Presumptive GOP nominee Donald J. Trump introduced Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his choice for vice-president Monday, and Pence delivered a remarkable call for Republican unity.
The Montana congressman who served in Navy SEAL Team 6 told Breitbart News he is thrilled about Donald J. Trump’s strong relationship with House Republicans, Trump’s prospects in November, and about his own address at the Republican Convention Monday.
“We took the best ideas to reform healthcare and put them together in one bill,” said Rep. Peter A. Sessions (R.-Texas), who in addition to chairing a committee referred to as “the Speaker’s Committee” because of its role in giving the speaker control over the lower chamber, also serves on the House Republican Steering Committee.
“The numbers seem to be breaking the Republican way in the battle for control of the U.S. Senate, at least when it comes to the critical swing states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.
“Republican and Democratic administrations alike have been taking taking advantage of Chevron Deference for the last three decades and it’s been the American people, who have been suffering, but it’s Congress, who can provide the fix to this,” said whose bill passed the House 240 to 171, with one Democrat voting with Republicans.
“There’s a belief across this country that there are two standards: one for the powerful and politically-connected and another for ordinary citizens. The IRS Commissioner – the head of one of the most powerful government agencies – was able to get away with behavior no ordinary American could,” the statement said.
A Texas GOP congressman on the House Judiciary Committee lashed out at Attorney General Loretta Lynch for her evasive testimony during Tuesday’s Capitol Hill hearing focused on Lynch’s decision not to charge former secretary of state Hillary Clinton with breaking federal law when she mishandled classified electronic correspondence.
The Arizona congressman with 12 years on the House Judiciary Committee threw in the towel after just one question to Attorney General Loretta Lynch during her testimony Tuesday in front of the House Judiciary Committee.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch deflected and evaded questions from Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday during her more than three hours of testimony centered on her decision to accept the recommendation of FBI Director James B. Comey Jr., not to charge former secretary of state Hillary Clinton in relation to her private email scheme, while at State.
“There are serious and systemic security management problems at the State Department that span the tenure of several Secretaries,” said Sen. David Perdue (R.-Ga.), who filed the Securing our Secrets Act of 2016 to make it clear to State Department employees they can never use private email accounts and servers to handle sensitive and classified information.
Two powerful House chairmen sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia requesting an investigation into possible perjury and false statements made by former secretary of state Hillary Clinton during her different testimonies about her private email account scheme.
House and Senate Democrats are launching an all-out p.r. blitz to divert public attention from the politically disastrous Dallas massacre, by pushing a “Sense of Congress” resolution that allows Senators to condemn firearms manufacturers, tobacco companies, energy companies, think tanks and other enemies for supposedly misleading the American public.
The North Carolina congressman who filed the motion to remove Speaker John Boehner (R.-Ohio) told Breitbart News Monday that House conservatives met with Rep. Michael McCaul (R.-Texas), the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee Friday in the chairman’s office to strengthen The Homeland Safety and Security Act, H.R. 5611, and make sure the legislation targets terrorists, not law-abiding Americans.
Gohmert said he is upset by the treatment of police officers and it brought up other memories of how police officers in the 1960s were called “pigs” and were constantly taunted and threatened with “kill the pigs” chants.”Back then, it wasn’t a race issue, it was just about killing pigs.”
The New Orleans office of the FBI issued a “Gold Code” warning Thursday to Louisiana law enforcement that law enforcement and other first responders, in addition to the general public, are in danger because of protests and purges linked to the July 5 police shooting of Alton Sterling.
A Texas congressman told Breitbart News Friday that President Barack Obama should be more careful about his words regarding situations in which there is violence between law enforcement personnel and African-Americans.
“Too many of our elected officials have had a hand in fostering this sentiment and allowing undercurrents to exist,” said Rep. John Fleming (R.-La.), medical doctor, whose district includes Baton Rouge, the city where Thursday police shot and killed Alton Sterling.
The father of Tyrone Woods, one of the four Americans killed in the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks on U.S. facilities and personnel at Benghazi, Libya, told Breitbart News the report by the House Select Committee on Benghazi answered many questions, but not the two he asked.
A Texas congressman who attended the Thursday morning meeting between GOP presumptive presidential nominee Donald J. Trump and the members of the House Republican Conference told Breitbart News it was a productive meeting, with GOP congressmen showing genuine affection and respect for the New York City developer.
A Florida congressman serving on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee told Breitbart News Thursday he was shocked FBI Director James B. Comey Jr. would excuse Hillary Clinton’s “extreme carelessness” in handling her classified electronic correspondence while secretary of state.
The leader of FreedomWorks, the Washington-based network and support hub for Tea Party and other conservative activists, told Breitbart News Wednesday that the FBI’s recommendation that the Department of Justice should not prosecute Hillary Clinton for her handling of classified electronic correspondence betrays the phony criminal reform Democrats are pushing through Congress.
Nearly five hours into the testimony Thursday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee of FBI Director James B. Comey, who was called in to explain his recommendation that the Department of Justice not charge Hillary Clinton for her mis-handling of classified electronic correspondence, came an exchange between the chairman and the director.
Paul Ryan further demanded Clapper defend to his decision to grant former first lady Hillary Clinton access to national security intelligence.
An angry House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R.-Wis.) lashed out at Hillary Clinton Wednesday for her reckless handling of classified electronic correspondence as Secretary of State and demanded that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper block Clinton from receiving intelligence briefings after she becomes the Democratic nominee for president.
Brian Mast, a Republican and supporter of Donald Trump for president, says there is a trust between the men and women serving down range and their leaders, and Clinton broke that trust.
The member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi from Ohio said Tuesday that FBI Director James Comey’s decision not to recommend prosecution of former first lady Hillary R. Clinton was another example to Americans that there are two sets of rules, one for insiders and one set for everyone else.
The House Majority Leader told reporters at a Capitol Hill briefing Tuesday that he and Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R.-Wis.) are working with the House Sergeant-at-Arms to catalog how Democrats broke House rules, broke House furniture, and broke a tradition of civility by their rudeness to House employees during their June 22 sit-in on the floor of the lower chamber.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told reporters Tuesday he was seriously disappointed by the decision by FBI Director James Comey to recommend that Department of Justice prosecutors do not pursue criminal charges against Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.
“I can’t believe that on Independence Day I have to warn people about an unconstitutional GOP gun control bill. Wait—yes, I can. #StopHR5611,” tweeted Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan.
The Navy SEAL running for the Missouri GOP nomination for governor opened up hunting season on the combatants for the army of the Islamic State with his own “ISIS Hunting License,” available for a minimum contribution of $10.
A source inside the federal security force protecting both President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Loretta Lynch told The New York Observer that Clinton manipulated his own takeoff from the private executive cordon of Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport Monday to ensure he could meet Lynch.
Hours after FBI agents interviewed her at the bureau’s Washington headquarters for three hours Saturday, sources inside the Department of Justice are spreading the word high and low that Hillary Clinton will not be indicted for her private email server and handling of classified materials outside of secure government channels.
The Arkansas senator on the list of potential running mates for Donald J. Trump, the GOP’s presumptive nominee, told activists Saturday at the Western Conservative Summit that Hillary Clinton’s reckless and criminal behavior disqualifies her to become America’s commander-in-chief.
The Number 2 Republican in the Senate told a reporter in Austin, Texas Friday that he supports Donald J. Trump for president because he is the right man for the job.
Speaking exclusively to Breitbart News the president of the Senate Conservative Fund, which supports candidates for both the House and Senate, ripped Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee, for his interference in the Aug. 2 Kansas-1 GOP primary, pitting Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R.-Kan.) and OB-GYN Dr. Roger Marshall.
Former Massachusetts governor W. Mitt Romney told “Face The Nation” host John Dickerson Wednesday that his conscience would not allow him to vote for his party’s presumptive nominee Donald Trump, reports Atlantic.com.
Senate conservatives lost their fight to protect investors when the Senate passed the Puerto Rico default bill, by 60 to 30 votes, on Wednesday.
After the roughest patch in his presidential campaign, the presumptive Republican nominee is within striking distance of Hillary Clinton, the expected Democratic nominee, but Donald J. Trump saw his support among Republicans slip from 82 percent to 74 percent comparing the poll released Wednesday with a poll conducted in May.
The former Pennsylvania senator, who finished second to Mitt Romney in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, told Breitbart News he is happily attending the 2016 Republican National Convention to support the presumptive nominee Donald J. Trump.
“While there are many things we may not like about this compromise bill at the end of the day, this legislation provides the tools to allow Puerto Rico to restructure a meaningful portion of its debt. I wish we had something better,” said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev.).
