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House and Senate Republicans sent President Donald Trump an unequivocal message during his first trip abroad: stay the course with his hardline anti-nuclear Iran policy.
Every Senate Republican except for Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) signed on to a letter led by Sens. Pete Ricketts (R., Neb.) and Ted Cruz (R., Texas.) and almost every House Republican signed a letter led by Rep. August Pfluger (R., Texas), the chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), that urged Trump to “permanently eliminate” the ability for the “Iranian regime” to “enrich uranium.”
Last week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Rep. Michael Guest, R-Mississippi, introduced bipartisan legislation to permanently authorize the Office of Rural Health within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which would ensure the office remains in place through future presidential administrations, a news release from Gluesenkamp Perez stated.
The Office of Rural Health would coordinate rural health efforts across CDC programs and accelerate innovation tailored to rural public health needs, Gluesenkamp Perez said.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright views artificial intelligence as “the Manhattan Project of our time” — and the only way to meet the massive energy demands the emerging tech requires is to have the government “get out of the way,” he told lawmakers Wednesday.
Last week, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) and Rep. Michael Guest (MS-03) introduced bipartisan legislation to permanently authorize the Office of Rural Health within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which would ensure the office remains in place through future presidential administrations.
This week, Congressman Michael Guest spoke with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Washington, D.C. about disaster relief for the March 14-15 storms.
It’s now been over a month since MEMA sent its federal declaration to President Donald Trump, and while Guest did not want to rush the process, he asked to see what can be done to get this much-needed assistance.
MEMA Executive Director Stephen McCraney has remained confident that the state will receive the aid since sending its request.
The House Homeland Security Committee released its latest “Border Brief” Tuesday, highlighting significant changes at the border since President Donald Trump took office, and a staggering year-over-year decline in the number of illegal immigrants attempting to enter the United States.
The Cathedral of St. Peter in Jackson held a memorial Mass on Monday to honor Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88 from a cerebral stroke.
Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope, was born in Argentina in 1936 and was known for his progressive views within the Catholic Church. State leaders, including Gov. Tate Reeves, U.S. Rep. Michael Guest, and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, have expressed their condolences.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and a lifelong family farmer, joined Sens. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), along with Reps. Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) and Mark Alford (R-Mo.), in a letter urging the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission to use sound science and risk-based analysis in its policy decisions, particularly on crop protection tools and food-grade ingredients.
As the Trump administration works to roll back the Biden-Harris administration’s unlawful abuse of parole for inadmissible aliens, Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-OK), chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability, and Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) released the following statements on the upcoming visit by Democrat members of the Committee to the Southwest border: