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Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee today, the first time Khan has appeared in front of the committee to answer questions surrounding her tenure. Republican lawmakers held Khan to account on multiple fronts while Democrats attempted to paper over Khan’s failures and ethical lapses.
Here are five takeaways from today’s hearing.
Lina Khan’s Law License is Delinquent
Congresswomen Harriet Hageman visited Saratoga the evening of June 28, part of a 14 stop swing through the Cowboy State during the holiday recess. Speaking to a supportive audience of about 75 people, gathered in a meeting room at the Platte Valley Community Center, Representative Hageman offered an overview of several legislative issues at the Federal level, and their general impact on her Wyoming Constituents. These included two important matters on native lands throughout this region; healthcare and economic opportunity on reservations and pueblos.
Wyoming’s lone U.S. House member grilled FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday about explosive discovery evidence a federal judge summarized last week about the FBI’s efforts to censor and suppress some election-related speech.
FBI Director Christopher Wray testified Wednesday that the Bureau had continued to meet with social media companies about potentially censoring content until a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the practice.
Capt. Fred Gamboa has led fishing trips off the New Jersey coast for the last 17 years, but he fears he will soon lose many customers if required to slow down his boats to meet new federal requirements to protect one of the most endangered whales in the ocean.
Gamboa, a charter boat operator from Point Pleasant, N.J., charges $4,800 to take people on an 18-hour tuna fishing trip 100 miles from shore. Under a new rule proposed by NOAA Fisheries, he’d have to travel at a top speed of roughly 11 ½ mph for part of the year, as opposed to his normal cruising speed of 30 to 40 mph.
By appealing to a higher court Wednesday evening, President Joe Biden is fighting a judge’s sweeping ban on federal bureaus pressuring social medial platforms to censor their users.
CODY — “We may not all agree on where the best place in Wyoming is to celebrate the Fourth of July,” State Auditor Kristi Racines said to a crowd of over 100 in Cody on July 3. “But as you can see, there is no disagreement on where to spend the third of July.”
GOSHEN COUNTY – Even though Wyoming is known by many for its renowned worldwide beauty and grandeur of the Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks; locals know that Wyoming is much more than that. Wyoming is not only a beautiful place, but it also has a unique culture and people.
Wyomingites are a strong, hearty population of people who care about each other and want their voices to be heard.
Earlier this year Congressional Members in the House of Representatives re-introduced H.R. 82 (The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023). This bill would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which unfairly reduces Social Security benefits for millions of Americans.
WEP reduces earned Social Security benefits for Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) employees who also receive a public pension from another not covered by Social Security.
Referencing a report this week from the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, committee member Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., told Newsmax that the federal government worked to silence Americans on social media — violating their First Amendment rights.