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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Chair of the House Suburban Caucus, released the following statement after she reintroduced the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), legislation that would ban discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex.    “Sex-selection abortions overwhelmingly target girls, and PRENDA would make it a federal crime to perform a […]

By Jason Smith, member of Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. — One year. This week marked Joe Biden’s first anniversary in the White House. And no matter how rosy of a picture he tries to paint about the state of our nation; no matter how many times he tries to shift blame to Republicans despite his party

WASHINGTON – At the weekly Republican leadership press conference Wednesday, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, called out Democrats on their ever-shifting rationale for pursuing a partisan, federal takeover of elections. As Blunt noted, Democrats have pushed similar election legislation for decades, inventing a

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, which has jurisdiction over election legislation, delivered the following remarks this evening ahead of the failed votes on the Senate rules change and Democrats’ election takeover legislation. Blunt rebutted the false narrative Democrats used to justify

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) released the following statements after they introduced the Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act, legislation to reduce demand for sex trafficking worldwide.   “The pandemic has exacerbated sex trafficking across the United States and in nations across the globe.

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Missouri Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Vice Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led a letter to NBC calling on the network to air all footage of human rights protests during the 2022 Winter Olympics.  Dictatorial governments have historically used the Olympics to legitimize their regimes and soften criticism of human

WASHINGTON – In an interview today on Fox News, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) discussed Democrats’ attempt to federalize elections, the Supreme Court’s recent decision on vaccine mandates, and record high inflation levels hurting working families.   CLICK HERE to Watch Blunt’s Remarks   Following Are Excerpts of Blunt’s Interview:    On Democrats’ Attempt to

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – On January 13, 2022, in the cases of NFIB v. OSHA and the State of Ohio v. OSHA, the Supreme Court of the United States blocked the Biden Administration’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) “emergency” rule forcing private companies to enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate from going into effect. OSHA is

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, and Richard Burr (N.C.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, sent a letter calling on U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to provide