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Cloud Leads Letter Demanding Answers from Google and Microsoft on Student Safety & Data Collection

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By: Committee on Oversight and Reform Press Release WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Ranking Member Michael Cloud (R-Texas) and several Republican lawmakers today wrote Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Google CEO Sundar Pichai requesting information about the safety and data collection practices for programs used by students, teachers, and schools. The Republicans…

Congressman Andy Biggs Sends Letter Opposing Legislation that Does Not Include Pro-Life Protections

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By: Congressman Andy Biggs Press Release Today, Congressman Andy Biggs, along with forty-five of his colleagues, sent a letter to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell encouraging them to oppose President Biden’s budget proposal and any legislation that does not include provisions protecting the sanctity of life, such as the Hyde…

Murphy Introduces the Campus Free Speech Restoration Act

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By: Congressman Greg Murphy Press Release Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) introduced the Campus Free Speech and Restoration Act. This bill is a response to the silencing of conservative voices across the nation. Murphy’s legislation will require public and private universities to report First Amendment violations to the Department of Education and…

GOP Bill Would Ban ‘Antiracism’ Confessionals From D.C. Schools

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By: Alex Nester (Washington Free Beacon) A bill would prohibit District of Columbia public schools from hosting exercises in which students and teachers are forced to publicly apologize for their race or sex. House Education and Labor Committee member Glenn Grothman (R., Wis.) on Wednesday will introduce the Ending Critical Race Theory in D.C. Public Schools Act, which would protect…

Reps. Pingree and Massie Introduce Bipartisan PRIME Act to Empower Local Livestock Farmers, Meet Consumer Demand

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By: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree Press Release Today, Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) re-introduced the PRIME (Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption) Act to make it easier for small farms and ranches to serve consumers. Companion legislation has been introduced in the United States Senate by Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Rand…

Republicans urge education secretary to enforce civil rights protections for Jewish students

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By: Dmitriy Shapiro (Jewish News Syndicate) (June 11, 2021 / JNS) A group of 19 Republican members of Congress on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona highlighting rampant anti-Semitism at American colleges and universities, and urging him to apply Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect Jewish students as it would towards…

Markup Wrap Up: Oversight Committee Advances Several Bipartisan, Good Government Bills

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By: Committee on Oversight and Reform Press Release WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform passed four good governance bills, including the No CORRUPTION Act (H.R. 3327), the Performance Enhancement Reform Act (H.R. 2617), the Air America Act of 2021 (H.R. 1297), and the Gold Star Children Act (H.R. 3367).  “Making our government more…

Sen. Cruz, Rep. Johnson Remind President Biden’s Commission He Has No Authority to Pack Supreme Court

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By: Senator Ted Cruz Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) today sent a letter to President Biden's new Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, reminding the commission that Congress has exclusive authority to amend or preserve the U.S. Supreme Court, and…

GOP lawmaker warns Biden: Don’t let Afghanistan and Taliban become the next Israel and Hamas

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By: Jenny Goldsberry (Sara Carter Show) National Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-WI) issued a stern warning during a hearing on US action in Afghanistan Thursday. “We must ensure that Afghanistan and the Taliban are not the next Israel and Hamas,” Grothman said. This comes after President Biden committed to removing all troops from the…

Lawmakers urge Department of Defense to help address backlog of veterans’ records

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By: John Hewitt Jones (Fed Scoop) Lawmakers have signed a bipartisan letter calling on the Department of Defense to intervene after coronavirus delays caused a major backlog of requests from veterans seeking essential service records. In the missive, which was sent on Thursday, 10 senior politicians called on Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to address the data pile-up.…

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