Bill H.R.7641 titled “Protecting Free Speech Act” was referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Lauren Boebert with Rick Allen, Jim Banks, Andy Biggs, Dan Bishop, Ted Budd, Kat Cammack, Madison Cawthorn, Warren Davidson, Byron Donalds, Jeff Duncan, Tom Emmer, Charles Fleischmann, C. Franklin, Matt Gaetz, Louie Gohmert, Lance Gooden, Paul Gosar, Diana Harshbarger, Vicky Hartzler, Jody Hice, Clay Higgins, Darrell Issa, Mike Johnson, Jim Jordan, Mike Kelly, Doug Lamborn, Debbie Lesko, Billy Long, Thomas Massie, Lisa Mcclain, David Mckinley, Carol Miller, Mary Miller, John Moolenaar, Alexander Mooney, Barry Moore, Gregory Murphy, Ralph Norman, Jay Obernolte, Scott Perry, August Pfluger, Bill Posey, Guy Reschenthaler, Chip Roy, Maria Salazar, Steve Scalise, Michael Simpson, Jason Smith, Victoria Spartz, Elise Stefanik, W. Steube, Chris Stewart, Thomas Tiffany, Jefferson Van Drew, Jackie Walorski as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.7648 titled “To prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish a Disinformation Governance Board” was referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Mike Johnson with Jodey Arrington, Brian Babin, Troy Balderson, Jim Banks, Andy Biggs, Lauren Boebert, Vern Buchanan, Ted Budd, Mike Carey, Ben Cline, Andrew Clyde, Eric Crawford, Rodney Davis, Jeff Duncan, Tom Emmer, C. Franklin, Russ Fulcher, Louie Gohmert, Bob Good, Marjorie Greene, Glenn Grothman, Diana Harshbarger, Yvette Herrell, Darrell Issa, Mike Kelly, Doug Lamborn, Debbie Lesko, Nicole Malliotakis, Tom Mcclintock, David Mckinley, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Mary Miller, John Moolenaar, Alexander Mooney, Markwayne Mullin, Scott Perry, Bill Posey, Mike Rogers, John Rose, John Rutherford, Jason Smith, Elise Stefanik, Jefferson Van Drew, Brad Wenstrup, Robert Wittman as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.7655 titled “Mindless Mask Mandate on Planes Act of 2022” was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Markwayne Mullin with Randy Weber as cosponsor.
Bill H.R.7659 titled “To prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish a Disinformation Governance Board” was referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. August Pfluger with Stephanie Bice, Dan Bishop, Lauren Boebert, Vern Buchanan, Madison Cawthorn, Dan Crenshaw, Glenn Grothman, Jody Hice, Ashley Hinson, Ronny Jackson, Billy Long, David Mckinley, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Mary Miller, Bill Posey, Guy Reschenthaler, Adrian Smith, Beth Van Duyne, Daniel Webster as cosponsors.
The Homeland Security Committee moves forward in some way on one bill per day, taking one action on average per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
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Protecting Free Speech Act | Rep. Boebert, Lauren | House of Representatives |
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish a Disinformation Governance Board. | Rep. Johnson, Mike | House of Representatives |
Mindless Mask Mandate on Planes Act of 2022 | Rep. Mullin, Markwayne | House of Representatives |
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish a Disinformation Governance Board. | Rep. Pfluger, August | House of Representatives |