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Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz has introduced legislation that, if signed into law, would require all illegal aliens under U.S. custody to be deported when the government declares a national emergency due to a communicable disease. “It is unconscionable that at a time when we should be working together as Americans, Democrats are working to socially engineer our country and ...

The transcript of a deposition given last month in the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry of President Trump shows a heated exchange between Rep. Matt Gaetz and Adam Schiff, the Democrat overseeing the impeachment push. The argument took place early on in the Oct. 14 deposition of Fiona Hill, who served as the top White House adviser on Russia issues until July. ...

Democrats cut Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s microphone at the end of a contentious House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday. The incident unfolded as New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the chairman of the committee, was wrapping up a hearing at which Attorney General William Barr was initially scheduled to testify about the special counsel’s investigation. Barr declined to show up because ...

Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz unveiled his own version of the Green New Deal Wednesday afternoon as the Republican lawmaker seeks to swipe the climate issue from Democrats and re-frame it in conservative terms. The Florida lawmaker rolled out the so-called “Green Real Deal” in an attempt to steamroll a similar climate resolution Democrats promoted earlier this year. He introduced ...

GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is preparing to introduce a “Green Real Deal” resolution to contrast with Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal, according to Politico. New York’s Ocasio-Cortez unveiled her resolution on Feb. 7 and immediately faced criticism for its scope and potential cost, which reached toward tens of trillions of dollars. A draft of Gaetz’s resolution, ...

Rep. Matt Gaetz argued Friday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is covering up payments made to individuals who collected intelligence on the Trump presidential campaign. Appearing on Fox’s America’s Newsroom, Gaetz said: “I believe money was paid to people to collect intelligence on the Trump campaign.” “That crosses a line in this country, “when you’ve got folks that are collecting intelligence, ...

Three Republican Congressman called Friday for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is currently investigating unproven claims of collusion between President Donald Trump and Russia during the 2016 election, to recuse himself. Representatives Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), and Louie Gohmert (R-TX) introduced a House resolution Friday that asserts Mueller is compromised due to a conflict of interest. Mueller was director of ...