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Dem faces House ethics complaint for heated back-and-forth with Heritage scholar: 'How dare you' <[link removed]> – Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts filed an ethics complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics over Democratic California Rep. Katie Porter allegedly "knowingly and intentionally defaming" a Second Amendment expert <[link removed]> during a congressional hearing. "I would love for the committee to reprimand the representative for doing what she did. I think at the very least there needs to be an apology. There needs to be a … retraction in the official record of that exchange. Because Amy [Swearer], who does not complain about things, has just been assailed … by the left and her reputation has been maligned," Roberts told Fox News Digital in a phone interview Wednesday. The ethics complaint, which was reviewed by Fox News Digital and sent to OCE Chairman Mike Barnes on Wednesday, stems from a congressional hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee <[link removed]> on June 8 regarding the "gun violence epidemic" in the United States. Heritage Expert: Mike
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Biden’s economy: Steering us into recession <[link removed]> - If you’re having trouble making it
from paycheck to paycheck, you’re hardly alone. A majority of Americans tell pollsters they feel the economy is not in good shape and getting worse. People are now demonstrably poorer than when President Joe Biden took office. Although wages have risen, prices have risen much faster. Heritage Expert: EJ Antoni <[link removed]>
Energy Incoherence: Why Europe Is Repeating Its Mistakes <[link removed]> - The
transatlantic community needs to start making some hard choices. The West needs energy without being dependent on its enemies. The West also will need oil, gas, and nuclear power to prosper, ensure energy security, and be a good steward of the planet and the environment. For that to happen, America needs to become a dominant exporter of oil and gas. And Europe needs responsible energy policies that promote responsible energy policies, innovation, and free-market solutions, not a political agenda that fantasizes about its energy future. Heritage Expert: James Carafano <[link removed]>
What’s Prognosis for America’s Small Businesses? New Poll: Not Good <[link removed]> - A new poll released by the Job Creators Network Foundation finds that more than 2 out of 3 small businesses feel negatively about the economy and that nearly 3 out of 4 of them will have to “significantly” raise their prices to offset rising inflation. These disturbing findings come from the Job Creators Network Foundation’s June Small Business IQ Poll, which sampled 500 small-business owners between June 4 and 28. According to the poll, inflation is top of mind for small-business owners, as 46% of respondents say it’s their first or second-biggest concern. At the beginning of the year, 40% noted it as a major problem. Heritage Expert: Douglas Blair <[link removed]>
Now at 9.1%, Biden’s Inflation Keeps Getting Worse <[link removed]> - If the Biden
administration and congressional Democrats are serious about ending the pain for American workers and American families, they need to follow that lead: End the wasteful trillions in spending, end the increasingly catastrophic war on production. If we do not get a handle on this crisis, indeed on the mentality driving this progressive takeover of the economy, it won’t just crush this economy. The life prospects and future of the next generation will be in jeopardy. Heritage Expert: Peter St. Onge <[link removed]>
Putin’s Trip to Tehran Is Rebuff to Biden <[link removed]> - On the eve of President Joe
Biden’s trip to the Middle East, the Russian government announced that President Vladimir Putin would make his own trip to the region aimed at boosting ties with terrorism-sponsor Iran and discussing issues related to Russia’s brutal conflicts in Ukraine and Syria at a trilateral summit with the leaders of Iran and Turkey. The Kremlin announced that Putin will meet with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on a visit to Iran on July 19. The two leaders share a hostile view of the United States, which they perceive to be the principal threat to their authoritarian rule and to their individual efforts to revive the Russian and Persian empires by subverting, intimidating, and invading neighboring countries. Heritage Expert: James Phillips <[link removed]>




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