Guest Editorial: Where was oversight as opioid epidemic grew?
Congressional committees recently brought the executives of opioid manufacturers to Washington to explain their role in America's opioid epidemic.
Category Archives: Representative Gregg Harper
Analysis: GOP runoff candidates embrace Trump ideas
Two candidates in a Republican primary runoff for a congressional race in central Mississippi agree on many big issues, including their overall support for President Donald Trump. Michael Guest and Whit Hughes are both cautious in any criticism of the man in the White House.
Trump should closely watch gas prices a ” voters do
On the day Donald Trump was elected, a 20-gallon tank of gas cost a Mississippi driver $36. Today, The American Automobile Associations says that same 20 gallons costs $52.
Mississippi’s Congressional primary election day is next week
The Congressional primary elections are one week from Tuesday. But not everyone realizes that or knows what races will be on the ballot.
The Latest: Lawmakers say opioid distributors missed signs
Current and former executives of five drug distribution firms gave sworn testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Committee's investigations panel. Mississippi Republican Rep. Gregg Harper chairs the investigations subcommittee.
District 3 candidates from diverse backgrounds
A diverse field of candidates, ranging from Jackson-area-professionals, to small town business owners to east Mississippi chicken farmers, are vying for the 3rd District U.S. House seat.
Charlie Mitchell: 2018 lawmaking season coasts toward a ho-hum close
No spark. Another session fizzles toward adjournment. No great ideas. No bold initiatives.
California Rep. Ed Royce to retire, the 8th GOP chairman to bow out ahead of midterms
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce said Monday he will not seek re-election this year, adding his name to a growing list of senior Republican lawmakers who have chosen to retire in what is shaping up to be a difficult election year for the GOP. Royce, R-California, first elected in 1992, is one of eight House Republican chairmen who have announced they will forego a re-election campaign for the House ahead of the midterm elections.
News 7 Mins Ago California Republican Ed Royce not seeking re-election
Republican Rep. Ed Royce of California said Monday he will not seek re-election after serving out his 13th term in the House, the latest in a string of committee chairmen who have announced their retirement. Royce is the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Two More Republicans Boost GOP Retirements from House to High 34
The surprise retirement announcements last week from Republican Reps. Gregg Harper of Mississippi and Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania have brought the number of GOP lawmakers leaving the House either retiring, resigning or seeking another office to a whopping 34. Coupled with the 21 Democrats leaving the House for different reasons, the 55 who won't be coming back are an unusually high number, Congress-watchers agree.
House OKs anti-harassment training
Pressured to respond to burgeoning sexual misconduct allegations, the House easily approved a bipartisan measure Wednesday requiring annual anti-harassment training for lawmakers and aides after a debate that rang with lawmakers' own accounts of such episodes.
Congress paid out $15M in settlements
Two things have become painfully clear on Capitol Hill this week: Lawmakers and staffers say sexual harassment is "rampant" -- but even members of Congress have no idea just how widespread the problem is. The controversial and sensitive issue has taken center stage in Congress this week, with female lawmakers making fresh allegations of sexual harassment against unnamed members who are currently in office, and the unveiling of a new bill on Wednesday to change how sexual harassment complaints are reported and resolved.
House to adopt mandatory anti-sexual harassment training
Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that the House will require anti-harassment and anti-discrimination training for all members and their staffs. The announcement came just hours after a hearing in which two female lawmakers spoke about sexual misconduct involving sitting members of Congress.
Training is ‘ first step’ in stopping sexual harassment in the House, lawmakers say
Rep. Barbara Comstock , seen here in 2016, was among the members of Congress speaking out about a culture of harassment on Capitol Hill at a hearing Nov. 14. First came the flood of social-media posts from former and current congressional employees who were sexually harassed on the job. Then came more than 1,500 names of former congressional staffers urging Congress to fix the problem.
Congress Considers Mandating Sexual Harassment Training
Lawmakers are reviewing rules changes to mandate sexual harassment training for all employees on Capitol Hill. Liam James Doyle/NPR hide caption Usually it takes a scandal that rocks the Capitol to change the way it runs, but this time lawmakers aren't waiting for one before they beginning taking steps to enhance safeguards against sexual harassment in Congress.
Elections need oversight, not GOP deceit | Editorial
Russians hackers tried to destabilize our election, and even if the actual damage is undetermined, but it is a national security crisis that requires all patriotic hands on deck. The president says there were 3 to 5 million fraudulent votes in the last election, and even if it is an assertion that makes strangers back away warily, he has the power to set up a commission to look into it.
As Trump fears fraud, GOP eliminates election commission
A House committee voted on Tuesday to eliminate an independent election commission charged with helping states improve their voting systems as President Donald Trump erroneously claims widespread voter fraud cost him the popular vote. The party-line vote came less than two days after Trump vowed to set up a White House commission helmed by Vice President Mike Pence to pursue his accusations of election fraud.
Rundown of 2016 general election ballot
The Oktibbeha County Circuit Clerk's election office released the sample ballot in October, ahead of the general election Tuesday. The county ticket lists candidates for president and vice president; two U.S. House of Representatives districts; Mississippi Supreme Court seats; two appellate court seats; five local election districts and a Starkville-Oktibbeha school board seat.