Category Archives: National

Inhofe announces Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2 support

By Staff Report

PilotPrivatePlane1WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), member of the Senate General Aviation Caucus, today announced his Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2 (S.571) has surpassed 60 cosponsors in the Senate and continues to garner support from outside organizations.

On Feb. 26, Inhofe introduced the Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2, legislation that would expand the 3rd class medical exemption for recreational pilots and broaden the protections provided in the original Pilot’s Bill of Rights authored by Inhofe and signed into law in 2012. At the time of this release, S.571 had 61 cosponsors, surpassing a filibuster-proof majority on Thursday when Sens. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) signed on to the legislation.

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Sen. Inhofe opening statement on spill hearing

By Staff Report

EPAGoldKingMineSpill1WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered the following opening statement today at the hearing, “Oversight of the Cause, Response, and Impacts of EPA’s Gold King Mine Spill.”

Witnesses include Gina McCarthy, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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My vote to stop the Iran deal

By Rep. Jim Bridenstine

IranNuclear1This week the House voted on three bills to stop President Obama’s atrocious Iran nuclear agreement. These bills make clear that the American people, acting through their elected representatives, reject the President’s capitulation to Iran. America’s next President can — and should — end the agreement on Day One and restart the most effective sanctions regime ever created. The Iran deal will endanger the security of America and our closest allies and partners, as I have explained at length (here and here).

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Dozens claim ISIS assessments altered

By Staff Report

FlagHearSeeSpeakNoDozens of intelligence analysts working at the U.S. military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) have complained that their reports on ISIS and the Nusra Front in Syria were inappropriately altered by senior officials.

The Daily Beast reported late Wednesday that more than 50 analysts had supported a complaint to the Pentagon that the reports had been changed to make the terror groups seem weaker than the analysts believe they really are. Fox News confirmed last month that the Defense Department’s inspector general was investigating the initial complaint, which the New York Times reported was first made by a civilian employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
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Lawless Nation: Innocents are dying

By Elizabeth Lee Vliet, MD

HealthcareAlertPhysicians traditionally take the Oath of Hippocrates to preserve life to the best of their ability and judgment. Your doctor is supposed to be a “watchman” over health and life. Yet today, with rampant lawlessness on the part of our government leading to the death of hundreds of thousands of innocent human beings—from the most vulnerable unborn babies to America’s bravest warriors—physicians need to sound the trumpet. We cannot remain silent when life is at stake.

At one end of the spectrum the warriors that served our country here and abroad are denied prompt access to medical care when they need it, and many die waiting—either from disease or suicidal despair.

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