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July 31, 2024, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) delivered a floor speech urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) to bring the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that was recently passed out of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) to the floor for a vote. Sen. Tuberville fought for key amendments to ensure the U.S. military remains the most lethal fighting force in the world. Tuberville highlighted the continued need to support Israel and the woke...
On Wednesday, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen said that the arrest and indictment of Terry Andrew Heflin of Clay County, Alabama for felony absentee ballot fraud sends the message that we are serious about election integrity. "I have been traveling this state and talking about absentee ballot application fraud and absentee ballot election fraud for years," said Allen. "I have been clear from day one that I take election fraud seriously, and I was not kidding. When my office was made aware o...
July 31, 2024 – U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut), respectively Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, on Wednesday wrote Acting Director of the Secret Service Ronald L. Rowe Jr. seeking information regarding the U.S. Secret Service's Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budgetary needs. This comes after the near assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump (R). Sens. Britt and Murphy said that this is a...
August 1, 2024, former State Rep. John Rogers (R-Birmingham) was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud underprivileged children. Rogers admitted in his plea agreement to having awarded $400,000 in Jefferson County Community Service dollars to the Piper Davis recreational league run by "Coach" Fred Plump. Instead of the money going to the underprivileged children Plump (who was elected to the Alabama Legislature himself in 2022 with Rogers' endorsement)...
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 1, 2024 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) has advanced $850,000 in critical funding for Selma. Sen. Britt secured the funding through the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act and the FY25 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Both bills have been favorably reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations and now await consideration on the Senate floor. "...
On July 29, 2024, the national debt surpassed $35 trillion for the first time in our nation's history. Congressman Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) voiced his disapproval of the U.S. surpassing this unprecedented milestone, just a short few months after the nation's debt crossed over to $34 trillion on January 4th. This number represents $103,827 per citizen and $267,404 for every American taxpayer. "Our national debt reaching $35 trillion is a direct result of President Biden and the Uniparty's...
On Thursday, the United States and Russian engaged in the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War. Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Saks), the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following the prisoner swap between the U.S., Russia, and U.S. allies. Rogers welcomed the return of the captives but expressed concern that the U.S. had freed some very dangerous individuals to facilitate those releases. "I am relieved that this ordeal for Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and...
President Joe Biden, who announced the end to his re-election bid in a letter on X, has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him on the Democratic ticket. Now, Harris' record on criminal justice — as a former prosecutor, senator and 2020 presidential candidate, as well as vice president — will face new scrutiny. In recent years, the country has witnessed protests following the murder of George Floyd, pandemic-related fluctuations in crime rates, as well as heated rhetoric over imm...
