What we’re hearing from people we trust on and around the Hill – please send us more tips!

• KOSA markup coming? A House aide flagged to us that the Energy and Commerce Committee may mark up the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) this Wednesday, setting up a major showing between the committee’s leadership, which supports the bill, and House Republican leadership, which is concerned about unintended consequences. 
• Like father, like son: Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle, two of President Donald Trump’s top surrogates for his campaign, held an event in Kentucky, along the Ohio border over the weekend. The event attracted thousands of individuals. Trump and Guilfoyle have also been high profile fundraisers for the Trump campaign, headlining events across the country in North Carolina and Florida recently.
• Whipping up funds: On Monday, GOP Whip, Rep Tom Emmer (R., Minn.), will be in New York, raising money for Rep. Mike Lawler (R., N.Y.). View the invite here.
• Cotton picking candidates: Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) raised funds and hit the campaign trail for Mike Rogers in Michigan, following Cotton’s appearances for Senate candidates Sam Brown, Bernie Moreno, and Tim Sheehy. 
• Colleague of the year: Sen. JD Vance (R., Ohio) is a special guest at a Wednesday fundraiser being spearheaded by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.), for the Trump 47 Committee, in Washington, D.C. Other guests listed include over 30 Senate Republicans, and 10 Senate GOP nominees in top races. 
• It’s getting crowded in here: Sens. John Thune (R., S.D.), John Cornyn (R., Texas), and Rick Scott (R., Fla.) may not be the only ones in the running for Senate GOP leader, we’re told…
• Tip of the cap: Ahead of this week’s Education and Workforce Committee hearing on tipped workers, Rep. Tim Walberg (R., Mich.) is hammering the Biden administration for making it harder to get by on tips. “The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden recently admitted was a climate bill not a bill to address inflation, created an army of new IRS agents to tear through and scrutinize records of people like tipped workers,” he told the Reporter.
• Empire state of mind: Long Island Republicans are turning up in force for President Donald Trump at a Wednesday fundraiser in Uniondale, New York. Hosts include Republican Reps. Anthony D’Esposito, Nick LaLota, Andrew Garbarino, former Rep. Lee Zeldin, and more. 
• Debate prep questions: The Reporter reached out to the Department of Justice’s Office of Information Policy to ask for records of emails between Karen Dunn, who took the lead on debate prep for Vice President Kamala Harris, and any of its top officials. Dunn is also representing Google against the Biden-Harris Department of Justice; the Reporter previously detailed this potential conflict in an editorial. 
• Play ball 1: The Congressional Fall Classic basketball game is this Tuesday; get your tickets here. 
• Play ball 2: The Congressional Football game is this Wednesday; get your tickets here.