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Your priorities are my priorities. Through communicating with my constituents in Oklahoma’s fifth district, I’m proud to have championed many initiatives my first year in Congress. I’d like to highlight some wins in three main areas:
Safeguarding Oil and Gas Jobs
It is the most wonderful time of the year. After a busy first session in the United States Congress, I look forward to celebrating Christmas with family in Oklahoma City and using this as a time to reset and focus on the importance of this day.
Members of Congress are being called back to Washington this week to vote on raising the debt ceiling. As a fiscal conservative, I will be voting against this proposal, yet again, because I am firmly opposed to this administration’s management of taxpayer dollars.
Our country is facing an unprecedented border crisis. In October, I visited the Del Rio Sector of the Texas-Mexico border and saw firsthand the absence of adequate security, lack of support for our U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents, and especially, the harm illegal border crossings continue to cause our vulnerable border communities.
Parents are the primary stakeholders in their child’s education. They know their children best, and their involvement should be encouraged because they are the people who ultimately lay the foundation and pave the pathway of their child’s life.
Last week the House unfortunately passed the reckless budget reconciliation bill, also known as the Build Back Better Act. I voted against this legislation because I am deeply concerned about the bill’s price tag, especially considering the crippling inflation crisis our country is currently facing, as well as the national debt of nearly $30 trillion. It is the most expensive bill and largest tax increase in American history and could bankrupt our economy by further fueling inflation, the labor shortage, and the national debt.