Saturday, May 15, 2021

Israel, Colonial Pipeline, Airline Pilots, Religious Freedom

REP. ALLEN STANDS WITH ISRAEL
Source: U.S. Representative Rick Allen (R-GA, 12th)
May 14, 2021
The recent rocket attacks launched by Hamas terrorists against innocent Israelis must be unequivocally condemned, and our support for Israel’s right to defend herself must be crystal clear.
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Representatives Adams, Ross Urge House Leadership to Investigate Cyber-Attack on Colonial Pipeline
Source: U.S. Representative Brett S. Guthrie (R-KY, 2nd)
May 12, 2021
Congresswomen Alma Adams (NC-12) & Deborah Ross (NC-02) led the North Carolina Democratic delegation to request a full investigation into the May 7th cyber-attack on Colonial Pipeline in a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House Energy & Commerce, Transportation & Infrastructure, and Science, Space, & Technology Committees. Specifically, the letter calls for the inclusion of mandatory cybersecurity standards for our energy systems in the upcoming infrastructure package, especially for the millions of miles of pipelines which currently lack stringent mandatory security standards.
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“President Biden continues to govern counter to what he promised in his inaugural address when he pledged to not be a partisan President. Instead, he is pushing a liberal, wish list, spending frenzy that Franklin Roosevelt could never have dreamed of and sending the American taxpayer the bill. And because he is pushing such partisans spending bills, he will get partisan results from Congress. This is not the Joe Biden of old who worked across the aisle, but a new Joe Biden who seems to be a trojan horse for the radical left.” -- U.S. Representative Robert Aderholt (R-AL, 4th)

ALPA Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan Fair and Open Skies Act
Source: Airline Pilots Association International
May 11, 2021
"The Fair and Open Skies Act enables the Department of Transportation to cement the rights of U.S. workers in the basic structure of this country’s air services agreements. Strong worker protections have positioned the U.S. pilot workforce to help create and contribute to a risk-predictive safety culture that has made the U.S. air transportation system the safest in the world."
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ADF to 8th Circuit: All viewpoints should be treated equally on campus
Source: Alliance Defending Freedom
May 10, 2021
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a student group, a national nonprofit, and conservative speaker and author Ben Shapiro will be available for media interviews Tuesday following oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit in Young America’s Foundation v. Kaler, a lawsuit challenging the University of Minnesota’s use of its “Large Scale Events Policy” that was used to suppress and censor Shapiro’s 2018 appearance on campus.
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