Washington Watch

On today's show:

• Mike Pompeo, former United States Secretary of State, shares how the Left is using the events of January 6^th to advance their agenda and discusses the latest on China as they harvest social media data to target the West, threaten Walmart for removing products produced in Xinjiang where China is committing a genocide against Uyghurs, and are in a war of words with Taiwan.
• J.D. Prescott, Indiana State Representative, describes how his bill will protect students from obscene material in schools, ban critical race theory curriculum, and enhance a parents' ability to opt out of face mask or vaccine requirements.
• Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin, FRC's Executive Vice President and former commander of the U.S. Army's Delta Force, details how the media and the Left have used January 6^th as a narrative to push their radical agenda.

On today's show:

• Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, shares what Senate Republicans can do to stop the Democrats’ attempts to get rid of the filibuster.
• Steve Marshall, Alabama Attorney General, gives an update on the legal challenges against President Biden’s vaccine mandate for private employers before the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, shares what the data really shows after President Biden called COVID a “pandemic of the unvaccinated.”
• Mark Meadows, Senior Partner at Conservative Partnership Institute, discusses his new book, “Chief’s Chief,” Nancy Pelosi extending proxy voting again, and how the Left is using January 6 to intimidate conservatives.

On today's show:

• Roger Wicker, U.S. Senator from Mississippi, discusses Majority Leader Schumer planning a vote to change the filibuster and shares his New Year’s resolutions for Congress.
• Todd Rokita, Indiana Attorney General, previews Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments over Biden’s vaccine mandate on health care workers.
• Mike Berry, General Counsel for First Liberty Institute, talks about a federal judge issuing an injunction halting vaccine mandate on Navy Seals.
• Chuck Grassley, U.S. Senator from Iowa, goes through Biden’s record of nominating far Left judicial nominees – including Nancy Abudu, an SPLC attorney as a federal judge.
• Mary Beth Waddell, FRC’s Director of Federal Affairs, Family and Religious Liberty , gives an in-depth look at Nancy Abudu, President Biden’s nominee to a federal court.

On today's show:

• Haris Alic, reporter for the Washington Times, gives an overview of how the Biden vaccine mandates are faring in the courts.
• Dave Yost, Ohio Attorney General, discusses a federal judge blocking Biden’s vaccine mandate for teachers in the Head Start program.
• Dr. Andrew Bostom, Clinical Trialist and Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Brown University, explains the shortcuts the FDA used to authorize COVID vaccine boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds.
• Kenyn Cureton, FRC’s Vice President for Christian Resources, shares about FRC’s Stand on the Word Bible reading plan.
• Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow for the Heritage Foundation, talks about what’s happening in the states regarding election efforts and the Associated Press accusing the GOP of “slow-motion insurrection.”

Today we feature highlights from FRC's Pray Vote Stand Summit: 

• Mike Pompeo, former United States Secretary of State, urges Christians to advocate for religious freedom at home and abroad. 
• Al Robertson, host of the“Unashamed” podcast, shares how his faith compels him to pray for his country, vote in elections, and stand for the truths found in scripture.

Today we feature highlights from FRC's Pray Vote Stand Summit: 

• Gary Hamrick, Senior Pastor of Cornerstone Chapel in Leesburg, VA, discusses the intersection of faith and politics and urges America to return to its biblical roots.
• James Lankford, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, and Roger Marshall, U.S. Senator from Kansas, share how their faith motivated them to run for public office and how they see God working in Washington, D.C. and throughout America.

On today's show:

• John Plake, Director of Ministry Intelligence at American Bible Society and co-author of the State of the Bible report, discusses how the pandemic has affected how American engage with the Bible.
• Brent Keilen, Vice President of FRC Action, shares what data reveals about Spiritually Active Governance Engaged Conservatives(SAGECons).
• Kenyn Cureton, FRC’s Vice President for Christian Resources, invites viewers to pe into God’s word in 2022-2023 by joining FRC in a two-year journey through the Bible.

On today's show, Owen Strachan, Senior Fellow with FRC’s Center for Biblical Worldview, author, and provost and research professor at Grace Bible Theological Seminary, defines“wokeness,” details why it is an ungodly system, and shares biblical truths to counter the woke ideology.

On today's show, Os Guinness joins Tony Perkins to discuss his new book,“The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai’s Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom,” in which Guinness details the two revolutions competing for the future of America and outlines seven principles upon which freedom must be founded.

On this Christmas Eve edition of Washington Watch:

• Chris Mitchell, Middle East Bureau Chief for CBN News, joins us from the Holy Land to discuss how we can be praying for Israel and believers in the Middle East in this season.
• Dr. Ben Carson, Founder and Chairman of the American Cornerstone Institute, shares what the birth of Christ means to him. 

On today's show, hosted by Joseph Backholm:

• Mary Szoch, FRC’s Director of the Center for Human Dignity, celebrates pro-life wins in 2021.
• Lela Gilbert, FRC's Senior Fellow for International Religious Freedom, shares the status of religious freedom around the world this Christmastime and how Christians can be praying for their persecuted brothers and sisters.
• Brent Keilen, Vice President of FRC Action, talks about the encouraging election results in 2021 and looks towards what’s in store for 2022.
• Quena Gonzalez, FRC’s Senior Director of Government Affairs, highlights successes at the federal, state and local levels of government in 2021.

On today's show, hosted by Joseph Backholm:

• Rep. Pat Fallon, U.S. Representative for the 4^th District of Texas and Member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, discusses the Biden administration’s handling of the omicron variant as well as the return of COVID restrictions throughout the country.
• James Lee, President, CEO and Founder of Susquehanna Polling and Research, breaks down President Biden’s approval ratings and how Americans view his handling of the key issues.
• Ryan Bomberger, Chief Creative Officer of the Radiance Foundation, shares about the Salvation Army's embrace of wokeness. 
• Stephen Moore, economist and FreedomWorks’ Senior Economic Contributor, discusses rising inflation and the Biden economy.

• Rep. Kevin Brady, U.S. Representative for the 8^th District of Texas and Ranking Member of the House Way and Means Committee, talks about how Biden administration policies on COVID are adversely affecting the economy.
• Rep. Vicky Hartzler, U.S. Representative for the 4^th District of Missouri and Member of the House Armed Services Committee, highlights a new Pentagon policy meant to target extremism within the military and also reacts to the U.S. border patrol announcement that a potential terrorist was captured at the U.S. southern border.
• Mary Beth Waddell, FRC’s Director of Federal Affairs – Family and Religious Liberty, shares about FRC’s success this year preventing woke policies from being included in the NDAA.
• Dr. Andrew Bostom, academic internist and epidemiologist, discusses President Biden’s speech today on the omicron variant of COVID.

On today's show, hosted by Joseph Backholm:

• Rep. Warren Davidson, U.S. Representative for the 8^th District of Ohio, U.S. Army Ranger veteran, and member of the Financial Services Committee, commends Senator Manchin for announcing he will vote no on Biden’s massive spending bill, and discusses a brief he and other Republicans filed in support of Navy service members seeking religious accommodations for the COVID vaccine mandate.
• Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin, FRC's Executive Vice President and former commander of the U.S. Army's Delta Force, talks about the Pentagon issuing rules aimed at stopping the rise of extremism and the U.S. Air Force memo authorizing the use of gender pronouns in signature blocks.
• Ryan Bangert, Senior Counsel and Vice President for Legal Strategy at Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), shares about ADF filing for an emergency stay with the Supreme Court over Biden’s vaccine mandates.
• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, discusses internal emails showing how Fauci and the head of National Institute of Health worked to discredit the Great Barrington Declaration, how President Biden is responding to the Omicron variant, and Fauci’s proclamation that he doesn’t think we will ever get to a point where we won’t have to wear masks on airplanes.

On today's show, hosted by Joseph Backholm:

• Bob Good, U.S. Representative for the 5^th District of Virginia, discusses President Biden and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer conceding that their spending bill will be delayed until next year, the Senate Parliamentarian taking the Democrats’ immigration proposal out of the spending bill, and the Department of Justice foregoing their plan to send $450,000 to illegal immigrants.
• Ralph Norman, U.S. Representative for the 5^th District of South Carolina, talks about his letter signed by 102 members of Congress to HHS urging protection for faith-based child welfare providers.
• Eleanor Gaetan, Vice President and Director of Public Policy at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, shares what’s happening in Wisconsin schools after a mom reported that her 5-year-old was able to access pornographic websites with a school iPad.
• David Closson, FRC’s Director of the Center for Biblical Worldview, highlights new resources, legislative wins, and other significant events from 2021.

 On today's show, hosted by Joseph Backholm:

• Andy Biggs, U.S. Representative for the 5^th District of Arizona, unpacks Nancy Pelosi’s comments on the “attitude of lawlessness” in the U.S. and discusses Senate Democrats pivoting from the $4.9 trillion spending bill to the election takeover bill.
• Connor Semelsberger, FRC's Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, discusses FDA nominee Dr. Robert Califf coming before the Senate to answer on abortion, COVID, and the opioid crisis.
• Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, shares about his investigation into pharmaceutical companies promoting puberty blockers for children.
• Tami Fitzgerald, Executive Director of the North Carolina Values Coalition, shares what’s happening in Wake County after parents found over 100 books containing obscene content and filed criminal complaints against the Wake County School Board.
• Meg Kilgannon, FRC's Senior Fellow for Education Studies, talks about how parents across the country are successfully engaging in public schools.

On today's show:

• Dan Bishop, U.S. Representative for the 9^th District of North Carolina and Member of the House Judiciary Committee, discusses the House holding Mark Meadows in criminal contempt, the debt ceiling vote in Congress, and Biden’s massive spending bill.
• Sarah Perry, Legal Fellow for the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at Heritage Foundation, warns of LGBT indoctrination promoting “Two Spirit” sexuality and child mutation happening to 4-year-olds in L.A. schools.
• Virgil Walker, Executive Director of Operations for G3 Ministries and co-host of the Just Thinking Podcast, calls out a Denver elementary school for planning a racially segregated playground night in the name of “equity.”
• Arielle Del Turco, FRC’s Assistant Director of the Center for Religious Liberty, talks about the House passing legislation banning imports from China’s Xinjiang region and shares what Christians can do to help persecuted religious minorities in China.
• Gordon Chang, author of "The Coming Collapse of China," discusses the video summit between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.

On today's show:

• Ron Estes, U.S. Representative for the 4^th district of Kansas, discusses the Congressional Budget Office’s numbers showing the true cost of the Build back Better bill and shares his concerns about the hidden agendas in the bill.
• Ronnie Stinson, Senior Pastor of Trace Creek Baptist Church in Mayfield, Kentucky, talks about how the church is responding to the worst tornado destruction in the state’s history.
• Mike McClure, Senior Pastor of Calvary Christian Fellowship in San Jose, California, shares about the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration serving a warrant and demanding information on COVID compliance.
• Dr. Andrew Bostom, Clinical Trialist and Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Brown University, questions why COVID policies are drifting further and further away from what clinical data shows about the virus.

On today's show:

• James Comer, U.S. Representative for the 1^st District of Kentucky, shares about the devastation from the recent tornadoes and relief efforts across Kentucky.

• Luther Harrison, Vice President of North American Ministries for Samaritan's Purse, discusses Samaritan’s Purse’s relief efforts in the states devastated by tornadoes.
• Paul Schmitt, Legal Counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, celebrates a ruling upholding the religious rights of a church school after Maryland officials revoked the school’s eligibility to participate in a voucher program based on the school’s beliefs on marriage and sexuality.

• Meg Kilgannon, FRC's Senior Fellow for Education Studies, warns of school districts across the U.S. screening teaching applicants about their political beliefs and commends parents for successfully persuading an Arizona school district to cancel a “Transgender Awareness Week.”

On today's show:

• Katherine Johnson, FRC’s research fellow for legal and policy studies, talks about the Supreme Court’s opinion in the Texas heartbeat law case.
• Bryan Steil, U.S. Representative for the 1^st District of Wisconsin, discusses the Labor Department report showing inflation surging to a nearly 40-year high.
• Bob Fu, Founder and President of China Aid Association and FRC’s Senior Fellow for International Religious Freedom, calls for a boycott of the Olympics in Beijing as China commits a genocide against the Uyghurs and discusses the Uyghur Tribunal judgement.
• George Barna, FRC’s Senior Research Fellow for the Center for Biblical Worldview and the Director of Research at the Cultural Research Center (CRC) at Arizona Christian University, shares the third phase of his study, “New Insights into the Generation of Growing Influence: Millennials In America.”