Author: Donny Ferguson

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan requesting transparency and information on EPA’s use of Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases (SC-GHG). A U.S. District Court recently issued a preliminary injunction that blocked federal agencies from using so-called SC-GHG estimates in regulatory reviews and other activity. The ruling raised important issues that are pertinent for congressional oversight, including questions about transparency and the application of these controversial estimates…

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray following a new whistleblower disclosure from a senior FBI special agent concerning the investigation into the pipe bombs placed near the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee on January 5, 2021. According to the special agent, on February 7, 2022 — over a year after the placement of the bombs — the FBI’s Washington Field Office asked FBI field offices to canvass all confidential human sources nationwide for information about the individual and the crime. In part, the message asked that…

President Joe Biden recently announced a national ban on Russian energy imports. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: “Banning Russian oil and gas imports is the right thing to do. However, President Biden’s solution, turning to Venezuela and Iran for energy resources and trading one dictator for another to meet America’s energy needs is wrong [emphasis added]. Instead, we should harness the full potential of America’s abundant natural resources to increase our energy security and support our allies abroad. We have seen the consequences when nations rely on their adversaries for…

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is reportedly adopting a new strategy that’s eerily reminiscent of Hitler’s gambit to infiltrate Allied lines during the Battle of Bulge with English-speaking Nazi soldiers. Only this time, instead of sowing confusion among the rear echelon, the Russia operation, involving some 400 mercenaries, has a singular focus: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Senator Joni Ernst is leading the charge to sanction the paramilitary organization at the center of it all. As her office explains: Amid reporting that Vladimir Putin has hired hundreds of mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa),…

House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) issued the following statement after sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on her continued and open violation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021: “President Biden’s Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, is in a continued and open violation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021,” said Ranking Member Luetkemeyer. “Per federal law, Secretary Yellen is required to testify before the House Small Business Committee regarding the role and impact of the Paycheck Protection Program.“Secretary Yellen is now 310 days past the April 26, 2021 deadline. Although she’s been a no-show in front of…

Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) have announced they will not consent to a time agreement that eases passage of the Continuing Resolution (“CR”) without an agreement to allow for a roll call vote on an amendment to defund Biden’s unconstitutional vaccine mandates. Americans for Limited Government (ALG) President Richard Manning issued the following statement in support of the senators efforts: “This is big news. I have no doubt that the 23 million emails received in the Senate and House of Representatives through Americans for Limited…

Amir Rahkare Locke, 22, was shot and killed by a member of the Minneapolis Police Department’s SWAT team during the execution of a no-knock search warrant at a downtown apartment. MPD obtained a no-knock warrant on the property while investigating a homicide that took place in nearby St. Paul. The search warrant was unrelated to Locke, a young black man, who legally obtained a concealed carry permit for amid the violent crime surge across the Twin Cities. Locke felt safer when carrying a firearm, instinctively knowing it provided a measure of protection while he delivered food late at night. By…

For those who don’t know, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is the R&D agency within the Department of Defense responsible for developing cutting edge technology for the Armed Forces. Besides investing billions each year in artificial intelligence, DARPA researchers are currently working on an array of projects that sound like something out of a dystopian science fiction movie. That includes space robots to repair satellites, new technology to create 3-D underground maps and biological computers powered by living cells. Seemingly unrelated, at first, Judicial Watch announced that it obtained records from the Georgia Institute of Technology of conversations…

Led by Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.), more than 40 United States senators are calling on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to respect special counsel John Durham’s prosecutorial independence. As Sen. Kennedy’s office explains: Most recently, Durham’s investigation apparently uncovered that individuals affiliated with the Hillary Clinton campaign exploited access to non-public data from White House internet servers and other locations in an attempt to fabricate a narrative of ongoing communications with Russia and Russian entities.“As you are aware, Special Counsel Durham continues to uncover alarming information related to the origins of the FBI investigation into alleged…

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) wants answers as to why a man found guilty of setting a deadly fire during the George Floyd riots received a light sentence. Roy accused the Justice Department of giving preferential treatment to criminals who share the current administration’s views. (RELATED: Biden’s ‘Guns First’ Approach to Violent Crime Ignores Basic Facts) In a terse letter, the Texas congressman demanded DOJ and the then-Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota explain their leniency toward a career criminal who killed a father of five. A press release from Roy’s office reads in part: The perpetrator, Montez Terriel Lee, Jr., set a pawn shop on fire…