Washington Watch

Today’s show features:

• Chris Mitchell, Middle East Bureau Chief for CBN News, on the Israel elections and Holy Week in Jerusalem.
• Arielle Del Turco, FRC’s Assistant Director of the Center for Religious Liberty, on the Palm Sunday bombing in Indonesia, and what the reality is for many Christians around the world during religious holidays like Easter and Christmas.
• Ryan Tucker, Senior Counsel and Director of the Center for Christian Ministries for Alliance Defending Freedom, on the status of church restrictions heading into Easter.
• David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on thinking biblically about forgiveness.

Today’s show features: 

• James Lankford, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, on his visit to the border and the Democrats’ effort to get rid of the filibuster paving the way for the Equality Act and a federal takeover of the election system.
• Scott Perry, U.S. Representative for the 10^th District of Pennsylvania and Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, on President Biden announcing a $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan as well as tax increases.
• Robin Lundstrum, Arkansas State Representative, on the Arkansas legislature approving the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act.
• Mike Pompeo, Former Secretary of State, on the Biden State Department disbanding the Commission on Unalienable Rights and reversing Trump policies protecting human life and religious freedom.

Today’s show features: 

• Tom Cotton, U.S. Senator from Arkansas, on Republican lawmakers’ letter to American businesses who spoke out about Republicans questioning election results asking them to hold Democrats attempting to overturn the results of a House race in Iowa to the same standard.
• Catrin Wigfall, Policy Fellow at Center of the American Experiment and Director of Educated Teachers MN and Employee Freedom MN, on new Minnesota social studies curriculum that teaches about the evils of “whiteness, Christianity, and capitalism,” and on California’s new ethnic studies curriculum.
• David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on thinking about education from a biblical worldview. 
• Brent Keilen, Vice President of FRC Action, on what we can do in response to these developments in education. 

Today’s show features: 

• Brian Kemp, Governor of Georgia, on the Left’s objections to Georgia’s new election integrity law.
• Rhonda Milstead, South Dakota State Representative for the 9^th District, on the South Dakota House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejecting Governor Noem’s veto of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act. 
• Missy Thomas Irvin, Arkansas State Senator for District 18, on Arkansas enacting the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act.
• Gordon Chang, author of The Coming Collapse of China and The Great U.S.-China Tech War, on China sanctioning officials, including Tony Perkins, on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

Today’s show features:

• Greg Murphy, U.S. Representative for the 3^rd District of North Carolina, on his bill, Guard the Border Act, redirecting National Guard troops from Washington, D.C. to the border, and on fact checking President Biden’s first news conference as president.
• Jason Snead, Executive Director of the Honest Elections Project, on Georgia passing election integrity legislation, and on Honest Elections releasing a survey showing that voters support election integrity measures and oppose the provisions of the H.R. 1 bill.
• JP Duffy, FRC’s Vice President of Communications, on the cancel culture demanding that Oral Roberts University be removed from the NCAA.
• David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on thinking biblically about courage.

Today’s show features:

• Mike Berry, General Counsel for First Liberty Institute, and Tyler O’Neil, Senior Editor for PJ Media and author of Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center, on the House Armed Services Committee hearing on “Extremism in the Military.”
• Roger Severino, Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), on the Senate vote on the nomination of Rachel Levine to be the next HHS Assistance Secretary, and on the ways in which Levine will use HHS to infringe on religious freedom and parental rights.
• Robin Lundstrum, Arkansas State Representative for District 87, on her bill before the Arkansas legislature, “Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act.”
• Kristen Waggoner, General Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, and Travis Weber, FRC’s Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, on South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem using her veto power to gut the girls’ sports protection bill.

Today’s show features:

• Chuck Fleischmann, U.S. Representative for the 3^rd District of Tennessee, on the media blackout on what is really happening at the border, and on the House of Representatives upcoming vote on the Democrats’ immigration bill.
• Patrick Payton, Mayor of Midland, Texas, on the Biden administration opening a holding facility for juvenile illegal immigrants in Midland.
• Jonathan Saenz, President of Texas Values, on seven pro-life bills moving through the Texas legislature.
• David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on a proposed California curriculum that accuses Christians of “theocide” and encourages students to chant to pagan gods.

Today’s show features:

• Ken Blackwell, FRC’s Senior Fellow for Human Rights and Constitutional Governance and former Ohio Secretary of State, on leftist activists pushing to set aside the filibuster to pass “civil rights” bills such as HR 1, the federal takeover of elections.
• Michele Bachmann, Dean of the Robertson School of Government at Regent University, former U.S. Representative from Minnesota, and FRC board chairman, on the election integrity conference at Regent University on March 23.
• Russ Vought, President of the Center for American Restoration, on the problems with the Fairness for All Act.
• KathyGrace Duncan, Women's Ministry Leader at Portland Fellowship, and David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on what KathyGrace Duncan’s testimony on de-transitioning reveals about the unfairness of the Fairness for All Act, and on thinking biblically about love.

Today’s show features:

• Chuck Fleischmann, U.S. Representative for the 3^rd District of Tennessee, on the media blackout on what is really happening at the border, and on the House of Representatives upcoming vote on the Democrats’ immigration bill.
• Patrick Payton, Mayor of Midland, Texas, on the Biden administration opening a holding facility for juvenile illegal immigrants in Midland.
• Jonathan Saenz, President of Texas Values, on seven pro-life bills moving through the Texas legislature.
• David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on a proposed California curriculum that accuses Christians of “theocide” and encourages students to chant to pagan gods.

Today’s show features:

• Mary Hasson, Director of Catholic Women's Forum, Kate O'Beirne Fellow in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, on her testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to the Equality Act.
• Debbie Lesko, U.S. Representative for the 8^th District of Arizona, on why she as an abuse survivor is opposing the Democrats’ changes to the Violence Against Women Act.
• Mary Szoch, FRC’s Director of the Center for Human Dignity, on the House of Representatives vote on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
• Jonathan Keller, President of California Family Council, on the U.S. Senate cloture vote on HHS nominee Xavier Becerra, and on recent news from California including a bill that would remove police officers who express religious or conservative beliefs, a California curriculum accusing Christians of “theocide” and encouraging students to chant to pagan gods, and on the recall effort of California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Today's show features:

• Jim Banks, U.S. Representative for the 3rd district of Indiana and Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, on the Pentagon launching a PR campaign against Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
• Chris Smith, U.S. Representative for the 4^th district of New Jersey, on China effectively ending democracy in Hong Kong.
• J. Christian Adams, President and General Counsel of Public Interest Legal Foundation, on his research brief detailing mail balloting return figures for Clark County, Nevada, during the 2020 General Election.
• Eric Sammons, Editor, Crisis Magazine, and David Closson, FRC's Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on the Pope decreeing the church has no power to give the blessing to unions of persons of the same sex.

Today’s show features: 

• Dr. Marty Makary, Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine & School of Public Health, on President Biden’s primetime speech yesterday. 
• Justin Danhof, General Counsel and Director of the Free Enterprise Project for the National Center for Public Policy Research, on Amazon’s response to Republican senators over the removal of Ryan Anderson’s book.
• Bob Fu, President of China Aid and FRC’s Senior Fellow for International Religious Freedom, on Chinese Communists effectively ending democracy in Hong Kong.
• David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on thinking about fairness from a biblical worldview.

Today’s show features: 

• Todd Rokita, Indiana Attorney General, on the letter from 20 Attorneys General to House and Senate leaders denouncing H.R. 1 as unconstitutional, and on a lawsuit filed by 12 Attorneys General against the Biden administration over new environmental guidelines.
• Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO, Editor-in-chief, and majority owner of Star News Digital Media, on Georgia failing to produce chain of custody documents for over 400,000 mail-in absentee ballots from the 2020 election.
• Jodey Arrington, U.S. Representative for the 19^th District of Texas, on the Democrat power grab to federalize elections (H.R. 1) and the nation’s police force (H.R. 1280), and on “Pelosi’s $1.9T Payoff to Progressives Act.” 
• Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator from Kentucky, on H.R. 1, a federal takeover of elections. 

Today’s show features: 

• James Comer, U.S. Representative for the 1^st District of Kentucky and Ranking Member on the House Oversight Committee, on Republicans urging President Biden to reinstate a national emergency at the border as the U.S. faces an escalating border crisis. 
• Roger Severino, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), on President Biden’s decision to fire the EEOC General Counsel and the implications for religious freedom. 
• Bruce Tinsley, syndicated comic strip creator, on Gannett newspapers cancelling his comic strip “Mallard Fillmore.” 
• Travis Weber, FRC’s Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, on the what the states are doing to push back from the Democrats’ agenda, on the $1.9 trillion spending bill, and the upcoming Senate votes on H.R. 1, a federal takeover of elections, and the Equality Act.

Today’s show features: 

• Jackie Walorski, U.S. Representative for the 2^nd District of Indiana, on the $1.9 trillion bailout bill and her efforts to remove abortion funding from it.
• Dr. Michelle Cretella, executive director of the American College of Pediatricians and co-author of the position paper “Sex is a Biological Variable of Medical Significance,” on the danger of erasing biological sex.
• David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on his article.

Today’s show features: 

• Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, on the $1.9 trillion spending bill coming before the U.S. Senate, the upcoming vote on Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s HHS nominee, and on the Biden administration’s immigration and border policies. 
• Stephen Dinan, Reporter for the Washington Times, on President Biden’s border halt creating a smuggler’s highway. 
• Barry Fleming, Georgia State Representative for the 121^st District, on the Georgia House of Representatives approving an election integrity bill.
• Travis Weber, FRC’s Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, on how listeners can take action to oppose HR 1, the Democrats election takeover bill, and on the Equality Act, the Fairness for All Act, and the Becerra nomination.

Today’s show features: 

• Tom Cotton, U.S. Senator from Arkansas, on the $1.9 trillion spending bill coming before the U.S. Senate and on the so-called Equality Act.
• Greg Steube, U.S. Representative for the 17^th District of Florida, on Rep. Jerry Nadler’s (D-NY) statement, “what any religious tradition describes as God's will is no concern of this Congress.” 
• Kenyn Cureton, FRC’s Vice President for Christian Resources, on America’s history of lawmakers seeking to follow God’s will. 
• Tim Wildmon, President of American Family Association, on the threat of cancel culture.

Today’s show features:

• Andy Biggs, U.S. Representative for the 5^th District of Arizona, on the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the rise of domestic terrorism.
• Mary Szoch, FRC's Director of the Center for Human Dignity, on FRC’s newly updated issue brief: The Real Planned Parenthood: Leading the Culture of Death.
• Peter Sprigg, Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at Family Research Council, on the increase of people identifying as LGBT.
• David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on thinking biblically about safety.

Today’s show features:

• James Lankford, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, on the reintroduction of his Conscience Protection Act, and grave concerns over Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
• Warren Davidson, U.S. Representative for the 8^th District of Ohio, on the serious problems with the Equality Act, a bill scheduled for a House floor vote on Thursday.
• Andrew Torba, CEO of Gab, on how Big Tech censorship is driving many conservatives to join Gab.

On this special edition of Washington Watch, Dr. Mike Farris, President and CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom, and Gary Hamrick, Pastor of Cornerstone Chapel, join Tony Perkins to discuss the way forward for America. With election integrity concerns, a raging "cancel culture" on the prowl, and an administration in power with a clear agenda that is antithetical to biblical values, it's a challenging time to be a believer in America. Tune-in for this timely discussion on how Bible-believing Christians can successfully navigate the challenges ahead.