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Rioting students should lose visas and financial aid, GOP lawmaker says

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Originally Published in the Washington Examiner on July 2nd, 2024.  EXCLUSIVE — Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) introduced two bills this week aimed at stripping students who assault police officers and are convicted of offenses related to rioting of visas and financial aid. The Washington Examiner exclusively obtained the two bills, the Uproot…

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Reps Demand Biden DHS Cough Up Info On ‘Biased’ Panel Featuring Anti-Trump Intel Officials

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Originally Posted by the Daily Caller on June 25th, 2024 Republican lawmakers sent a letter Tuesday to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding information on an intelligence advisory board, arguing the panel is at risk of political bias. Republican Tennessee Rep. Mark Green, who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, and Republican Texas…

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Reps Probe Zuckerberg, Meta For Hiding ‘Political And Social’ Content From Users’ Feeds

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Originally Published in the Daily Caller on June 21, 2024.  Two Republican lawmakers are pressing Meta over a decision to proactively opt users out of having “political and social” content suggested to them on two of the company’s social media platforms. Republican Texas Reps. August Pfluger and Dan Crenshaw wrote a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO and founder, and…

GOP rep looks to remove FAFSA aid for students convicted of rioting, assaulting police in Israel protests

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Originally Published by Fox News on May 1, 2024 Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, will soon introduce legislation that would withhold federal financial aid from student protesters convicted of rioting or attacking police in the latest wave of anti-Israel unrest, Fox News Digital has learned. Police have already arrested hundreds of student protesters for various crimes at…

Unlocking America's energy potential by reversing Biden's LNG export ban

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Originally published by The Washington Times on April 18, 2024. OPINION: When energy security and economic prosperity hang in the balance, the importance of prioritizing American energy production cannot be overstated. That is why it is imperative to reverse President Biden’s ban on future liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, which threatens our nation’s energy independence and…

GOP lawmaker moves to defund ‘sanctuary’ cities, slams ‘hypocrisy’ as they seek federal aid for migrant crisis

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Originally published by Fox News on January 26, 2024. FIRST ON FOX: A Republican lawmaker on the House Homeland Security Committee is introducing legislation to defund sanctuary cities, as he takes aim at liberal mayors and governors who he says are hypocritically demanding taxpayer money to help them with the effects of the migrant crisis. The "No Funding for Sanctuary Cities…

Pfluger: Secretary Mayorkas’ Misleading Border Claims Have Cost the American People—And They Should Cost Him His Job

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Originally Published in the Midland Reporter-Telegram on January 10, 2024 In testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security in April 2023, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas made the bold—and untrue—claim that  “the border is secure.” This startling falsehood was yet another defining moment in Mayorkas’ long history of untrue statements…

‘Abuse of Soft-on-Crime Policies': Congressional Hearing Details Alarming Rise in Organized Retail Crime

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Originally posted by Townhall on December 13, 2023 This week, several members of Congress appeared in a hearing this week to discuss large, organized retail crime, which has escalated in recent years. In the hearing, experts shared how retail crime has risen astronomically in recent years. “Generally, organized retail crime involves the association of two or more persons engaged in…

House to examine organized retail theft plaguing US cities amid holidays

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Originally posted by Fox News on December 12, 2023 The rise of organized retail crime will be front and center at a Tuesday congressional hearing amid the end-of-year holiday shopping boom.  The House Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence is holding a hearing titled "From Festive Cheer to Retail Fear:…

EXCLUSIVE: Dozens Of GOP Reps Urge New Speaker, Mitch McConnell To Repeal Biden Natural Gas Tax

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Originally posted by the Daily Caller on October 30, 2023. Several dozen Republican lawmakers wrote to the newly-elected Speaker of the House asking him to repeal an emissions reduction program from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), according to a copy of the letter obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Rep. August Pfluger of Texas wrote the letter, which…