WASHINGTON—Today, House Republicans voted to reject socialist policies in the United States by adopting a resolution denouncing socialism in all its forms, led by Cuban-American Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL). “The Mamdani socialist agenda is seeping into our country like poison. Republicans won’t let it take root,” said House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain.“Congresswoman Salazar ... Read More »
WASHINGTON—Today, House Republicans passed two bills—Rep. Elise Stefanik’s H.R. 5214 and Rep. Andrew Clyde’s H.R. 5107—to keep violent criminals off D.C.’s streets and repeal harmful anti-police policies that have limited the ability of officers to protect our nation’s capital. House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) issued the following statement after the passage of the bil... Read More »
WASHINGTON — This week, House Republicans are passing commonsense bills to lower energy costs for hardworking Americans. “Under President Biden’s failed energy agenda, families have been crushed by higher gas and electricity costs,” House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) said. “House Republicans are reversing that damage by unleashing American energy, cutting burdensome regu... Read More »
As prepared for delivery: Good morning, and welcome back! Let me start with this. House Republicans will not allow Democrats’ distractions and obstructions to stop us from doing the work the American people sent us here to do. The Democratic shutdown never stopped us. The countless witch hunts against President Trump never stopped us. And the latest discharge petition, which is just another Democr... Read More »
WASHINGTON - House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain delivered remarks on the House Floor: As prepared for delivery: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Speaker, for more than 40 days, Democrats inflicted needless pain on hardworking Americans. They stranded millions of travelers. They denied food assistance for hungry families. They left our troops wondering when they’d get their next payche... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson, Leader Scalise, Whip Emmer, and Chairwoman McClain released a statement after House Republicans passed and sent to President Trump’s desk the government funding bill to reopen the government after Washington Democrats kept it closed for 43 days, marking the longest government shutdown in American history. “The Democrat Shutdown is finally over thanks to House and Sena... Read More »
WASHINGTON — As Senate Democrats once again voted to keep the government closed — for the fourteenth time — House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain sounded the alarm on the devastating consequences the Democrat-led shutdown is having on hardworking Americans. On the Harm Democrats are Causing During this Shutdown: “Take a look at people who aren‘t getting food from the SNAP program. Ai... Read More »
WASHINGTON-House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain delivered remarks at the GOP Leadership Press Conference: As prepared for delivery: Yesterday, Americans woke up to an unthinkable reality. A communist was elected mayor of America’s largest city. How did this happen? Because a small, socialist portion of this country took control of the Democratic Party – a party that is now apparentl... Read More »
WASHINGTON - House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain delivered remarks at the GOP Leadership Press Conference: As prepared for delivery: Let me begin with this. Today marks one year since President Trump won the 2024 election. Since that day, Republicans secured our border, unleashed America’s energy dominance, and delivered the largest tax cut for working families in our nation’s hist... Read More »
WASHINGTON-House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain delivered remarks at the GOP Leadership Press Conference: As prepared for delivery: I want to be very clear about the consequences of the Democrats’ actions: 42 million Americans will lose their SNAP benefits, because they voted to shut down the government. Air traffic controllers, TSA agents, and federal law enforcement officersare wo... Read More »
WASHINGTON– House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) released the following statement as the Democrat Shutdown leaves 42 million Americans without access to food assistance starting today: “Republicans passed a clean bill to fund SNAP and keep the government open. Democrats said no, fourteen times,” Chairwoman McClain said. “Now, 42 million people are struggling even harder to... Read More »
WASHINGTON- House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain delivered remarks at the GOP Leadership Press Conference: As prepared for delivery: This Saturday, SNAP benefits run out for 42 million Americans. Let me say that again: 42 million families - including thousands in my home state of Michigan - could lose the ability to put food on their tables. Why? Because Democrats chose to use their... Read More »
WASHINGTON - House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain delivered remarks at the GOP Leadership Press Conference: As prepared for delivery: Let’s get one thing straight: House Republicans did our job. Senate Democratsdidn’t. More than a month ago, under the leadership of Speaker Mike Johnson, the House passed responsible legislation to keep the government open. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats... Read More »
WASHINGTON – House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) sounded the alarm after House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) openly admitted that Democrats are using families suffering as leverage during the government shutdown. Yesterday, House Minority Whip Katherine Clark said in an interview, “Of course there will be families that are going to suffer... but it is one of the... Read More »
WASHINGTON-House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain delivered remarks at the GOP Leadership Press Conference: As prepared for delivery: Democrats have been playing political theater for three weeks while Republicans continue to work and deliver results. Here are just a few examples from the last few days: Congressman Ryan Mackenzie visited a Head Start program that relies on federal fun... Read More »
