Time to Wake Up 308: 40 Years After Chafee’s Warning
challenge of the magnitude of climate change requires congressional action. And so, here I still am, speaking because
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Time to Wake Up 307: The Mischief Continues
clean energy. At EPA, Administrator Zeldin went after Congressionally appropriated and obligated funds that supported the rollout … Zeldin cancelled grants totaling over $1.7 billion, including Congressionally appropriated and obligated funding for clean energy projects, among
Time to Wake Up 305: Lyin’ Lee Zeldin
happened when EPA Administrator Zeldin came before two Congressional Committees in May of last year. Our review … awards totaling over $1.7 billion. These grants were Congressionally appropriated, and obligated to grantees, to fund projects
Time to Wake Up 303: Recapping COP30
outside the Senate–but for my CODEL, my congressional delegation trip of one, the State Department, under President
Reed Floor Speech on Enforcing Congressional Oversight of Trump’s Military Operations in South and Central America
Hegseth’s own logic, this current operation requires congressional authorization. But there's a deeper problem with … window to receive congressional authorization closed on Monday, without approval being granted. A law-abiding administration would cease
Reed Warns Trump Is Politicizing the Military, Urges Congress to Take Action
fourth, we must establish clear standards requiring congressional approval for domestic military deployments except in genuine emergencies
Time to Wake Up 302: Bought and Paid For
undoing by simple Senate majority here under the Congressional Review Act—a trick, by the way, suggested
Reed Floor Speech on Trump Military Operations in the Caribbean
aircraft to Conduct these operations—all without congressional authorization and without any credible explanation to the American people … shrug and move on. The slow erosion of congressional oversight is not an abstract debate about process
Time to Wake Up 301: A Dangerous Precipice
very dictionary; Republicans went to bat using the Congressional Review Act to defend the worst methane leakers
Reed Rebukes Trump’s Military Strike in the Caribbean and “Department of War” Rebranding
actions in the Caribbean, which were taken without congressional authorization, without clear legal justification, and without any evidence … time, we have seen the slow erosion of congressional oversight. Each time, we have seen the creeping normalization
Time to Wake Up 300: Wake Up and Fight
vehicle emissions standards to be killed by the Congressional Review Act; a gambit first floated by fossil fuel
Reed Opening Statement for Bessent Budget Hearing
debt by another $3 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The projections are much less rosy
Reed Rebukes Trump's Misuse of Military in Immigration Enforcement
decade because of a broken immigration system that Congressional Republicans have consistently refused to help fix. We have
Reed 'Holds the Floor' to Fight Trump’s Attacks on Election Integrity & GOP’s so-called SAVE Act
Americans. Indeed, the Trump administration and congressional Republicans are now advancing policies that could disqualify tens of millions
Scheme 35: The Real Weaponization of the Justice System
Constitution limits the President’s veto power over congressional spending, both with a time limit and the right … harass career civil servants for managing properly congressionally appropriated funding, making derogatory public comments— and all without evidence
Time to Wake Up 297: A Dagger in EPA’s Bipartisan Mission
last election, and hundreds of millions more on congressional races. Trump famously asked industry executives for $1 billion
Reed Blasts Blunders & Waste Created by DOGE
Digital Services, USDS, and called it DOGE, without congressional authorization, and giving it extraordinary reach into the operations … Federal Government, moving from Agency to Agency, cutting congressionally appropriated Federal spending, priorities, and even dismantling entire Agencies
Reed Discusses Congressional Republicans’ Budget Proposals
broader decision by President Trump and congressional Republicans to force American families to pay more for food, healthcare
Reed Helps ‘Hold the Floor’ Speaking Out Against Nomination of Russell Vought
director, can pick and choose which components of Congressionally-passed funding laws they want to implement … acolytes are counting on a cowed Congressional majority and a compliant Supreme Court – stacked with justices