Congress

Breitbart News has learned that a total of 37 lawmakers from the U.S. House and Senate signed on to the letter after Fox News initially reported over a week ago that it was being circulated. The letter, sent Thursday, was addressed to President Joe Biden’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young, asking for a “full crosscutting report” to Congress that would expand on the initial report that is legally required by the most recent omnibus spending bill.

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany joins Shereen Siewert for an hour-long conversation about what's happening in Washington, his priorities and the new Congress.

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI 7th Dist.) said that banning TikTok from government devices is a good start, but he believes there is more work to do to protect Americans' data and privacy from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

While the House wasn’t in session this week, I had a busy week back home. I started the week with seven in-person listening sessions in Vilas, Florence, Forest, Rusk, Polk, Burnett, and Bayfield Counties.

A group of Republican U.S. senators and House members want the Biden administration to explain what they called a reckless decision to expand immigration parole programs. The letter sent to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday morning says the Biden administration continues to worsen the border crisis. The also called the decision to expand the programs radical.

House Republicans, led by Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, are calling for a briefing by the intelligence community on the national security threats posed by the "open" southern border -- just as Republicans in the chamber are looking to zero in on the Biden administration’s handling of the raging migrant crisis. Signers on the letter include Reps. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, Daniel Meuser, R-Pa., Darrell Issa, R-Calif., Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.

House Republicans in Washington are moving forward with their slight majority following a drama-filled election of new Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI), who represents the Northwoods, said he wasn't bothered by the negotiations between McCarthy and hardline conservatives, which led to McCarthy needing to make numerous concessions while needed 15 votes to secure the speaker's gavel.

Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI – 7th CD) joins the MacIver Newsmakers Podcast to discuss President Biden’s border proposal, the largest human trafficking operation in the world (You won’t guess who it is), and what steps the Biden Administration would take right now if they were serious about the border