Washington Watch

On today’s program:

• Travis Weber, FRC’s Vice President for Policy & Government Affairs, provides an update on the pro-life measures passing in the U.S. House of Representatives today.
• Chris Smith, U.S. Representative for the 4th District of New Jersey, highlights the pro-life legislation coming in the 118^th Congress, including today’s vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
• Mark Green, U.S. Representative for the 7^th District of Tennessee, covers the issues he will address as the new chairman of the House’s Committee on Homeland Security.
• Pat Fallon, U.S. Representative for the 4^th District of Texas, discusses the articles of impeachment he’s filed against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
• Alvin Lui, President of Courage is a Habit, and Meg Kilgannon, FRC’s Senior Fellow for Education Studies, unpack the efforts made to expose critical race theory and transgender indoctrination in public schools.

On today’s program:

• Steve Scalise, U.S. House Majority Leader and U.S. Representative for the 1st District of Louisiana, shares about the House GOP’s bold agenda for the 118^th Congress.
• Chad Wolf, former Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, reacts to new initiatives from the Biden Administration to curb illegal immigration, as well the President’s recent trip to the Southern Border.
• Mary Bentley, State Rep. for the 73^rd District of Arkansas, shares about proposed legislation to classify drag queen events as adult businesses from which children are prohibited.
• Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senator from South Carolina, discusses pro-life legislation in the new Congress.

On today’s program:

• Dan Bishop, U.S. Representative for the 8^th District of North Carolina, reflects on the historic election for Speaker of the House in Congress last week, the Republican Party agenda in the 118^th Congress, and President Biden’s recent trip to the southern border.
• Chris Mitchell, CBN News Middle East Bureau Chief, shares the latest on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition government.
• J. Christian Adams, President of Public Interest Legal Foundation, reveals new details about the damage control by the Colorado Secretary of State’s office after sending mailers to more than 31,000 foreign nationals in the state urging them to register to vote.
• John Kindt, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, discusses the troubling effects of state-sanctioned sports gambling.

On today’s program:

• Andrew Clyde, U.S. Representative for the 9^th District of Georgia, provides an update as the process for selecting a new Speaker of the House reaches its fourth day.
• David Closson, FRC’s Director of the Center for Biblical Worldview, analyzes the religious affiliation of members of Congress and the worldviews that drive their decision making.
• William “Dean” Lee, retired Vice Admiral of the United States Coast Guard, reacts to news of the U.S. military’s continuing discrimination against unvaccinated service members despite the National Defense Authorization Act eliminating the military COVID vaccine mandate.
• Roger Severino, Vice President of Domestic Policy at The Heritage Foundation, outlines why the FDA should not have changed its rules regarding the distribution of chemical abortion drugs and how Christians should respond to pharmacies offering these dangerous pills.
• Mark Dannels, Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, discusses President Biden’s upcoming trip to the Southern border.
• Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council, analyzes this week’s House Speaker race and why discussion and debate is healthy in a constitutional republic.

On today’s program:

• Pat Fallon, U.S. Representative for the 4^th District of Texas, provides an update as the process for selecting a new Speaker of the House reaches its third day, and discusses whether the Dept. of Defense is following the law regarding the elimination of the Covid shot mandate.
• Chad Wolf,former Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, analyzes today’s immigration speech from President Biden as well as the President’s upcoming trip to the Southern Border.
• Daniel Tomlinson, Director of Community Relations for CompassCare, discusses his organization’s hiring of private investigators to pursue the terrorists who firebombed their pregnancy resource center last June.
• Mary Szoch, FRC's Director of the Center for Human Dignity, discusses a petition from FRC Action to CVS and Walgreens regarding their plans to distribute chemical abortion pills.
• Justin Danhof, Head of Corporate Governance at Strive Asset Management, shares additional tactics for Christians in their response to CVS and Walgreens.

On today’s program:

• Virginia Aabram, Congressional Reporter for Washington Examiner, reports from Capitol Hill with the latest on the race for the Speaker of the House of Representatives
• Matt Rosendale, U.S. Representative for the 2nd District of Montana, provides an update as the process for determining the new Speaker of the House concludes its second day.
• Jody Hice, former congressman and FRC’s Senior Advisor to the President, offers his thoughts on the race for Speaker of the House.
• Jeff Landry, Louisiana Attorney General, discusses his state’s lawsuit against the Federal Government for Big Tech censorship.
• Chris Gacek, FRC's Coalitions Senior Research Fellow, explains how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ignores women’s health concerns to relax the rules for restricting access to chemical abortion pills.
• Dr. Ingrid Skop, Senior Fellow and Director of Medical Affairs for the Charlotte Lozier Institute, details the dangers posed by chemical abortion pills.

On today’s program:

• Pat Fallon, U.S. Representative for the 4th District of Texas, offers an update on the process for determining the new Speaker of the House.
• Jody Hice, former U.S. Congressman and FRC’s Senior Advisor to the President, offers his thoughts on the race for Speaker of the House as well as what to expect from the 118^th Congress.
• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Professor at the Stanford School of Medicine, reflects on the legacy of Dr. Anthony Fauci following his retirement.
• Meg Kilgannon, FRC’s Senior Fellow for Education Studies, remarks on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s paper encouraging educators to indoctrinate schoolchildren with the LGBTQ agenda.

On today’s program:

• Dr. George Barna, FRC’s Senior Research Fellow for the Center for Biblical Worldview, answers the question: why does the Bible matter?
• John Plake, Director of Ministry Intelligence at American Bible Society, highlights the practical impact of daily Bible reading.
• Dr. Kenyn Cureton, FRC’s Vice President for Christian Resources, shares about FRC’s two-year Bible reading plan.

On today’s program:

• David Closson, FRC’s Director of the Center for Biblical Worldview, shares how the media is using the label “Christian nationalism” to discourage Christians from civic participation.
• Michele Bachmann, Dean of the Robertson School of Government at Regent University, Dr. Stephen Coughlin, Principal, Unconstrained Analytics, and Dr. Mark David Hall, Author and Professor, George Fox University, previewed what they’ll cover at FRC’s Pray Vote Stand Townhall titled ‘The Rise of the Term Christian Nationalism.’
• Dr. A. J. Nolte, Regent University assistant professor, describes how the Left is using the term “Christian Nationalism” to suppress voter turnout among Christian conservatives.

On today’s program:

• Jennifer Bauwens, FRC’s Director of the Center for Family Studies, takes an analytical look at the growing problem of gender dysphoria and what is driving it.
• Quentin Van Meter, American College of Pediatricians President, provides a clinical look at how parents should deal with gender dysphoria.
• KathyGrace Duncan, Changed Movement’s Director of Gender Advocacy, offers advice on how parents can respond based on her experience as someone who once lived thinking she was a man for 11 years.

On today’s program:

• Carl Trueman, professor at Grove City College, shares about his books: Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution and “The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution.”

On today’s program:

• Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin, FRC’s Executive Vice President, and Harold Harper, FRC’s Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff, share about the ministry of Family Research Council which broadcasts Washington Watch.
• Michele Bachmann, Dean of the Robertson School of Government at Regent University, shares about her work with FRC.
• Jack Hibbs, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, shares about how FRC ministers to pastors.
• Jody Hice, U.S. Representative for Georgia’s 10^thDistrict, shares about how FRC works with elected leaders in Washington, D.C.

On today’s program:

• Britney Hughes, MRC TV Managing Editor, identifies why Americans are moving away from the Legacy Media and what is causing the recent media layoffs.
• Rob Bluey, The Daily Signal’s Executive Editor, describes the need for alternate news outlets like Daily Signal.
• John Grano, The Christian Post’s Senior Managing Editor, explains why The Christian Post is a go-to news source for many Christians.
• Suzanne Bowdey, The Washington Stand’s Editorial Director and Senior Writer, showcases FRC’s news source for Spiritually Active Governance Engaged Conservatives: The Washington Stand.

On today’s program:

• Bob Good, U.S. Representative for the 5th District of Virginia, shares his thoughts on the Senate passage of the omnibus spending bill and why he signed the letter to GOP Senators warning against voting in favor of the bill and his reaction to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to Congress.
• Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin, FRC’s Executive Vice President, reacts to Ukrainian President Zelensky’s address to Congress.
• Ben Johnson, Senior Reporter & Editor of The Washington Stand, uncovers how cities used federal COVID-19 relief money to fund abortion and Planned Parenthood.
• Dave Brat, Dean of Liberty University’s School of Business, cuts through the pork in the omnibus spending bill, unpacks the long-term economic consequences of DC’s massive spending and offers a biblical worldview discussion on spending restraint and debt.

On today’s program:

• Travis Weber, FRC's Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, discusses FRC's concerns with the omnibus.
• August Pfluger, U.S. Representative for the 11^th District of Texas, offers an update on the status of Title 42 and previews House Republicans’ plans to investigate the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in the new Congress.
• Patrick Payton, mayor of Midland, TX, shares how the Southern border crisis is impacting his community and how the U.S. Border Patrol is preparing him and other Texas mayors for the end of Title 42.
• Matt Rosendale, U.S. Representative for Montana, highlights a letter he joined with 12 other House Republicans warning Republican Senators of repercussions should they support the omnibus spending bill.
• Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin, FRC’s Executive Vice President, reacts to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise visit to DC, what House Republicans are seeking to uncover about the U.S.’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and President Biden’s admission that his effort to renegotiate a U.S./Iran nuclear deal has come to an end.

On today’s program:

• Connor Semelsberger, FRC’s Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, cuts through all the pork within the newly unveiled 4,155-page omnibus bill that the House is scheduled to vote on later this week.
• Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch President, offers his take on the First Amendment implications of the FBI’s collusion with Twitter.
• Mary Szoch, FRC’s Director of the Center for Human Dignity, reacts to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2^nd Circuit parroting transgender ideology.
• Meg Kilgannon, FRC’s Senior Fellow for Education Studies, responds to the Left erasing women and redefining words.

On today’s program:

• Greg Steube, U.S. Representative for the  17^th District of Florida, comments on the anticipated tsunami of illegal immigrants with the coming end of the Title 42 immigration policy as well as the latest Twitter Files revelations.
• Tony Perkins, host of Washington Watch and FRC’s president, reacts to former President Trump’s address to the Log Cabin Republicans at his Mar-a-Largo property.
• Jonathan Gilliam, former FBI agent and former Navy Seal, offers his analysis on documents showing the FBI was in “constant contact” with Twitter’s “Safety and Trust” team.
• Connor Semelsberger, FRC’s Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, shares the latest omnibus news from Capitol Hill and comments on efforts to increase the child tax credit to $3,000.

On today’s program:

• Michael Cloud, U.S. Representative for the 27th District of Texas, highlights the latest in the congressional negotiations over government funding and reacts to a Democrat congressional witness who claimed twelve year-olds were mature enough to obtain therapy without parental consent.
• Danielle Runyan, First Liberty Institute Senior Counsel, breaks down what concerns remain after Congress approves a repeal of the military vaccine mandate.
• Mike Howell, Director of the Oversight Project at The Heritage Foundation, highlights shocking geo-tracking data that revealed Non-Governmental Organizations facilitated and released more than 30,000 illegal immigrants nationwide.
• Scott Shepard, National Center Fellow, analyzes how the legacy media is responding to Elon Musk’s suspension of journalists for violating Twitter’s doxing policy.
• David Closson, FRC’s Director of the Center for Biblical Worldview, shares how Christians should respond to censorship and cancel culture.

On today’s program:

• Kevin McCarthy, U.S. Representative for the 23^rd District of California and House Minority Leader, shares the latest on the continued negotiations over government funding and reacts to the GOP House Intelligence Committee report on the origins of COVID virus.
• Mike Lee, U.S. Senator from Utah, continues the conversation on the Senate side of the ongoing negotiations over government funding.
• Kirk Cameron, Actor, Author and Filmmaker, weighs his legal options for libraries that refused feature his new book “As You Grow” for their local children’s story hours.
• Amado Huizar, South Bay Pentecostal Executive Pastor, discusses the vandalism of his church after he spoke out in opposition to a drag queen story hour.
• Arielle Del Turco, FRC’s Assistant Director of the Center for Religious Liberty, highlights a new FRC Issue Analysis, Hostility Against Churches Is On The Rise In The United States.

On today’s program:

• Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, shares why he opposes the Pelosi-Schumer spending bill, previews what the imminent end of Title 42 will mean for the southern border, and discusses Big Tech’s censorship of anything COVID-related.
• Andrew Clyde, U.S. Representative for 9^th District of Georgia, reacts to the Democrats’ refusal to investigate the DoD’s pro-transgender policies.
• Travis Weber, FRC's Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, rebuts President Biden’s speech at the recent White House signing concert for the (Dis)Respect for Marriage Act.