Brett Guthrie

House Republican leaders on Thursday choose Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) to lead the House Financial Services Committee in the 119th Congress, as it completes its selections for committee chairs. Hill was selected to lead the Financial Services panel, over Reps. Andy Barr (R-Ky.), Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) and Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.), according to two sources in [...]

When President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, he will face a long-term care crisis marked by understaffed nursing homes, workforce shortages and care that is unaffordable and inaccessible for millions of people.

Elections bring significant change, especially in Presidential election years. During the 76-day period between Election Day and Inauguration Day, President-elect Trump and his transition team are busy selecting people to serve in his Administration. Congress has even less time, only 59 days from the election until the 119th Congress convenes January 3, 2025, at noon. A previous post looked at what Congress may do during the lame duck period. This post looks at who will lead on environmental policy in the Trump Administration and in Congress beginning in January 2025, and identifies an important, under-the-radar issue that the next Congress must address — the expiration of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) fees on September 30, 2026.In what was viewed as a surprising announcement, President-elect Trump on November 11, 2024, named former Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY) as his nominee to be Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The selection of Zeldin was... Read the complete article here...©2024 Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chair Richard Hudson (N.C.) is seeking a second term as head of the House GOP’s campaign arm, ending speculation about his next move and setting the House GOP up to put its stamp of approval on its current leadership team for the next Congress. His decision comes as House Republicans [...]

Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, attends a campaign rally in Holland, Ohio, on Oct. 26.

WASHINGTON -- With Donald Trump heading back to the White House and the Senate heading into GOP hands, Republicans are poised to seize control of tech policy. The extent of that control still depends on the House, where results were still trickling in as of Wednesday morning. But Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who won reelection, is expected to become chairman of the Commerce, Science and ...

Donald Trump on Saturday posted what was supposed to be an update on his health after he was shot in the ear, but political analysts and other onlookers weren't impressed.Trump posted the letter, which you can read here, on Truth Social. But it was penned by Trump's former White House doctor Ronny Jackson, who now serves as a Republican Texas lawmaker, who has been accused of handing out drugs freely and being drunk and doped up on Ambien on the job.Jackson has also previously been criticized for his hyper-partisan statements against the current president, Joe Biden.ALSO READ: Milwaukee girded for massive convention protests. But they got something else.The internet reacted poorly to the letter.Legal analyst Marcy Wheeler, of EmptyWheel, called Jackson "a conspiracy theorist who covered up Trump's near-lethal COVID and who turned the White House into a pill mill.""This is worth as much as toilet paper," the analyst added. "Love that self-imagined journalists are giving this as much credence as Trump’s propagandists."Allison Gill, a veteran and comedian better known as Mueller, She Wrote, also chimed in."Oh. Well if the pill mill guy who was demoted by the Navy says so," she wrote on Saturday.Journalist Yashar Ali noted that the letter was "signed by Dr. Ronny Jackson of all people."Commentator Brian Tyler Cohen noted the key words, as well."Operative words: 'from Ronny Jackson.'"Brett Meiselas wrote, "Ronny Jackson putting this out is a quick way to get no one to believe anything it says."According to The Shallow State, Jackson is "a sycophant and a quack.""Among those I'd rather take medical advice from include Dr. Dre, Dr. J, Doc Severinson, Dr. Hook, Dr. Suess, Dr. Strangelove, Dr. Scholls, Dr. Pepper, Doctor Who, Dr. Demento, Doctor Detroit, Docusign, and Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman," the account wrote Saturday.