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WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Andy Ogles (TN-05) led a letter with several of his GOP colleagues to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to express their concerns surrounding the agency's initiative to limit access to mortgage financing.

By: Bill Gertz

A group of House Republicans plans to give Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines an additional 90 days to submit an overdue report on corruption among Chinese communist leaders and to testify publicly on the matter.

By Jamie Joseph

Rep. Andy Ogles is introducing the "Let Trump Speak Act" on Thursday to prohibit judges from issuing gag orders to defendants, like former President Donald Trump, in any criminal or civil proceeding. 

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Andy Ogles (TN-05) introduced the House companion bill to Senator JD Vance’s legislation to restrict the Chinese government's access to the United States capital markets and exchanges for continued failure to comply with international finance, trade, and commerce laws. As it stands, China has not only violated international finance law but has defaulted on over $1 trillion of debt obligations to the American people. 

By John Binder

Reps. Andy Ogles (R-TN), Tom Tiffany (R-WI), and Scott Perry (R-PA), as well as dozens of Senate Republicans, are moving to prevent President Joe Biden from resettling Palestinians in American communities.

In a letter to House Appropriators, Ogles, Tiffany, and Perry ask that a provision be included in the Fiscal Year 2025 spending bill that prohibits expenditures “of any funds to issue a visa or grant parole to any alien holding a passport issued by the Palestinian Authority.”

The House Republicans write:

WASHINGTON, DC - With only a little over a year in Congress, Congressman Andy Ogles has submitted his 100th piece of legislation. This is not only the highest number of legislative proposals submitted by any freshman member of Congress in several decades but also the second-highest amount of legislation among all current members of the House of Representatives.

NASHVILLE, TN - On Tuesday, the Tennessee Senate passed a bill to allow trained and authorized teachers to carry concealed firearms on school campuses. The passage of this legislation comes shortly after the one-year anniversary of the deadly Covenant School shooting in Nashville.

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Andy Ogles (TN-05) sent four letters to the House Committee on Appropriations on Friday advocating for the defunding of America-last directives.