This Week: At A Glance

Monday, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27) thanked her fellow GOP Congresswomen for their overwhelming support for the people of Cuba who are fighting for freedom on the island.

Tuesday, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (WV) pushed back against the Democrats’ massive spending spree that would be paid for by middle class families.

Wednesday, the Senate voted to advance a bipartisan infrastructure deal. The plan is set to put $550 billion in new money into transportation, utilities and broadband. GOP Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME) helped reach the deal. Read more below. 

Wednesday, Rep. Nancy Mace (SC-01) took to the House floor to denounce Democratic spending bills that would provide massive funding from tax payers dollars to fund Critical Race Theory (CRT). Rep. Mace was steadfast that CRT will only be more divisive. 

Click below to watch her full address. 

Former Ambassador Nikki Haley took to social media this week to aggressively challenge the United States’ continued participation in the 2021 Olympics. 

“The physical and sexual abuse that’s happening to women and children, the forced labor … it’s unthinkable...Anyone that says that we should just go ahead and fight the good fight at the Olympics and turn our backs on genocide is not remembering the atrocities that have happened in history”.

In The News

Axios: Congress passes $2.1B Capitol security funding bill. The legislation provides funding for the Capitol Police, the National Guard and other agencies to cover the costs incurred during the Jan. 6 riot.

CBS News: Biden ramps up vaccine push with new rules for federal workers and call for $100 payments. President Biden called on state and local governments to use COVID-19 relief funds to give $100 to residents who get vaccinated and said federal workers will have to show proof of vaccination or face new restrictions in the workplace, including complying with weekly testing. 

The Hill: House GOP stages mask mandate protest. Nearly 40 maskless House Republican lawmakers walked across the Capitol and onto the Senate floor in protest of the Capitol physician’s decision to reinstate a mask mandate in the lower chamber but not in the upper chamber.

Fox News: House GOP reelection chair spotlights surge in female Republican recruits.  There are a record number of Republican women serving the in the House of Representatives, but the chair of the House GOP reelection arm says his party’s only getting started.

Townhall: 'Madam Speaker, Come and Get Me': Nancy Mace Challenges Pelosi Over Tyrannical Mask Mandate. Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) took House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to task over the lower chamber’s tyrannical mask mandate that went into effect this week. Capitol Police have been instructed to arrest visitors and staff members who refuse to wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status. 

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