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Retired ICE director: House Committee on Oversight and Reform members ‘don’t know the law’
Retired U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan Friday testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform regarding border security and migrant detention and later shared his thoughts on the event with Fox & Friends’ Jedediah Bila—even going so far as to say our own lawmakers aren’t up to speed on our own…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 7/15/19
CALENDAR: The House and Senate will both return on Monday, and stay in session through Thursday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work last Tuesday and took up and passed three bills under Suspension of the Rules. One of those bills was H.R. 1044, the so-called “Fairness for High-Skilled…
Read MoreThe Violent Hypocrisy of the Left
Over the weekend, an Antifa activist attacked an immigration detention facility in Tacoma, Washington. Armed with a rifle and flares, Willem Van Spronsen attempted to set the building on fire before dying in a shootout with police. How did people respond to the violence? Antifa called him a “martyr” and a “hero.” Even CNN appeared…
Read MoreJenny Beth’s Journal: Northam and VA Democrats’ Embarrassing Scheme
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam called for a special session this week to consider gun control measures that had already failed to pass in the legislature during the regular session. The call was made supposedly in response to the mass shooting at Virginia Beach back in May. Don’t be fooled—it was hardly about gun control. Real…
Read MoreQatar Must Honor Our Open Skies Agreements
Conservatives, including Jenny Beth Martin, sent President Trump an open letter this week urging him to stand up to Emir of Qatar for violating our Open Skies agreement. Breitbart has the details: “For years, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates violated their commitments under the Open Skies agreements by subsidizing their airlines. These subsidies allowed…
Read MoreTexas AG: Obamacare individual mandate ‘unconstitutional’
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says Obamacare as it now stands—gutted of the requirement that Americans purchase health insurance or pay a penalty—is unconstitutional because its individual mandate no longer raises tax revenue and instead simply forces Americans to purchase health insurance. “The Commerce Clause gives Congress the authority to regulate commerce, not to…
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