Washington Examiner GOP: Obama 'deceptive' on Iran financial sanctions Republicans are accusing President Obama of playing word games by refusing to give a straight answer on whether he's trying to provide more sanctions relief to Iran, a move lawmakers say is unlawful and violates commitments Obama made when he sold the Iran nuclear deal to Congress. Both Obama and the State Department have denied that the administration wants to ease restrictions that keep Iran out of the U.S. financial marke...
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Obama Admin Engaged in Secret Talks to Pay Iran Nearly $2 Billion Officials admit delays in informing Congress, say more payments to come The Obama administration has spent three years engaged in secret talks with Iran that resulted in the payment of nearly $2 billion in taxpayer funds to the Islamic Republic, with more payouts likely to come in the future, according to a recent letter issued by the State Department and obtained exclusively by the Washington Free Beacon. The administration’s di...
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Independent Journal Review: Mr. President, There Is A Reason No U.S. President Has Visited Cuba For 88 years Written by Congressman Mike Pompeo As many Americans vacation for Spring Break, President Obama is traveling to a Caribbean island for what he calls “fun.” Yesterday, he headed down to 80-degree weather to tour a historic Old Town and attend a formal dinner. He and his family will also watch a baseball game and maybe even cross paths with the Rolling Stones. Where did he go? The Republic ...
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Washington Free Beacon: Iran Denies Travel Visas to U.S. Lawmakers Congressman sought to observe Iranian elections Iran has denied travel documents to three U.S. lawmakers who sought to observe the country’s Friday elections and ensure that they were carried out fairly, according to information provided to the Washington Free Beacon. The Iranian regime delayed for weeks and ultimately ignored multiple visa requests by three House lawmakers who sought permission to travel to the country in order...
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Washington Examiner: Amid Iran's 2016 elections, our visas: denied Op-ed by Congressman Mike Pompeo As we witness real debate and democracy in our own presidential election, an important election that is rigged against democracy and freedom is happening in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Today, millions of Iranians will vote for the Majlis — their parliament — and the Assembly of Experts — their clerical council. Sadly, Iran's elections are far from free, with the ayatollah and his crony clerics h...
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The Hill: AIRR Act anything but conservative Op-ed by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) Private monopolies run by special interests should not get to raise taxes and set regulatory policy for the United States. That is unfortunately what Congress is about to do to the aviation industry. While conservatives often want to (and should) take a sledgehammer to much of the federal government, this approach has proven disastrous on occasion and must not be taken lightly. As we have seen both in healthcare and ...
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A West Point graduate with ties to the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch is emerging as an influential hawk in the Republican Party. Rep. Mike Pompeo (Kan.), 52, is one of just two Republicans on both the Intelligence Committee and the House Select Committee on Benghazi, putting him in the limelight on some of the biggest issues of the day. Now he’s being handed another high-profile assignment. Last month, Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) asked Pompeo to lead an i...
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Pompeo hosts D.C. town hall meeting on general aviation A number of Wichita executives attended a town hall meeting called by U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Wichita on Monday regarding federal general aviation issues. Pompeo called the meeting, held in Washington, D.C., to discuss the Federal Aviation Administration, aircraft certification and regulatory reform, implementation of the next-generation air traffic control system, and recent proposals to privative that system. “Improvements to the FAA ne...
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Pompeo: User fees not the way to help fix the FAA Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are expected to soon consider a reauthorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration, but within the expected iteration to be considered is, once again, the prospect of general aviation user fees. In an op-ed for Politico, Kansas Congressman Mike Pompeo says the House Transportation and Infrastructure panel is expected to propose legislation that would includes the establishing of a non-profi...
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The wrong way to fix the FAA Aviation needs to be reformed, but Congress is about to crush a crucial part of the market . As the second session of the 114th Congress begins, House lawmakers are slated to consider a sweeping Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that would fundamentally change the way our nation’s air traffic control system is operated. America’s airspace is the safest in the world, but it is far from efficient. Costly air traffic-related delays are on the rise an...
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