#house-rules-committee

#house-rules-committee

President Donald Trump's effort to rebrand the Department of Defense into the Department of War hit a major snag Tuesday when the GOP-controlled House Rules Committee rejected an amendment that would have codified the name change into law. The proposed name change has been controversial, both for the multi-billion dollar expense and the massive administrative undertaking redesigning and relabeling seals, uniforms, stationery, logos, signage, insignia, and other graphics throughout the more than 700,000 DOD facilities throughout the U.S. and around the world.

Mr. Speaker, I introduce today an amendment demanding the full release of the Epstein files. This is a question of whose side are you on? Are you on the side of protecting the rich and the powerful who put their thumb on the scales of government to suck out millions of dollars while working class Americans suffer? Or are you on the side of the people?

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz intervened to correct Rep. Andrew Clyde, insisting he refer to the Democratic Party correctly, highlighting the historical use of the term "Democrat Party" to diminish it.