What the House GOP plans if they get majority

 Washington Examiner:

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But House Republican leaders have already revealed some of what is on the forefront of their agenda. Those include:

• Pass a “Parents’ Bill of Rights.” Republicans in November released draft legislation that aims to require school districts to post curriculum publicly, require teachers to offer two in-person meetings per year, prevent schools from selling or sharing student data without parental permission, and require schools to notify parents of violent activity on school grounds. McCarthy said on a recent episode of the Ruthless podcast it would be one of Republicans’ first 10 bills.

• China COVID-19 accountability measures. A plan released by House Republicans’ China Task Force last year called for legislation to declassify information on the origins of COVID-19, prohibiting U.S. funding for gain-of-function research for anyone with ties with the Chinese Communist Party, sanctions, and visa admissibility restrictions on those associated with the Chinese Communist Party, and waiving sovereign immunity so families of those who died from COVID-19 can sue the Chinese government for damages.

• Take an aggressive oversight posture. In the minority, Republicans on committees do not have the power to compel witnesses to speak under oath. In the majority, Republicans aim to use that power liberally, particularly if they do not have a supermajority to overcome filibusters in the Senate or override any vetoes from President Joe Biden. 

  Areas that the GOP wants to investigate include the catastrophic withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, the origins of COVID-19, the National School Boards Association’s relationship with the Department of Justice after it asked federal agencies to stop “threats of violence” on school officials, and the Biden administration's policies on the U.S.-Mexico border. Republicans have already issued preservation notices and document requests to relevant agencies and individuals relating to these items.

• Eliminate House rules implemented by Pelosi. If made speaker, McCarthy would eliminate the COVID-19 era rule that allows members to have a colleague vote for them by proxy, get rid of fines for members who do not wear face masks on the House floor, get rid of the magnetometers that lawmakers must walk through before entering the House floor, and reopen the Capitol to public tours.

• Take on Big Tech. A framework to take on Big Tech calls to reform Section 230, prevent the companies from discriminating based on political affiliation, increase their transparency, and strengthen antitrust review. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rogers and Jim Jordan released a draft discussion bill in July 2021 that would remove large companies from Section 230 protections and require them to implement an appeals process for users.

  McCarthy also recently backed a bipartisan antitrust bill from Colorado Rep. Ken Buck that would give state attorneys general more control over where antitrust litigation is conducted. The conservative House Freedom Caucus supports the bill as well.

• Strip certain House Democrats from certain committees. In retaliation for Democrats removing Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona from their committees, McCarthy told Breitbart that Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar should not be on the Foreign Affairs Committee, California Rep. Adam Schiff should not be on the Intelligence Committee (which he currently leads), and California Rep. Eric Swalwell should not be on the intelligence or homeland security committees.

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The GOP Senators are less forthcoming on their plans and they would have to deal with Democrat filibusters for some of their items.  That should be interesting since Democrats wanted to do away with the filibuster in order to change the election rules and thwart voter integrity measures.  No doubt, when the Democrats are back in the minority they will be all for a filibuster.