Brittany Lewis

Feb 1, 2024 | forbes.com | Brittany Lewis

Congressman Randy Weber (R-TX) joined Forbes Newsroom to discuss why he believes Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should be impeached. “For Mayorkas to say we have operational control of the border is a flat-out lie,” the Texas lawmaker told Forbes. “In my opinion, he has disrespected his duties, his oath of office.

Jan 19, 2024 | forbes.com | Brittany Lewis

Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fl.) joined “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss her new bipartisan legislation to allow members of Congress who have just given birth the ability to proxy vote for up to six weeks. “We shouldn't be forced as women, especially lawmakers, to choose between having a career and a family,” says Luna. The genesis of the legislation came when the first-term Florida Republican after she approached House leadership in the summer while pregnant with her first child.

Jan 16, 2024 | forbes.com | Brittany Lewis

On Forbes Newsroom, Rep. Dean Phillips – a Minnesota Congressman in the midst of an insurgent campaign against President Biden in the 2024 Democratic presidential primary – reacted to former President Trump's landslide victory in the Iowa Republican Caucus. “My contention to Democrats right now is [to] pay attention because the polls are showing that Donald Trump is stronger than people imagined and he's going to beat Joe Biden,” Phillips told Forbes.

Jan 11, 2024 | forbes.com | Brittany Lewis

Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith (D-WA) joined “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss the continued controversy surrounding the Pentagon not informing the White House for a handful of days about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization. “It’s deeply troubling,” Smith told Forbes Newsroom in reference to Austin’s failure to tell the White House about his hospitalization.

Jan 9, 2024 | forbes.com | Brittany Lewis

On Forbes Newsroom, Rep. Laurel Lee (R-Fl.) discussed her recent visit to the southern border, alongside House Speaker and other congressional Republicans, which came amidst a number of migrant encounters. “It has really been catastrophic [in] border towns,” Lee told Forbes. “This flow of migrants across our southern border has made really every city in America a border city.”The surge of border crossers reached an historic high at more than 300,000 in December, according to CBS News.