Foreign Affairs

If you’re scratching your head over this, join the crowd. Shortly after killing a pipeline that would have helped Americans and U.S. energy independence, Biden goes on to remove the only legal barriers we have opposing another pipeline that will promote RUSSIAN dominance and likely make our European allies more reliant on Vladimir Putin. Whose side is he on?! Here’s the background information: Sho... Read More »

The numbers are not good. 1,194 people participated in the survey I posted a few days ago on inflation. Over 80% of respondents are being impacted by rising prices. Here’s the breakdown: ***** 49.5% said, “I’ve noticed higher prices. I can still afford everything I need, but am starting to cut back on non-essential purchases.” 32.3% said, “I’ve noticed higher prices, and am concerned I may not be ... Read More »

A man named Anming Hu was arrested and is to face trial for wire fraud and lying to U.S. authorities. He was a scientist at the Univ. of Tennessee, participating in federally funded research on nanotechnologies. The problem, however, is that he was also privately running a similar operation over in China. He's accused of hiding this inconvenient fact from U.S. authorities. All this means that this... Read More »

On Tuesday, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) introduced the Fair-Value Accounting and Budget Act. The objective of this bill is to provide Congress with more oversight and information pertaining to market risk in federal lending policies. Background Information Between student loans and home ownership, the federal government provides various types of direct loans or loan guarantees to individuals and busi... Read More »

I want to highlight a few things in President Biden’s recent budget proposal, because it really speaks to where his priorities are. First, the crazed spending. For context, the federal government spent $4.1 trillion in fiscal year 2019, before the pandemic. This year, with COVID almost in the rear-view, Biden is proposing… get this… $7.2 trillion in spending – a 75% increase from 2019. And then $... Read More »

On Anthony Fauci, his newly released emails, and the origins of this pandemic… We know the Wuhan Institute of Virology received $3.4 million to research bat coronavirus. And we know that money came by way of Fauci’s agency, the taxpayer-funded National Institutes of Health. Was Fauci honestly not aware of this? We also know, thanks to his emails, that the Wuhan lab conducted “gain of function” exp... Read More »

One and only one flag represents the United States, our citizens, and our collective values. The U.S. Flag is the preeminent symbol American exceptionalism, and should NEVER be used to prop up flags of any agenda or political ideology. I’m happy to co-sponsor Rep. Jeff Duncan’s legislation on this front. Whether she flies on top of our embassies, consular offices, or any diplomatic post across the... Read More »

For without their sacrifice – without their willingness to serve and pay the ultimate price – our nation would have surely perished generations ago. youtubeembedcode.com/de/ Google maps embed Read More »

Deceit and disinformation. That’s what China has given us since Day #1 concerning the origins of COVID-19 and the now infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology. Do you remember how quickly the pandemic was blamed on people eating bats from a wet market in Wuhan, China? It wasn’t long after the world first heard about COVID-19 that Chinese authorities conveniently announced that bat hors d'oeuvres were ... Read More »

On Friday, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) introduced the Safeguarding United States (SUS) Research Act in the House of Representatives. This legislation pertains to individuals who are granted nonimmigrant visas into the United States as well as their sponsors, who are typically academic institutions or other organizations. The SUS Research Act will require that visa sponsors notify the Department of Ho... Read More »

If there’s one photo that captures everything that’s honorable and compassionate and decent about our law enforcement officers, it’s this one. Tyler Terry is a suspect in multiple murders here in South Carolina and Missouri. After opening fire on a Chester County Sheriff’s Deputy during a high-speed pursuit back on May 17th, a weeklong manhunt ensued. Over 300 officers from numerous local, state, ... Read More »

Did you know that former Members of Congress can receive a pension even after being convicted of a crime? Earlier this week, I filed a bipartisan bill that would put a stop to that. Under current law, if a pension-eligible Member of Congress is convicted of certain crimes, he or she can still receive that pension until a final conviction is reached. The problem is that a criminal conviction isn’t ... Read More »

On Wednesday, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC-5) introduced bipartisan legislation to eliminate pension payments for Members of Congress who have been convicted of various criminal offenses. Under current law, if a pension-eligible Member of Congress is convicted of certain crimes, he or she is still eligible to receive that pension through the appeals process until a "final conviction" is reached, which ... Read More »

Prices are rising almost everywhere these days, and inflation is now a real & growing concern. Three points to remember on this: 1️⃣ First, everywhere you see higher prices, there are likely several factors. For example, our grocery and food prices are certainly on the way up. Adverse weather, the fact that we’re exporting more to other nations, an uptick in travel (40% of our corn production goe... Read More »

We can now add **patent theft** to the growing list of horrible policy decisions by President Biden. This is bad news on multiple levels. Here’s what’s going on… Last week, Mr. Biden came out in support of canceling the intellectual property rights for Covid vaccines developed here in the United States. In other words, he wants companies like Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson to lose their pa... Read More »