Homeland Security Committee members split along party lines on whether the secretary should be impeached. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended his $108 billion 2025 budget request today in an appearance before the same House committee that recommended his impeachment. Republican members of the House Homeland Security Committee grilled the secretary on April 16 concerning
Multiple community water systems in Texas are reported to exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new regulatory limits on “forever chemicals” in drinking water. A local ABC affiliate reported that over 420 water systems have submitted a report to the EPA, 113 of which detected levels of PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals. Forty-nine systems
House Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis), Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.), and others hold a press conference on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s role in the fentanyl crisis at 5:15 p.m. ET on April 16. … Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning For Office? Conservative Campaign Consulting – Election Day Strategies!
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) and Attorney General Merrick Garland argued over the merits and constitutionality of a voter identification law as the DOJ chief testified in front of a House Appropriations Committee Hearing on Tuesday. … Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning For Office? Conservative Campaign Consulting – Election Day Strategies!
Speaker Johnson plans to send standalone Ukraine, Israel, and Indo-Pacific aid bills to the floor. White House national security communications adviser John Kirby told members of the press that the proposal submitted by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) to provide financial assistance to Israel could work, but a deeper look was still needed
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody says the ‘disparate impact’ regulations from Biden’s EPA ‘promote’ rather than ‘prevent’ racial discrimination. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody led a 23-state coalition on April 16 in demanding changes to Title VI “disparate impact” regulations from President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which she argues advances “race-conscious environmental justice
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, cast doubts on Tuesday about a plan advanced by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to send new rounds of aid to Ukraine, arguing the proposal creates a convoluted process for supplying Ukrainian forces. Congress has deliberated for months on proposals for new rounds