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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) and Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11), celebrated the passage of Rep. Pfluger’s Amendment to H.R. 5961, the No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act.

WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) announced the promotion of Joe Barry to Executive Director and Abby McHan to Policy Director, joining Communications Director Miranda Dabney and Member Services Director Marisa Burleson on RSC’s senior leadership.

WASHINGTON, DC – This morning, members of the Republican Study Committee’s Steering Committee adopted an official position in support of Rep. August Pfluger’s Amendment 6 to H.R. 5961, the No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act.

WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Executive Director Jay Fields is joining Speaker Mike Johnson’s office as Deputy Policy Director. Fields was tapped to serve as RSC’s Executive Director at the end of 2022 when Rep. Kevin Hern (OK-01) became Chairman. Previously, Fields served as RSC’s Policy Director under Chairmen Jim Banks and Mike Johnson, and as a Professional Policy Staffer under Chairman Mark Walker.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) joined Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08), RSC’s HEAT Chairman August Pfluger (TX-11), and Congresswoman Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) to introduce the bipartisan Alaska’s Right to Produce Act of 2023. This legislation will reverse the Biden Department of the Interior (DOI)’s decision to prohibit oil and gas development on 13 million acres within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01), former Chairman Jim Banks (IN-03), and RSC National Security Task Force Chairman Joe Wilson (SC-02) introduced the Maximum Pressure Act with 85 original cosponsors. This bill would codify the Trump administration’s successful maximum pressure campaign on Iran into law.  

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) and Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) introduced legislation to block Iran, the largest state-sponsor of terror, from accessing the $6 billion in funds that the Biden Administration unfroze on September 11, 2023. The bill is supported by the Republican Study Committee and co-led by Representative Joe Wilson (SC-02) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (WI-08) along with 103 other co-sponsors.

WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01), RSC National Security Task Force Chairman Joe Wilson (SC-02), and Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) sent a letter this week to President Biden following publication of what appear to be sensitive documents in the Iranian regime-controlled Tehran Times.