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Question for my Democrat friends: why is sending more money to Ukraine in our own national security interest, but securing our southern border isn’t? Republicans are asking that question, and forcing the issue right now up in Congress. If we’re going to borrow more money adding to our $34 trillion in national debt and send that money to help Ukraine, justifying it as for our own national… Read more »

Today we remember one of the darkest days in our country’s history - the attack on Pearl Harbor. The fallout of the wreckage can still be seen in the harbor 82 years later. Our debt of gratitude to the 2,403 Americans who sacrificed their lives can never be repaid. It truly is, “A date which will live in infamy.” Read more »

There you have it, ladies. When female athletes lose to a biological male who identifies as a transgender woman, just think of it as an opportunity to "learn to lose gracefully." This silver lining courtesy of Fatima Goss Graves from the National Women's Law Center . Read more »

Moments ago in our Financial Services Committee hearing, I had a pleasant conversation with Diane Yentel, who works for the National Low Income Housing Coalition. We can both agree on the problem, but our solutions are worlds apart. If you want to make housing more affordable, the answer is not government subsidies! The answer is not the redistribution of wealth. The answer is not more… Read more »

The Environmental Protection Agency is bent on trying to implement rules that would pressure auto manufacturers to produce electric vehicles (EVs) at quantities the market cannot support. This is another rogue agency filled with bureaucrats who are not living in reality. For example, back in May, the EPA proposed a rule setting emissions standards for light-duty passenger… Read more »

Alarming news concerning our use of credit cards. This is from Goldman Sachs, which keeps a close eye on this type of data. Americans’ use of credit cards is up more than usual for this time of year. Credit card delinquency is also up – that’s the percentage of cardholders that are behind or delinquent on their payments. And perhaps most concerning is that gap between card balances and… Read more »

This news is a little stale by now, but did you all hear Major League Baseball will be hosting the 2025 All Star Game in Atlanta? Remember how they moved that event out of Atlanta on short notice two years ago citing concerns over Georgia’s new election integrity law? So what changed over the last two years to make MLB decide to come back to Atlanta?! Nothing!! The law is still intact –… Read more »

Rep. McCaul (R-TX) has a bill in the House called the “No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act.” This legislation is important because President Biden has been oddly weak on Iran. Among other things, this bill seeks to reimpose $6 billion in sanctions on Iran that Biden wants to lift. Any way you slice it, whatever money we give Iran access to WILL be used to fund military and terrorist… Read more »

Congress really needs to slap down the out-of-control bureaucrats at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This is one of the most rogue agencies of the federal government. Yesterday in the House Rules Committee, we were discussing a resolution of congressional disapproval concerning a new CFPB rule. This rule requires most lenders (e.g. banks) to now collect more than 80 data… Read more »

Have you all been following what State Superintendent Ellen Weaver is proposing for public schools here in South Carolina? I’m very proud of her for this, especially given some of the OUTRAGEOUS materials that have made their way into some of our school libraries. Under Superintendent Weaver’s proposal, public schools would be required to use “existing state law to identify materials… Read more »