WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced legislation to bar federal funds from being used to establish a Disinformation Governance Board at the Department of Homeland Security. Text of the legislation may be found here.

 

“This ‘ministry of truth’ is nothing more than a partisan ploy to silence dissent the Democratic party objects to,” said Blackburn. “My legislation prevents the Biden administration from getting away with this unconstitutional attempt to use taxpayer dollars to squash free speech.”

 

“The Biden administration wants a government agency dedicated to cracking down on what its subjects can say, an idea popular with Orwellian governments everywhere. This board is unconstitutional and un-American—my bill puts a stop to it,” said Cotton.

 

Senators John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.),  Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), Todd Young (R-Ind.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) joined the bill as cosponsors.