Press Releases
"Today’s hearing provides an excellent opportunity to examine [the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act] and other issues related to journalism in the online environment. These issues include matters as diverse as the boom in tech mergers and acquisitions to the mushrooming problem of online outlets that freeze viewpoints out of the online public square."
"Even though McGahn could not comply with the subpoena, the House of Representatives scheduled a vote to authorize the House to go to court to enforce the subpoena. The House Democrats’ decision to take this step under the circumstances here is unreasonable, unwarranted and unprecedented. Taking these facts to court to enforce the subpoena could result in a decision unfavorable to the House of Representatives as an institution, therefore potentially weakening Congress’s power going forward."
"Never before has the House authorized the general counsel to sue without first exhausting all our constitutional remedies to gain compliance with our oversight demands. Proceeding in this manner risks weakening our ability to carry out our oversight responsibilities."
"9/11 first responders, like all first responders, deserve to have their sacrifices recognized. This program will mitigate the damage these public servants and their families experience as a direct result of their sacrifice on behalf of others."
"The special counsel was appointed to investigate Russia. He has done that, and it is time to listen to him without pretending that crimes committed by foreign governments will somehow implicate the president just because he had the audacity to win an election against the Democrats’ candidate."
“[Monday’s hearing] appears to be part of a strategy to turn the Committee’s oversight hearings into a mock-impeachment inquiry rather than a legitimate exercise in congressional oversight. Conducting such hearings inevitably sets this Committee on a collision course with the longstanding Rules of the House, which you have apparently alluded to as recently as this week.”
"[Democrats] had a chance to show they are serious about an immigration solution for DACA recipients, and perhaps even for the DREAMers they have talked about 'protecting' for years. Instead, today we are considering a political messaging bill. The message: America won’t enforce its laws or protect its people. . . . Republicans want to provide legal status for DACA recipients. We want to do it the right way — to minimize fraud, ensure criminals cannot get legal status and bolster border security. Without these commonsense and compassionate measures, we will find ourselves repeating this conversation a few years from now.”