Mississippi’s 4th District Congressmen Steven Palazzo joined Y’all Politics Thursday afternoon to recap President Joe Biden’s address to Congress. He spoke to the Democrats’ efforts to “weaken America,” as he sees it, through policies that will have lasting negative generational impacts. Palazzo also expressed his concerns over President Biden’s Climate Czar John Kerry after reports surfaced that ... Read more »
Senator Roger Marshall is working to ensure that abortion providers are unable to apply for PPP loans. Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) says he and Congressman Greg Murphy (N.C-3) have introduced the Abortion Providers Loan Elimination Act, which would require that Planned Parenthood affiliates return $80 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans they applied for and received. He said it would a... Read more »
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., with U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., Trent Kelly, R-Miss., and Michael Guest, R-Miss., issued a letter last Friday (April 16) asking President Biden to approve Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves’s request for a major disaster declaration due to the extreme winter weather that hit the state of... Read more »
On Friday, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, along with U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson, Steven Palazzo, Trent Kelly, and Michael Guest, asked President Biden to approve Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves’ request for a major disaster declaration due to February’s winter storms. If approved, the disaster declaration would unlock additional federal resources to supplement state re... Read more »
Washington, DC - Congressman Steven Palazzo (MS-4) today released the following statement after signing a discharge petition to demand a vote on HR 619, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. “Today, I am proud to sign this discharge petition to fight for life. Democrats continue to promote infanticide and deny basic human rights to the most defenseless in our society. Saving innocent l... Read more »
Last month, after five bipartisan COVID-19 stimulus bills enacted in 2020, Democrats in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives opted to use the budget reconciliation process to approve a partisan sixth stimulus bill. This resulted in a law littered with problems, but one of the worst is a provision inserted at the last minute that functionally prohibits states from cutting state taxes a... Read more »
On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced steps to “curb the epidemic of gun violence” in the United States, a problem he believes is also a public health crisis. “Every day in this country, 316 people are shot. Every single day. A hundred and six of them die every day,” President Biden said in the White House Rose Garden surrounded by Administration officials, Congressional leaders, and families... Read more »
U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-IL), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) announced Tuesday that they had introduced legislation to increase funding for transit systems in small communities. The Small Community Transit Improvement Act, H.R. 2306, would increase the apportionment for the Small Transit Intensive Cities Program (STIC) from 2 percent to 3 percent to urban ar... Read more »
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) introduced on April 1 legislation that seeks to increase funding provided to transit systems in small communities. The Small Community Transit Improvement Act of 2021, H.R. 2306, would increase the allotment for the Small Transit Intensive Cities (STIC) Program from 2 percent to 3 percent for urban areas with populations of less than 200,000 to keep up with the growth... Read more »
Washington, DC - Congressman Steven Palazzo (MS-4) – Today, Appropriations Committee Republicans sent a letter to Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) urging the Majority to keep all existing pro-life protections in the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills. "Eliminating the Hyde Amendment from any appropriations bill will open the door to taxpayer funded abortions. Forcing Americans to pay for pr... Read more »
