Steve Scalise

Steve Scalise August 15, 2021

Rep. Scalise slams ‘Biden’s Saigon moment’ in Afghanistan, says admin 'got this devastatingly wrong'

House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise on Sunday slammed “President Biden’s Saigon moment” in Afghanistan amid reports that Taliban insurgents had seized Kabul and most of the region after the U.S. began withdrawing troops.

Coronavirus August 10, 2021

Cuomo resigns: Governor must release COVID-19 data before he leaves office, Scalise demands

Steve Scalise, the number 2 Republican in the U.S. House, demanded that Andrew Cuomo release COVID-19 nursing home data before he resigns.

Steve Scalise July 24, 2021

Scalise blasts 'unconscionable' DOJ move to drop Cuomo nursing home investigation

Rep. Steve Scalise blasted President Joe Biden’s Justice Department Friday after the DOJ announced it was dropping a Civil Rights probe into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of the coronavirus in nursing homes.

Fox News Flash July 21, 2021

Scalise rips Dems' hypocrisy over COVID, reveals he got first dose of Pfizer vaccine

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., slammed the Democrat Party for their double-standard over coronavirus "super-spreader" events before subsequently revealing he's getting the vaccine. After receiving his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, Sunday, Scalise declared the vaccine to be 'safe and effective.'

Cuba July 20, 2021

Scalise slams Biden administration for sending 'disgusting message' to Cubans

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., blasted the Biden adminstration Tuesday for telling Cubans seeking freedom not to come to the United States, while allowing thousands of migrants to enter the U.S. through the southern border. 

China June 23, 2021

House Republicans demand accountability for China on coronavirus pandemic: Make them 'feel pain'

House Republicans Wednesday called on the Biden administration and congressional Democrats to take more action to hold China accountable for the coronavirus pandemic as they released their GOP roadmap for achieving justice for the American people who suffered tremendous losses from the global pandemic.

Steve Scalise June 14, 2021

Steve Scalise recognizes anniversary of GOP baseball shooting: 'We must never defund the police'

The number two House Republican recognized the fourth anniversary of the shooting by a supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with a tweet that lauded law enforcement for saving his life and others “from a leftist who came to the baseball field to kill Republican Members of Congress.”

Media June 4, 2021

Elise Stefanik outs Jake Tapper, reveals she was invited on CNN shows after he suggested he wouldn't book her

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., revealed that CNN star Jake Tapper attempted to have her on his programs after the liberal anchor suggested that he would never book the high-ranking House Republican for an interview.

Coronavirus May 28, 2021

Scalise leads House GOP in demanding Pelosi direct committee chairs to investigate coronavirus origins

EXCLUSIVE: House Republican Whip Steve Scalise and more than 200 House Republicans called on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to direct committee chairs to investigate the origins of COVID-19 and devote congressional investigatory resources to examining claims that the novel coronavirus pandemic stemmed from a lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and that the Chinese Communist Party “covered it up.”

House of Representatives May 24, 2021

'The Squad' wields outsized power as Pelosi grapples with slimmest majority since World War II

The progressive Squad is flexing its muscle and revealing just how slim Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Democratic majority stands in the House. 

FBI May 15, 2021

FBI responds to congressional baseball shooting survivors, dubs gunman 'domestic violent extremist'

The FBI has reclassified the 2017 congressional baseball shooter and would-be assassin as a “domestic violent extremist,” ditching the much-maligned “suicide-by-cop” theory that those on the field had condemned as unrealistic.