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Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr At today's House Select Coronavirus Committee hearing, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) called out Dr. Anthony Fauci's opposition to the lab leak theory. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) questions Dr. Anthony Fauci's opposition to the lab leak theory. Rep. Jordan accuses Dr. Fauci of pushing one theory over the other and not considering all hypotheses.  He also mentions how people who believed the virus came from a lab were censored on social media and called names. Rep. Jordan questions why Dr. Fauci did not share emails about the possibility of the virus coming from a lab with other members of the coronavirus task force.  'Fauci Is In The Witness Protection Program Now': DeSantis Highlights Lower Profile For Dr. Fauci He also brings up the point that Dr. Fauci did not consider the lab leak theory because he did not want the news getting out. Dr. Fauci defends himself, saying that he did consider all hypotheses and that there is st...

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr At today's House Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) got into a fight over her comments about Tucker Carlson receiving January 6 footage. There was a heated exchange between Rep. Jim Jordan and Del. Stacey Plaskett during a House hearing on the weaponization of the federal government. The argument reportedly began when Del. Plaskett criticized Rep. Jordan for calling witnesses who she believes pose a direct threat to people who oppose them. Del. Plaskett then went on to say that it was unacceptable for Kevin McCarthy to provide 41,000 hours of sensitive security footage to Tucker Carlson, a biased talking head, in an effort to rewrite what happened on January 6th. Rep. Jordan objected to her statements, saying that the idea that the witnesses pose a threat is out of line. The argument continued with Rep. Jordan accusing Del. Plaskett of engaging in false narrati...

  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr The House Judiciary Committee holds a field hearing in Yuma, Arizona, entitled, "Biden's Border Crisis - Part II." Jim Jordan Leads Field Hearing Targeting Biden’s Border Policies In House Judiciary Cmte In Yuma, AZ On February 23, 2023, Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio led a field hearing in Yuma, Arizona, targeting President Biden’s border policies. The hearing, held by the House Judiciary Committee, brought together experts and local officials to discuss the impact of the Biden administration's handling of the border crisis. Throughout the hearing, Jordan and other Republican representatives criticized the Biden administration for its handling of the border crisis. Jordan specifically called out the administration for its decision to halt construction of the border wall, as well as its overall approach to border security. “President Biden’s policies have led to an absolute disaster at our southern border,” J...

  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr At Thursday's House Judiciary Committee field hearing in Yuma, Arizona, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) spoke to witnesses about the situation at the border, and said that Republicans will have to use government funding to stop the flow of migrants. Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio has been making headlines for his remarks during a House Judiciary Committee field hearing in Yuma, Arizona. The hearing was focused on the situation at the southern border, and Jordan spoke passionately about the need to address the chaos and danger that he sees there. Jordan began his remarks by noting that President Biden had promised on his first day in office to dismantle many of the policies and structures put in place by the previous administration to secure the border. Jordan argued that this had led directly to the situation at the border today, which he described as "open border chaos." He then asked a question that he felt was fundament...

  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr At Wednesday's House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) questioned ex-Twitter executives about potentially destroying or suppressing important documents. The recent House Oversight Committee hearing that took place on Wednesday was a significant event in the ongoing discussion surrounding the role of social media companies in the dissemination of information and protection of free speech. At the heart of the hearing was a question from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) to former Twitter executives about the potential destruction or suppression of important documents. Rep. Jordan highlighted a statement made by one of the executives, Mr. Baker, in his written testimony. In the statement, Mr. Baker stated that he did not destroy or "improperly suppress" any documents at Twitter regarding information that was important to the public dialogue. Rep. Jordan took issue with the use of the term "improperly su...

  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr At today's House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) questioned former Twitter executives about the handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story. During a House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) questioned former Twitter executives about the handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story.  The first witness, Mr. Roth, was asked about his previous statement in a declaration to the FEC. He stated that he learned about the hack and leak operation involving Hunter Biden from another technology company in a joint meeting, but could not recall the specific person or company.  He was confident that the information did not come from the government. When asked about government involvement in these periodic meetings, he stated that the government never told him about the hack and leak operation involving Hunter Biden.  The second witness, Mr. Baker, was asked about his previous conversation ...

  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr Representative Angie Craig of Minnesota blasted the Supreme Court on the House floor Thursday. The Democrats talked about marrying her wife and raising their family together, as well as fighting for legal protections for same-sex marriages across the country. She condemned the conservative wing of the court and legislators in opposition to the Respect for Marriage Act for being, quote, "out of step with the American people." Representative Jim Jordan responded by calling Democrats out of step for supporting France's rights legislation on abortions. You can watch the video clip shown below this article: Ms. Angie Craig said : Mr. Speaker, my wife Cheryl and I have married 14 years ago when one of the first states in our country allowed us to do so. It took years and a Supreme Court ruling to acknowledge and grant the legal protections that come with marriage across this great land. In the ensuing years, we raised our ...

  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr Jim Jordan Reveals Who He Thinks 'Probably' Leaked Supreme Court Draft Decision At Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) slammed legislation on the Supreme Court and said that he thinks someone on the left leaked the draft decision. Jim Jordan Said: A year ago, the chairman of the house judiciary committee introduced a bill to pack the court. and that bill didn't add one justice, didn't add two justices, didn't have three, it added four justices. Now, why would they pick four?  Does anyone know why they might pick four justices because it's packing the court they want four liberal justices, to dominate than a seven-six thirteen-member court? so a year ago they introduced a bill to pack the court adding four associate justices to the United States supreme court. Two weeks ago they had a hearing where they trashed justice Thomas and went after justice Thomas. Last week...

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr At the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) called out the controversial memo on school boards and parents.   Here is the complete conversation: Jim: I thank the gentleman for yielding again, just remember this is simply a reporting amendment, there are all kinds of reporting in the legislation, and don't forget, the catalyst for all this had some reporting in it. The initial school boards association letter cited 24 incidents where they said, these are the 24 examples that they had in their letter, that went to the attorney general and he said was the basis for his memorandum setting this whole process in motion. And of those 24 were not even violent in any way shape or form and before that could be categorized as violent was the situation in Virginia, where I think any dad would have probably taken the action that that father took at that part...

  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) called out the controversial memo on school boards and parents. Jim Jordan said: I think the chairman last fall October 21st, when the attorney general was in front of this committee we asked him What was the basis for the very first sentence in your memorandum of October 4th, 2021? So the memorandum he had sent out just two and a half weeks prior to testifying in front of us.  The first sentence reads in recent months there's been a spike in harassment intimidation threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff we asked him What was the basis there? What investigation? What data?  What did you look at? How did you make a determination to put that as the very first sentence in your memorandum telling the FBI to set up a snitch line on parents? What was t...

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr Rep. Jim Jordan (Republican-Ohio) slams Democrats' priorities on the House floor.   Jim while addressing the House said: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding Mr. speaker's record crime, record inflation, record gas prices, a record number of illegal immigrants crossing our southern border, and what are democrats doing today? Legalizing drugs and using American TAX dollars to kick start and prop up the Marijuana Industry. Wow, such a deal for the American people! Record every major urban area has increased crime, and democrats are legalizing drugs and propping up the marijuana industry. 40-year high inflation hasn't been this high since 1982 we have some members not even born and i mean record inflation and Democrats are focusing on legalizing drugs and kick-starting the marijuana industry. Record gas prices 6 dollar gas in California 4 dollar gas everywhere else and democrats are legalizing dru...

  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr At a House Republican press event, last week with GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Jim Jordan (Republican-OH) spoke about Big Tech. While addressing the news conference Jim said: I want to ask you about judiciary priorities. When it comes to Tech you mentioned 230, could you just give us some of your other big priorities, when it comes to Tech regulation and things of that nature anti-trust?  Basically, what I said earlier, I do think the consumer wants to know as quickly as possible why Big Tech (Social Media Giant Companies ie. Facebook, Twitter, etc.) might take down their posts.  We got this situation now with Twitter, they locked out The Babylon Bee for several days. Your average consumer wants to know why and when those kinds of things so. Transparency is important, the liability protection issue Section 230. We are trying to get that language right by working closely with Cathy McMorris Rodgers and he...

  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr In remarks on the House floor Friday, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) spoke about the CROWN Act.  He blasts Democrats for bills amid inflation by saying '14 Months Of Chaos And We're Doing A Bill On Hair'. You can watch his video below this article, but before this let's see the discussion. Jim Jordan: Thank you, madam speaker, Joe Biden inherited a relatively stable and calm world and in 14 months we have complete chaos internationally. I mean think about last summer think about that video last summer where you had people trying to jump on the wheel of the plane as it was taking off in Afghanistan that situation there where the debacle that was the exit from Afghanistan.  Think about what's going on in Ukraine, Today here at home in 14 months, we went from a secure border to complete chaos with over two million illegal immigrants coming into this country. In one year we went from relatively safe streets to r...

  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, US House Rep. Jim Jordan (Republican-OHIO) and Rep. Jerry Nadler (Democrat-NY) spoke about a controversial school board memo. Jim Jordan said: Jim Jordan: Nice if the attorney general would be back in front of us to deal with this subject, but I think this legislation is the wrong way to go I hope that we do not pass it urge a no vote, and would yield back the balance of my time. Jerry Nadler: The gentleman yields back I would simply point out to the gentleman that the national school board association apologized for that letter within days of its issuance. Jim Jordan: That's sort of proven my point I think that's how wrong it was well they made a mistake and they apologized for it. Jerry Nadler: Nobody's taking any action on the basis. Jim Jordan replied: The person who hasn't taken action the attorney general of the United States has not rescinded the memo and ...

  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr In a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) spoke about a school board memo. Jordan Grills DOJ by saying, 'Do You Make A Habit Of Not Responding To Members Of Congress?' Starting his conversation Jordan said: Thank you madam chair, Jim Jordan: Mr, Brown, why haven't you responded to our November first letter? DOJ: Congressman, I'm not sure what letter you're referring to? Jim Jordan: The letter was signed by 19 republicans on the house judiciary committee regarding the school board issue why haven't you responded to that? DOJ: I believe the congressman of the department provided a response. But you know as I said earlier we did follow the 80s memorandum to convene the department. Jim Jordan: 700 steward street suite 5220 Seattle Washington 98101 is that your address? I'm just wondering do you make a habit of not responding to members of congress and not just any members of ...