-10) and I led our House Republican colleagues in urging the Environmental Protection Agency to alleviate skyrocketing gas and grocery prices by waiving biofuel blending mandates under the...