Washington Watch Weekend Edition
Christian talk radio with Tony Perkins
Hosted by Family Research Council President and former state legislator Tony Perkins, Washington Watch Weekend Edition covers Washington news from a conservative Christian perspective. Every Saturday, current event issues are discussed and interviews conducted with members of Congress and prominent pro-family leaders from across the nation.Recent Episodes
Weekend Edition - July 24, 2021
This weekend: Vicky Hartzler, U.S. Representative for the 4th District of Missouri and member of the House Armed Services Committee, talks about Senate Democrats' efforts to force women into the military draft and the White House pressuring Big Tech to censor speech; Dr. Marty Makary, professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine & School of Public Health, shares the findings of his study on the mortality rate of COVID-19 for children under 18; Mary Miller, U.S. Representative for the 15th District of Illinois, discusses how the Protecting Life on College Campus Act of 2021 will protect women and children.
On today's show: Jim Banks, U.S. Representative for the 3rd district of Indiana and Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, discusses House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy withdrawing Republicans from the committee created to investigating the January 6th breach of the Capitol after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to allow several Republican nominees onto the committee; Dr. Marty Makary, Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine & School of Public Health, shares the findings of his study on the mortality rate of COVID-19 for children under 18; Louis Gurvich, chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party, decries the Louisiana House Democrats abandoning their support of the Fairness in Women's Sports Act; Gordon Chang, author of The Coming Collapse of China and The Great U.S.-China Tech War, shares what the Associated Press found after China granted them unprecedented access to its Uyghur concentration camps.
This weekend: Pete Ricketts, Governor of Nebraska, discusses why he declared July “Victims of Communism Remembrance Month.” Dan Bishop, U.S. Representative for the 9th District of North Carolina, urges parents to fight back against the push to include critical race theory in school curriculum. Sam Brownback, former Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, previews the upcoming International Religious Freedom Summit.
This weekend: Michael Waltz, U.S. Representative for the 6th district of Florida, discusses the threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the Chinese Communist Party’s 100th anniversary. Gordon Chang, author of "The Coming Collapse of China," weighs in on the GOP House hearing this week investigating the origins of COVID, and the news that China is building more than 100 new missile silos in its western desert.
On today's show: Brian Kemp, Governor of Georgia, talks about the letter he signed to President Biden opposing the expansion of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Department of Justice's lawsuit against Georgia's election integrity law; Michael Waltz, U.S. Representative for the 6th district of Florida, discusses the threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the Chinese Communist Party's 100th anniversary; Brent Keilen, Vice President of FRC Action, shares the status of election reform efforts at the state level.