Washington Watch

On today's show:

• Mike Johnson, U.S. Representative for the 4^th district of Louisiana, discusses Attorney General Merrick Garland’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee and the DOJ task force targeting parents.
• Dave Boyer, White House Correspondent for the Washington Times, talks about Merrick Garland’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
• Chip Roy, U.S. Representative for Texas's 21^st District, shares what happened during his questioning of Merrick Garland on the sexual assaults in Loudoun County School District bathrooms.
• Dr. Andrew Bostom, Clinical Trialist and Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Brown University, comments on the White House’s initiative to vaccinate children ages 5-11.
• David Closson, FRC’s Director of the Center for Biblical Worldview, responds to the increasing trend of government officials refusing to enforce laws they don’t like.

On today's show:

• Steve Daines, U.S. Senator from Montana, gives an update on negotiations over the reconciliation bill and the removal of the Hyde amendment in the Labor, Health and Human Services Senate bill.
• Chad Wolf, former Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Chair of the Center for Homeland Security and Immigration at America First Policy Institute, talks about what’s happening at the southern border with arrests soaring to an all-time high and the Biden administration transporting unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors out of Texas in the middle of the night.
• Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, discusses U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer denying the emergency injunction pending appeal on behalf of more than 2,000 Maine health care workers, Liberty Counsel’s lawsuit on behalf of military servicemembers and federal employees and contractors who have been mandated to get the COVID vaccine, and responds to Southwest Airlines dropping their plan to get rid of employees that choose not to get the vaccine.
• Connor Semelsberger, FRC's Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, unpacks what’s really in the reconciliation bill’s Green New Deal.

On today's show:

• Michael Waltz, U.S. Representative for the 6^th district of Florida, discusses China’s new hypersonic missile test and the State Department Inspector General’s investigation into the Afghanistan withdrawal.
• Todd Rokita, Indiana Attorney General, talks about the 17-state effort that he is leading to protect parents from Biden administration's intimidation tactics.
• Jason Martinez, Nebraska parent and member of the Protect Nebraska Children Coalition, shares about his Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request that revealed that school bureaucrats' lied to parents and purposely excluded religious groups from the sex education curriculum team.
• Connor Semelsberger, FRC's Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, discusses what’s in the reconciliation bill’s Green New Deal.

On today's show:

• Vicky Hartzler, U.S. Representative for the 4^th District of Missouri, member of the House Armed Services Committee, and a commissioner of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, discusses reports of China’s advanced space capability, the threats that China poses to U.S. national security, and the Democrats $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill.
• Edward Graham, Assistant to the Vice President of Programs and Government Relations for Samaritan's Purse, gives an update on the U.S. missionaries who were kidnapped by a notorious Haitian gang.
• Mike Berry, Deputy General Counsel and Director of Military Affairs for First Liberty Institute, shares that Navy SEALs seeking religious exemptions to the vaccine mandate are facing harassment and intimidation.
• Bob Fu, Founder and President of China Aid Association and FRC’s Senior Fellow for International Religious Freedom, discusses the U.S. rejoining the UN Human Rights Council and China shutting down Bible apps and Christian WeChat accounts as new crackdown policies go into effect.

On today's show, hosted by Joseph Backholm:

• Tom McClintock, U.S. Representative for the 4^th District of California, discusses President Biden's Supreme Court Commission report and shares his concern that the Bagram prisoners released by Taliban could potentially enter the U.S. via the 'porous' southern border.
• Patrick Hauf, Staff Writer for the Washington Free Beacon, talks about released emails showing that Nebraska school bureaucrats' lied to parents when they said that no outside activist groups helped draft their new radical sex education guidelines.
• Meg Kilgannon, FRC's Senior Fellow for Education Studies, discusses her latest publication on the Southern Poverty Law Center: “The SPLC’s Radical “Learning for Justice” Program: What Parents, Teachers, and Administrators Need to Know.”
• David Closson, FRC’s Director of the Center for Biblical Worldview, shares how believers should think about and respond to issues not explicitly addressed in the Bible.

On today's show:

• Kerry Picket, Senior Congressional Reporter for the Washington Times, and Ralph Norman, U.S. Representative for the 5^th District of South Carolina, discuss the global shipping crisis and the concerns that it could lead to layoffs, higher prices, fewer options at the grocery store, and eventually threaten our national security.
• Dan Bishop, U.S. Representative for the 9^th District of North Carolina and Member of the House Judiciary Committee, discusses the letter sent by House Judiciary Committee Republicans to Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding the DOJ task force targeting parents, and the Biden administration’s plan to implement the employer vaccine mandate as early as next week.
• Ian Prior, Executive Director of Fight for Schools, talks about how parents are responding to Loudoun County School District’s handling of sexual assaults in school bathrooms.
• Connor Semelsberger, FRC's Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, discusses how the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill will impact taxes, the national debt, and inflation.

On today's show:

• Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, discusses the status of President Biden’s private employer vaccine mandate, his letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin asking why COVID vaccines are being mandated for military servicemembers, and his letter demanding answers on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s call to investigate concerned parents.
• Dan Celia, President and CEO of Financial Stewardship Ministries and host of “Financial Issues,” talks about the state of America’s work force after a record 4.3 million workers quit their jobs in August and more than 100,000 workers are threatening to go on strike.
• Meg Kilgannon, FRC's Senior Fellow for Education Studies, discusses the Loudoun County School District’s response after a dad said the school district tried to conceal the assault of his daughter.
• Connor Semelsberger, FRC's Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, shares how the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill will impact childcare, welfare, and education.

On today's show:

• Mark Robinson, North Carolina Lieutenant Governor, discusses the pushback he has received from the Left for speaking out about radical LGBT indoctrination in public schools.
• Roger Gannam, Assistant Vice President of Legal Affairs at Liberty Counsel, talks about a New York court granting a preliminary injunction for health care workers after the state attempted to remove religious exemptions and accommodations from their COVID shot mandate and Liberty Counsel’s lawsuit against the Department of Defense’s vaccine mandate.
• Gene Hamilton, General Counsel for America First Legal Foundation, discusses America First Legal Foundation's request for a Department of Justice investigation into Attorney General Garland’s memorandum targeting concerned parents who speak out at school board meetings.
• Connor Semelsberger, FRC's Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, shares the pro-life concerns in the $ 3.5 trillion reconciliation bill.

On today's show:

• Cheryl Chumley, Online Opinion Editor for the Washington Times and author of, “Socialists Don't Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall,” and Andy Biggs, U.S. Representative for the 5^th District of Arizona and chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, discusses how COVID vaccine mandates are affecting the airline industry.
• Matt Rosendale, U.S. Representative for Montana, talks about why over 60 GOP members of Congress are demanding answers from the DOJ for targeting parents who speak out at school board meetings.
• Bill Federer, historian and author of, “Socialism - The Real History from Plato to the Present: How the Deep State Capitalizes on Crises to Consolidate Control,” shares how Christopher Columbus opened the door to Christianity and western civilization and why we should celebrate Columbus Day.
• Meg Kilgannon, FRC's Senior Fellow for Education Studies, responds to the National School Board Association's letter to President Biden asking him to investigate parents that speak out at school board meetings.

On today's show:

• Bob Good, U.S. Representative for the 5^th District of Virginia, comments on the Education and Labor Committee letter calling for a hearing on the DOJ’s task force targeting parents who speak out at school board meetings.
• Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas Attorney General, warns against the overreach of the federal government by the Biden administration.
• Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, shares his plan to appeal a judge's temporary block of the Texas Heartbeat law.
• Ken Klukowski, Senior Counsel at Schaerr Jaffe law firm, responds to President Biden’s speech this week on the vaccine mandates.

On today's show:

• Roy Blunt, U.S. Senator from Missouri, gives an update on where the reconciliation bill, debt ceiling debate, and the National Defense Authorization Act stand in Congress.
• Ken Blackwell, FRC’s Senior Fellow for Human Rights and Constitutional Governance and former Ohio Secretary of State, warns of the Democrats’ latest attempt at a federal election takeover.
• Al Robertson, host of the “Unashamed” podcast, shares what has been happening at this week’s Pray Vote Stand Summit and why it is necessary to look at the issues facing our nation from a biblical worldview.
• Quisha King, co-chair of Northeast Florida Moms for Freedom, Jonathan Koeppel, former Louisiana public school teacher, and Meg Kilgannon, FRC's Senior Fellow for Education Studies, share how they are fighting to protect America’s children from indoctrination in classrooms.

On today's show:

• Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Senator from Tennessee and member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, discusses Attorney General Merrick Garland’s intimidation campaign against parents who speak out at school board meetings, the Senate testimony from former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen, the Democrats’ spending spree and the debt ceiling standoff in Congress, and reports that the Kabul airport bomber was released from the Bagram base prison only days prior.
• Chip Roy, U.S. Representative for Texas's 21^st District, urges House and Senate Republicans to vote no on the National Defense Authorization Act unless the provision forcing women to register for the military draft is removed.
• Nina Schaefer, Senior Fellow in Health Policy at the Heritage Foundation, exposes the hidden healthcare agenda in Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan.
• Gary Hamrick, Pastor of Cornerstone Chapel, previews this week’s Pray Vote Stand Summit.

On today's show:

• Rand Paul, U.S. Senator from Kentucky, discusses President Biden’s vaccine mandates and Dr. Fauci’s latest comments, Project Veritas’s undercover video showing Pfizer scientists admitting that natural immunity is “probably better” than their vaccine, and the Biden administration using the Title X program to restore millions of taxpayer dollars to abortion centers.
• John Boozman, U.S. Senator from Arkansas, talks about the debt ceiling standoff in Congress and the Biden administration using the IRS to examine transactions over $600.
• Mike Johnson, U.S. Representative for the 4^th district of Louisiana, discusses the Department of Justice’s effort to intimidate parents who speak out against public school officials.
• Meg Kilgannon, FRC's Senior Fellow for Education Studies, decries the Department of Justice’s intimidation campaign against parents and previews this week’s Pray Vote Stand Summit.

On today's show:

• James Lankford, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma and member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, discusses his newly introduced bill, the “Stop Vaccine Mandates Act,” and the chair of the House Progressive Caucus saying she won’t vote for the reconciliation bill unless the Hyde amendment, which protects taxpayer dollars from funding abortions, is left out.
• Tommy Tuberville, U.S. Senator from Alabama, talks about his efforts to stop the dishonorable discharge of U.S. military servicemembers who decline the COVID vaccine and China sending 77 warplanes into Taiwan’s defense zone over two days.
• Cathy Scheller, mother of Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller Jr., shares about her son’s imprisonment after he criticized the Biden administration for its handling of the situation in Afghanistan.
• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, responds to those who say herd immunity “may never happen” and that a 90 percent vaccination rate is needed.

On today's show:

• Buddy Carter, U.S. Representative for the 1^st District of Georgia and member of the House Budget Committee and the GOP Doctors Caucus, discusses the disarray in the Democratic Party over the infrastructure and reconciliation bills, and House Republican’s letter to President Biden over the vaccine mandates.
• Connor Semelsberger, FRC's Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, applauds Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) for insisting that the reconciliation bill include the Hyde Amendment, which keeps taxpayer dollars from funding abortion.
• Roger Gannam, Assistant Vice President of Legal Affairs at Liberty Counsel, shares how President Biden’s COVID vaccine mandates have led hundreds of U.S. service members to reach out for help, including one near retirement who faces dishonorable discharge after 29 years of service.
• David Closson, FRC’s Director of the Center for Biblical Worldview, talks about the House Oversight hearing yesterday on abortion and the radical bill that is the focus of his recent blog, “Unconscionable: New Bill Proves Democrats Are Okay With Abortion Up Until Birth.”

On today's show:

• Kevin Brady, U.S. Representative for the 8^th District of Texas and ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, gives an update on the debt ceiling debate and the Democrats’ massive spending bill.
• Joel Rosenberg, award winning author and founder and president of The Joshua Fund, previews his new book: “Enemies and Allies: An Unforgettable Journey inside the Fast-Moving & Immensely Turbulent Modern Middle East.”
• John Yoo, professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, shares why President Biden’s vaccine mandate fails the constitutional test.

On today's show:

• Vicky Hartzler, U.S. Representative for the 4^th District of Missouri and member of the House Armed Services Committee, discusses the Pentagon leadership’s testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee over the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and the atrocities that have followed.
• Michael Burgess, U.S. Representative for the 26^th district of Texas and Member of the House Budget Committee, gives an update on the debt ceiling debate and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s push for massive spending bills.
• Robert Cahaly, Senior Strategist and Chief Pollster at the Trafalgar Group, shares the findings of a poll showing a 65% majority believe Americans who refuse the vaccine should not lose their jobs.
• William “Dean” Lee, retired Vice Admiral of the United States Coast Guard, shares his thoughts on the military vaccine mandates and the leaked documents showing how Coast Guard chaplains are being used to enforce the mandate.

On today's show:

• Kristina Wong, reporter for Breitbart News, and Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin, FRC's Executive Vice President and former commander of the U.S. Army's Delta Force, discuss the Pentagon leadership’s testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee over the military’s vaccine mandate.
• Thomas Massie, U.S. Representative for the 4th District of Kentucky, talks about President Biden weighing a decision over whether to require vaccine passports for domestic airline travel.
• Jason Smith, U.S. Representative for the 8th District of Missouri and ranking member on the House Budget Committee, gives an update on the debate in Congress over the debt ceiling and the Democrats’ massive spending bills.
• Ken Blackwell, FRC’s Senior Fellow for Human Rights and Constitutional Governance and former Ohio Secretary of State, discusses what’s behind the FBI’s reports of an unprecedented murder spike, Massachusetts State Troopers resigning over COVID vaccine mandate, and threats from the NYPD that unvaccinated police officers will be demoted.
• Andy McCarthy, former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Senior Fellow at the National Review Institute, tells the real story on Durham’s indictment of Lawyer Michael Sussman.

On today's show:

• Ron Estes, U.S. Representative for the 4^th district of Kansas, talks about the massive spending votes coming up this week in the House of Representatives.
• Mike Berry, Deputy General Counsel and Director of Military Affairs for First Liberty Institute, discusses leaked documents showing the Coast Guard plans to grill service members about their religious beliefs over religious vaccine exemptions.
• Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin, FRC's Executive Vice President and former commander of the U.S. Army's Delta Force, shares how imposing a vaccine mandate on the military will harm recruiting and retention.
• Arielle Del Turco, FRC’s Assistant Director of the Center for Religious Liberty, talks about the recent March for Martyrs in Washington D.C.
• Meg Kilgannon, FRC's Senior Fellow for Education Studies, discusses the graphic material a Fairfax High School mother found in school library books and what happened when she read them during a Fairfax County School Board meeting.