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Today’s show features:

• Roger Severino, Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, on the Office of Civil Rights resolving complaints against state healthcare triaging guidelines that discriminate on the basis of disability and age.
• David Closson, FRC's Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on the biblical worldview underlying pro-life policy.
• Tony Perkins on his conference call earlier today with President Trump and faith leaders.
• Jennifer Bryson, Founder of Let All Play, on LGBT activists using the pandemic to advance their agenda.
• Katherine Beck Johnson, FRC's Research Fellow for Legal and Policy Studies, on FRC's new issue brief, "Restrictions on Religious Freedom During the Coronavirus Crisis."
• Lela Gilbert, FRC's Senior Fellow for International Religious Freedom, on the latest international religious freedom developments.

Today’s show features:

• Steve Scalise, U.S. Representative for the 1^st District of Louisiana and House Minority Whip, on the World Health Organization aiding China's cover-up, and an update on the coronavirus relief bill.
• Brent Keilen, Vice President of FRC Action, on how election laws are changing due to the pandemic.
• Arielle Del Turco, Assistant Director of the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council, on waves of religious persecution in India.
• David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on creative ways churches are engaging in outreach, and a new survey showing that half of Americans say the Bible should influence U.S. laws.

• Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader and U.S. Senator for Kentucky, on why nominating and approving originalist judges is so important, especially in light of a judge’s restraining order on behalf of On Fire Church against the Louisville, Kentucky mayor.
• Franklin Graham, President of Samaritan’s Purse, on objections to the Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital serving COVID-19 patients in New York City.
• Eric Dreiband, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, on the DOJ intervening to stop the city of Greenville, Mississippi from targeting drive-in worship services.
• Adam Raezler, Vice President of Ragnar Research Partners, on what the research shows about mail-in ballots.
• General Jerry Boykin, FRC’s Executive Vice President, on today’s release of his new book, Man to Man.

Today’s show features:

• Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States, on what Americans can do this Easter in response to the pandemic, and growing concern about how some state and local officials are using the pandemic to infringe on religious liberty.
• Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deeming clergy “essential,” and an update on DHS’s delivery of needed medical supplies amid the pandemic.
• Jeremy Dys, Special Counsel for Litigation and Communications at First Liberty, on how some elected officials are using the emergency declarations to trample on religious liberties.
• Carter Conlon, Senior Pastor of Times Square Church in NYC, on celebrating Resurrection Sunday and finding hope in Jesus in the midst of a crisis.

Today’s show features:

• Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, on President Trump threatening to withhold U.S. funding to the World Health Organization and five senators sending a letter to the U.N. Chief urging the removal of China from the U.N. Human Rights Council.
• Ed Dowell, Senior Pastor of Trinity Church in Temple, Texas, on his church hosting a drive-in prayer tent.
• David Brody, Chief Political Analyst for CBN News and host of the podcast “The Pod’s Honest Truth,” and Travis Weber, FRC’s Vice President for Policy & Government Affairs, on growing concerns that kids' exposure to explicit content may spike during the coronavirus crisis. 
• Brad Dacus, President of Pacific Justice Institute, on San Bernardino County churches being prohibited from holding drive-in worship services.

Today’s show features: 

• Kevin McCarthy, U.S. Representative for the 23^rd District of California and House Minority Leader, on small business loans being a “Marshall Plan for Main Street,” the Surgeon General saying this will be “the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans' lives,” Speaker Pelosi’s redundant coronavirus oversight committee, and the U.S. Justice Department’s indictment of Nicolas Maduro.
• Mike Johnson, U.S. Representative for the 4^th District of Louisiana, on small business loans being made available to churches and faith-based non-profits.
• Frank Carl, Pastor of Genoa Baptist Church in Westerville, Ohio, on his church’s drive-in style Sunday worship.
• David Benham, Chairman of the Board of Cities4Life, on his arrest for sidewalk counseling outside a Charlotte abortion clinic.
• Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin, on the U.S. Justice Department indicting Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.

Today's show features:

• Mike Lindell, CEO of My Pillow, on the Left's reaction to his remarks at the White House calling on Americans to read their Bibles.
• Alex Azar, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, on President Trump's decision to extend social distancing guidelines to April 30.
• Eric Drieband, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's threat to shut down churches "permanently."
• Chris Mitchell, CBN's Middle East Bureau Chief, on the formation of Israel's new government.
• Tim Holland, Senior Pastor, Life Church in Coppell, Texas, on the creative ways his church is responding to the coronavirus.

Today’s show features: 

• Josh Hawley, U.S. Senator from Missouri, on the New York Times blaming coronavirus on Christians and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio threatening to close churches “permanently.”
• Dr. Martin Makary, Professor at Johns Hopkins University, on President Trump extending the social distancing guidelines through April and a policy proposal to reopen the country gradually.
• Ted Yoho, U.S. Representative for the 3^rd District of Florida, on foreign policy developments during the coronavirus pandemic.
• Travis Weber, FRC’s Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, and David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on how churches responded to the 1918 influenza pandemic.

Today’s show features:

• Dave Boyer, White House Correspondent for the Washington Times, with an update on the economic relief bill in the Senate.
• Dr. Catherine O’Neal, infectious disease expert and Chief Medical Officer of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on how her hospital is responding to COVID-19.
• Brent Keilen, FRC Action’s Vice President, on FRC Action’s iVoter Guide and the critical issues to consider when casting a vote.
• Travis Weber, FRC’s Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, on the hypocrisy of politicians who claim to care about protecting human life, but who continue to support abortion up through birth.

Today’s show features:

• Roy Blunt, U.S. Senator from Missouri, on the economic stimulus package sitting before the Senate.
• Pete Ricketts, Governor of Nebraska, on his efforts to coordinate the COVID-19 response with the faith community.
• Gordon Chang, foreign affairs reporter, on China weaponizing its drug manufacturing against the U.S.

Today’s show features:

• Jack Hibbs, Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, on how his church is responding to the coronavirus, COVID-19.
• Tony Perkins, Family Research Council President and Host of Washington Watch, on ways you can prayerfully respond to the ongoing spread of COVID-19, and on the Democratic candidate's views on taxpayer funding of abortion.
• Terry Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief of CNS News, with his analysis of last night’s debate between Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
• David Closson, Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview at Family Research Council, on the Democratic candidates’ view on taxpayer funding for abortion.

Today’s show features:

• Andy Biggs, U.S. Representative for the 5^th District of Arizona, on Speaker Pelosi’s attempt to hide abortion funding in the coronavirus bill.
• Gordon Chang, foreign affairs reporter, on China’s veiled threat to cut off medical supplies to the U.S.
• Ken Blackwell, FRC’s Senior Fellow for Human Rights and Constitutional Governance, on U.S. airstrikes against Iran-backed militias responsible for attacking U.S. forces in Iraq and how Iran’s handling of coronavirus echoes its destructive influence in the region and the world.
• Justin Danhof, General Counsel for the National Center for Public Policy Research, on the partisan, discredited SPLC targeting charitable donations to groups on its “hate list,” and the “woke” activism of forty corporations who have attacked an Alabama bill to protect minors from harmful transgender hormones and surgery.

Today’s show features:

• Kevin Brady, U.S. Representative for the 8^th District of Texas, on the Trump administration’s options in responding to COVID-19, the Chinese coronavirus.
• Dr. Den Trumbull, Former President of the American College of Pediatricians, on a study which claims puberty blockers are harmless, while the study’s own data reveals the opposite is true.
• Frank Wolf, former U.S. congressman and author of the International Religious Freedom Act, on Boko Haram’s war against Christians in Nigeria.
• Ethan Gutmann, China Studies Research Fellow at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, Travis Weber, FRC’s Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs, and Arielle Del Turco, FRC’s Assistant Director of the Center for Religious Liberty, on the release of the China Tribunal’s Final Report.

Today’s show features:

• Dr. Ralph Abraham, U.S. Representative for the 5^th District of Louisiana, on the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19).
• Dan Celia, President and CEO of Financial Issues Stewardship Ministries, on the stock market turmoil and the oil price crash.
• Ben Baker, State Representative for the 160^th District of Missouri, who introduced the “Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act.”
• Dave Bearden, Senior Pastor of Pinehurst Baptist Church near Seattle, and Harold Harper, FRC’s Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff, on how to deal with Coronavirus anxiety.

Today’s show features:

• Louie Gohmert, U.S. Representative for the 1^st District of Texas, on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s hollow apology for making threats against Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch.
• Patrina Mosley, FRC’s Director of Life, Culture, and Women’s Advocacy, on an abortion-drug dealer who pled guilty to conspiracy after illegally selling abortion drugs to a man who slipped them into his pregnant girlfriend’s drink.
• Elizabeth Miller, Women’s Persecution Specialist for Open Doors USA, on their new report showing that sexual violence against Christian women is a global calamity.

Today’s show features:

• Jeff Landry, Louisiana Attorney General, on the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral arguments this morning in the case of June Medical Services v. Russo, to determine whether Louisiana may require abortionists to hold admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and whether abortionists can represent the interests of women when contesting health and safety requirements designed to protect those same people.
• Anurima Bhargava, Commissioner with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, on today’s USCIRF hearing on the use of religion to deny citizenship as well USCIRF’s recent trip to Sudan.
• Seth McLaughlin, Reporter for the Washington Times, with analysis of the Super Tuesday election results.
• Travis Weber, FRC’s Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, on this morning’s Supreme Court oral arguments, and Brent Keilen, Vice President of FRC Action on the results of the Super Tuesday primaries.

Today’s show features:

• Dr. Mark Green, U.S. Representative for the 7th District of Tennessee, on a bill to provide emergency funding to combat the Chinese coronavirus, COVID-19.
• Gen. (Ret.) Robert Spalding, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institution, on the connection between China’s Communist regime and its bungled response to the coronavirus.
• Dr. Quentin Van Meter, to discuss his testimony before the Alabama legislature on legislation prohibiting transgender surgery and puberty blocker hormones for minors.
• Travis Weber, FRC’s Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs, with an update on bills that affect faith, family and freedom moving in state legislatures.

Today's show features:

• Chris Mitchell, Middle East Bureau Chief for CBN News, on the Israeli election results.
• Chris Wilson, Partner and CEO of WPA Intelligence, on the South Carolina primary results and the implications for the Democratic presidential race.
• Mike Kelly, U.S. Representative for the 16th District of Pennsylvania, on a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that could decide whether faith-based adoption centers are allowed to operate according to their religious beliefs.
• Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin, Executive Vice President of Family Research Council and former commander of Delta Force, on what the Trump administration's peace deal with the Taliban could mean for the future of a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan.
• Travis Weber, Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs and Director of the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council, on new evidence showing that China is forcing Uyghurs to work in Nike shoe factories.

Today’s show features:

• Dr. Greg Murphy, U.S. Representative for the 3^rd District of North Carolina, on the Trump administration’s aggressive response to the Chinese coronavirus, how the media and congressional Democrats are trying to politicize it, and how China is using it as a weapon against the Uyghurs.
• Matt Boyle, Political Editor for Breitbart News, will join Washington guest host U.S. Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.) to preview their CPAC panel tomorrow on the Ukrainian impeachment witch hunt.
• Mary Beth Waddell, FRC’s Senior Legislative Assistant, and Hiram Sasser, Executive General Counsel of First Liberty Institute, on the Democrat-controlled House Oversight Committee holding a hearing yesterday to ridicule religious liberty.

Today’s show features:

• Terry Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief of CNS News, with analysis of last night’s Democratic presidential debate.
• Katherine Johnson, FRC’s Research Fellow for Legal and Policy Studies, on the 11^th Circuit ruling in favor of a cross in Pensacola, Florida.
• Brooke Rollins, Director of the White House Office of American Innovation, on President Trump’s accomplishments on criminal justice reform.
• Travis Weber, FRC’s Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, and Connor Semelsberger, FRC’s Legislative Assistant for pro-life issues, on the U.S. Senate’s upcoming votes on the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Act and the Pain Capable Unborn Child Act.