Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, today announced that Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS) has been named Vice Ranking Member of the Committee. Guest has served on the Homeland Security Committee since coming to Congress in 2019.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Michael Guest (R-MS) and Congressman Darren Soto (D-FL) sent a bipartisan letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) provide updates or a final report to Congress on the DOJ's investigations into anticompetitive conduct within the beef industry.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03) recently joined more than 200 of his House Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker Pelosi calling for her to direct the appropriate Democratic Committee Chairs to investigate the origins of COVID-19. The letter follows a report by the Wall Street Journal revealing that three researchers from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology displayed COVID-19-like symptoms in November of 2019, which has revitalized calls for a probe to further examine the possibility that COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan lab.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Michael Guest (R-MS) introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to support the replenishment of Israel's missile defense systems, also known as the Iron Dome. |
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03) introduced a resolution in honor of Memorial Day. The resolution expresses that the House of Representatives "calls on the people of the United States to observe Memorial Day as a special day of remembrance to honor the men and women of the United States who died in the pursuit of freedom and peace."
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Michael Guest (R-MS) cosponsored the Stars and Stripes Act of 2021, legislation to ensure that only American flags, host nation flags, U.S. state flags, federal entity flags, armed forces flags, and POW/MIA flags are flown on United States of America embassy grounds.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03) called for Congress to address the reduced hiring rates in the United States by ending Federal supplemental unemployment payments. Over 20 states, including Mississippi, have announced they will opt out of the program as early as June 12th. These moves come as businesses struggle to find employees due to the government's paying individuals more to stay home than to work in some cases. |
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03), Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02), and 44 other Members of Congress sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg urging the Biden Administration to prioritize Taiwan in the Administration's East Asia strategy and, specifically, to address the exclusion of Taiwan from a United Nations (UN) organization, the International Civi |
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03) introduced the American Body-Worn Camera (ABC) Act, a bill that would increase access to body-worn cameras (BWCs) in smaller, more rural areas.
Washington, D.C. – This week, Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03) reintroduced H.R. 3130 the Operation Stonegarden Authorization Act, a bill to grant statutory authorization for the Operation Stonegarden grant program.