U.S. SENATOR KATIE BRITT TO DEFENSE SEC AUSTIN: SPACE COMMAND BELONGS IN HUNTSVILLE
Urges Biden Admin: ‘Do not prove Xi Jinping right.’ Washington, D.C., May 16, 2023 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today directly made the case to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin as to why his department and the U.S. Air Force should stand by the decision to locate U.S. Space Command’s headquarters on Redstone […]
U.S. SENATOR KATIE BRITT: BIDEN ADMIN PLAYING POLITICS WITH SPACE COMMAND HQ, IGNORING NATIONAL SECURITY, DEFENSE MODERNIZATION
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 15, 2023 — U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), the ranking member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, today released a statement reacting to an NBC News report indicating that President Biden is preparing to reverse the Air Force’s decision to name Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, as […]
U.S. SENATOR KATIE BRITT, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE ‘BACK THE BLUE ACT’ DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK
Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) and 37 Republican colleagues to introduce the Back the Blue Act as the country marks Peace Officers Memorial Day and National Police Week. This bill will strengthen existing laws that protect police officers, increase the criminal penalties for […]
U.S. SENATOR KATIE BRITT: IT IS OPEN SEASON FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, DRUG CARTELS, TERRORISTS
Washington, D.C., May 11, 2023 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), the Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, this morning joined U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) and 12 colleagues at a press conference where they discussed the growing crisis at the southern border as the Biden Administration prepares […]
U.S. SENATOR KATIE BRITT: MENTAL HEALTH MUST BE TOP PRIORITY
Washington, D.C., May 10, 2023 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) emphasized the growing mental health crisis in America during a recent hearing of the Subcommittee for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. Questioning the top leadership from the National Institute of Health (NIH), Senator Britt […]
U.S. SENATORS KATIE BRITT, TAMMY BALDWIN JOIN BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO CRACK DOWN ON TRADE CHEATS AND SUPPORT AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 8, 2023 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today announced that she has joined U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) in co-sponsoring the Fighting Trade Cheats Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) to strengthen U.S. trade law enforcement and give American manufacturers the opportunity to take […]
U.S. SENATOR KATIE BRITT, COLLEAGUES URGE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO NEGOTIATE ON DEBT LIMIT
Washington, D.C., May 8, 2023 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) and a group of 41 Republican colleagues in calling for the Senate to only pass a fiscally responsible increase in the debt limit that is accompanied by spending controls. The debt limit sets the amount of money that […]
U.S. SENATOR KATIE BRITT: ALABAMIANS FEAR EPA REGULATING TO PARTISAN GREEN NEW DEAL AGENDA, IGNORING SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 2023 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) this week at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies questioned Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan on the Biden Administration’s overreaching, ambiguous, and job-killing Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule in addition to […]
U.S. SENATOR KATIE BRITT LEADS THE CHARGE AGAINST FENTANYL TRAFFICKING AT HOMELAND SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING
Washington, D.C., May 4, 2023 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, yesterday led a hearing on transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) and related drug and human trafficking with officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement with Sen. Chris […]
U.S. SENATORS KATIE BRITT, CHRIS MURPHY JOIN FOX NEWS’ ‘AMERICA’S NEWSROOM’ TO DISCUSS THE PROTECTING KIDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ACT
Washington, D.C., May 3, 2023 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined Fox News’ ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act, a bipartisan bill designed to help protect children from the harmful impacts of social media and empower families that the two senators introduced with […]