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WASHINGTON — With enthusiasm fading for Ukraine aid, a pair of Texans have been raising alarms about complacency in the face of Russian aggression.
Sen. John Cornyn and the House Foreign Affairs chairman, Austin Rep. Michael McCaul, have both evoked Britain’s missed opportunity to confront Nazi Germany before World War II.
Both have been trying to tamp down growing impatience among fellow Republicans by reminding them that Ukraine is a buffer preventing a direct and catastrophic clash between Russia and the United States.
Republican lawmakers are proposing an amendment to the House of Representatives’ rules which would explicitly bar Congressional members from “collaboration” with a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence service, according to a copy of the resolution shared with the Daily Caller News Foundation.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) today introduced his first bill in the US House of Representatives, the Anti-Foreign Adversary Collaboration Resolution, which would prohibit Members of Congress from serving on boards affiliated with our foreign adversaries, such as China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.
The House Homeland Security Committee announced a new leadership slate for the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation Subcommittee on Friday, with Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) now serving as its chairman.
House Republicans unveiled the new members for the House Armed Services Committee and the HASC’s new subcommittee chairpersons Jan. 25, elevating Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) to be the committee’s vice chairman behind chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and also naming Wittman to lead the Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee.
‘THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DITHERED’: It was always the case that Ukraine would need modern tanks to prevail on the battlefield over Russia, and it was always the case that providing those tanks would be a complex task requiring training for tank crews and maintainers and the establishment of logistics supply lines to keep the tanks running through the rigors of combat.
Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, talks about his priorities as he begins his first term in the House of Representatives.
The Republican Steering Committee yesterday handed down committee assignments for new and returning GOP House members, including for the Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services and Judiciary Committees. While the assignments must still be ratified by the House GOP conference, they’re unlikely to see major changes. Here are the new additions to these key committees: