Weekly Columns
Thanksgiving is a unifying holiday for our country and serves as a time for reflection on what matters most to us. It gives us a moment to pause, reconnect with loved ones, and celebrate our nation’s traditions. President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a holiday in 1863 as step toward reuniting our country after the hardships of the Civil War.
Thursday, Nov. 11, we honor the men and women who have bravely and selflessly served our homeland. It is days like these that we put differences, politics, and disagreements aside, and come together as a country to recognize why we are fortunate enough to live in the land of the free.
This weekend, millions of Americans are dreading turning their clocks back an hour knowing darkness will approach earlier throughout the cold winter months.
I was honored to be appointed earlier this year to serve on the Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, where my colleagues and I will dive deep into issues related to economic fairness, access to education, and workforce development.
The Biden administration is searching for ways to pay for their partisan $3.5 trillion social policy bill, and one of the Democrats’ proposed solutions is to spy on taxpayers’ bank accounts.
After many weeks of partisan debate, legislation to increase the debt ceiling passed the Senate last week, resulting in House members being called back to Washington to vote on this renegotiated bill.
The American people are witnessing the devastating effects of President Biden’s open border policy, by not only creating chaos at the US Mexico border, but in the entire country.
As a fiscal conservative, I support low taxes, minimal government debt, and reduced government spending, which is why I am against the Democrats’ $1.2 trillion infrastructure package. This week, House Democrats are attempting to bulldoze through the largest spending and tax increase legislation in our country’s history.
Now more than ever, I am committed to supporting our troops and keeping our country safe and secure. One of the most important bills that Congress passes annually, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), will be voted on by House Members this week.
Our country will never be the same. Our lives as we knew them ended while we watched terrorists attack innocent civilians in our beloved nation on September 11, 2001.