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The evidence of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ role in creating and facilitating the border crisis is undeniable. As a result, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached him on Feb. 13, 2024 on two counts:

Heritage Action supports the warrant requirement amendment to H.R. 7888 - Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, prohibiting warrantless searches of U.S. person communications in the FISA 702 database. The amendment vote will be included as a key vote on our legislative scorecard.

WASHINGTON—Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million activists nationwide, today issued a Key Vote and released the following statement from Executive Vice President Ryan Walker urging lawmakers to support an amendment prohibiting warrantless searches as a requirement for legislation reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA): “The FBI’s repeated misuse of Section 702 to abuse Americans’ constitutional rights is a disgrace. If Congress reauthorizes Section...

WASHINGTON—Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million activists nationwide, today released the following statements celebrating growing momentum for the Equal Representation Act (S.3659 / H.R. 7109) after Heritage Action announced a Key Vote urging lawmakers to cosponsor the bill and encouraged grassroots conservatives to contact their representatives in support. The statements come hours before President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson deliver remarks on election integrity, underscoring the...

WASHINGTON—Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million activists nationwide, including thousands of Nebraskans, released the following statement from Director of State Advocacy Catherine Gunsalus praising the Nebraska Legislature’s passage of LB 1092, a bill that protects children from harmful content by requiring adult websites to verify users’ ages: “Obscene content meant only for adults can have dangerous impacts on kids, leading to mental health challenges and increased risk...

WASHINGTON—Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million activists nationwide, including thousands of Kansans, today called for state lawmakers to override Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of SB 233, legislation that protects children from radical gender ideology by banning the practice and recommendation of experimental surgeries and dangerous cross-sex hormones. Former Kansas Assistant Secretary of State and Heritage Action Director of State Advocacy Catherine Gunsalus released the following statement: “Prohibiting...

WASHINGTON—Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million activists nationwide, including thousands of Arizonans, released the following statement from Director of State Advocacy Catherine Gunsalus urging state lawmakers to uphold their promise to defend life and oppose the effort to repeal an Arizona law protecting the unborn: “All humans have intrinsic value and should be protected from the moment of conception. Pro-life Arizonans put their faith in conservative lawmakers...

WASHINGTON—Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million activists nationwide, including thousands of Arizonans, released the following statement from Director of State Advocacy Catherine Gunsalus condemning Governor Katie Hobbs’ veto of SB 1628, legislation to protect children and female athletes by clearly defining sex: “SB 1628 is only necessary because of far-Left politicians like Katie Hobbs and their obsession with injecting radical gender ideology into classrooms, locker rooms, and...

The Rule establishes parameters for debate and consideration on the below bills: H.R. 8034 – Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 8035 – Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 8036 – Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 8038 – 21st Century Peace through Strength Act

WASHINGTON—Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million activists nationwide, released the following statement from Executive Vice President Ryan Walker announcing the rare decision to Key Vote and urge lawmakers to oppose the rule governing the four foreign aid bills in the U.S. House of Representatives, solely because that rule would automatically combine the separate bills into one package: “Promising votes on four ‘separate’ bills that are immediately tied...

The House is using a Rule to combine four separate foreign aid bills together after each pass the House individually—creating an “emergency” $95 billion foreign aid supplemental package. The Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act accounts for more than half of the funding provided in this package.

WASHINGTON—Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million activists nationwide, released the following statement explaining serious flaws within the four-bill foreign aid package under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives. Heritage Action opposes the Ukraine-focused legislation (H.R. 8035) issued a Key Vote urging lawmakers to vote ‘no’ on that specific bill. Heritage Action President Dr. Kevin Roberts expressed concerns with the package overall and explained the Key Vote...

The FBI’s record of politicized abuses and the executive branch’s continued misuse of federal intelligence authorities is chilling. Bureaucrats have repeatedly targeted the exercise of free speech and other constitutional rights of Americans. Congress can no longer ignore these clear and egregious violations of the American people’s trust and civil liberties and must enact forceful reforms. Short of comprehensive FBI reform, strong reforms to FISA and the Section 702 program...

Americans deserve fiscally responsible national security spending bills that support our national interests and deliver on what is best for American taxpayers. This flawed foreign aid package recklessly spends Americans tax dollars without a strategy, plan, or end goal.

WASHINGTON—Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million activists nationwide, today released the following statement from Executive Vice President Ryan Walker announcing a Key Vote ‘No’ in opposition to the consolidated foreign funding package moving through the U.S. Senate: “The House-passed bill violates commonsense foreign aid principles that conservatives have supported for months. The legislation exploits the attacks on Israel to send $60 billion more to Ukraine without accountability...

WASHINGTON—Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million activists nationwide, including thousands of Oklahomans, applauds the Oklahoma Legislature for combating the illegal immigration crisis by passing HB 4156. The bill protects Oklahomans by banning sanctuary cities and making illegal immigration a crime enforceable by local and state officials. Heritage Action Director of State Advocacy Catherine Gunsalus commended lawmakers, saying: “President Biden’s immigration policies are fueling lawlessness at our southern...

WASHINGTON—Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million activists nationwide, including thousands of Oklahomans, released the following statement from Former Kansas Assistant Secretary of State and Heritage Action Director of State Advocacy Catherine Gunsalus praising the Oklahoma Legislature’s passage of HB 3156, a bill that promotes free and fair elections by banning the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV): “Oklahomans want secure elections where they know the winning candidates are...

Louisiana Senate Bill 5 (SB 5) would ensure that Louisiana pension funds are managed based solely on maximizing financial returns for state retirees. Obviously, focusing on financial returns instead of environmental goals is likely to increase financial returns. But the bill’s opponents have latched on to a recent legislative actuarial note that suggests the opposite. In truly Orwellian fashion, the note speculates that increasing focus on financial returns could result...

The CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act (S. 3801 / H.R. 5403), introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), prohibits a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) from being issued by the government or Federal Reserve, including an “intermediated” CBDC—using banks or other institutions as intermediary. At the same time, the bill permits private stablecoins which offer parallels—not replacements—to money and payment systems.

The Equal Representation Act (S. 3659/H.R. 7109), introduced by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and Reps. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) and Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), requires the Census Bureau to include a citizenship question on all future decennial censuses and subsequently prohibits all non-citizens from being counted toward congressional district and Electoral College apportionment. The bill also requires that the Census Bureau publicly report on citizenship status data obtained from the census questionnaire...