WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: In November 2023, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) questioned Secretary Mayorkas on the Biden Administration's use of immigration parole. In Fiscal Year 2023, there were over 800,000 immigrants paroled into the United States. Senator Graham asked Secretary Mayorkas if there was an individual analysis conducted for every person to determine whether each met at least one of the two crit  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Senator Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) and Senate colleagues to introduce the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Education to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism when investigating antisemitic acts on campus. Currently, the Department of Education lacks a clear definition of antisemitism when det  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Ralph Norman, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: On Wednesday, Rep. Ralph Norman (SC-05) reintroduced the Earmark Elimination Act. The Earmark Elimination Act would permanently ban federal earmarks. * * * Background An earmark is an item in appropriations bills or large spending packages that designates money for a specific special interest group or project while avoiding the typical merit-based or competitive award process for  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: on April 17, 2024 Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) today introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) radical climate disclosure rule which would bury public companies in paperwork, raise costs for consumers, and stifle economic opportunity. Every Republican o  more