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*** UPDATED 7/30/2021 10:30 PM *** The CDC finally released the data referenced below on Friday afternoon. A link to those findings can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7031e2.htm I'll reiterate, the CDC owed us this data, and this should have been released as part of their revised guidance. I don't believe there was malicious intention on the… Read more »

Government has absolutely no business implementing new mask mandates! This is particularly true on Capitol Hill, which ought to be a shining example for our entire nation. Instead, it's become an exercise in irrational anxiety. Whether you get vaccinated or not, that’s your own decision! I did. In fact, the overwhelming majority of members and staff in this place are vaccinated, and I’d… Read more »

On Wednesday, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) issued the following statement concerning mask mandates in general, and more specifically the recent announcement by the House of Representatives' Attending Physician to once again implement mask requirements:   "Government has absolutely no business implementing new mask mandates. This is particularly true on Capitol Hill, which ought to be a… Read more »

  You’re being misled when talking heads – particularly from the Biden Administration – claim that this alarming spike in inflation is temporary. They’re correct in some respects, but intentionally deceiving us on others. Let’s dig into this a little… Where are they correct? Yes, there are some prices that are almost certainly “transitory.” The average cost… Read more »

Just a quick follow-up on this post from a few days ago for those who might be interested... H.R. 3985 is a bill meant to help translators and others from Afghanistan who served and aided American forces over there. Essentially it smooths the pathway for them to be issued Special Immigrant Visas. It came up for a vote earlier today in the House. Remember, these are people who risked… Read more »

I’ve heard this comment more than a few times, even from people who should understand the bigger picture. It usually goes something like this: “Gov. McMaster is hurting South Carolina because he stopped the extra unemployment dollars coming from the federal government.”  Their rationale is often, “That’s just millions in ‘free’ federal money that now won’t be spent in our state.”… Read more »

This won't stand in the Senate, thankfully. But it's worth mentioning because it illustrates... again... just how far left the pendulum has swung for Democrats in Congress. For over 40 years, there's been a provision in federal law that prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. This provision is known as the… Read more »

Confirmed by a Friday afternoon data dump: our Border Patrol has now apprehended more than ONE MILLION illegal immigrants so far this year. That’s more in the first six months of 2021 than any **full year** since 2005. And that number doesn’t even account for the countless who made it though without being apprehended. June’s data also revealed 15,000 apprehensions of unaccompanied… Read more »

There is no excuse for this. At all. Two things are certain to happen following President Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. First, Taliban terrorists will soon take control of important sectors of that nation once again – that’s already happening. And second, every person they find who helped our nation along the way will be mercilessly SLAUGHTERED. Along with their… Read more »

Have you lost track of all the money Democrats are frantically trying to spend this year? You know… the trillions we don’t have? The money we can’t afford to borrow because of our obscene national debt? The massive additional federal spending that will only make President Biden’s inflation worse than it already is? If so, you’re not alone. This isn’t even about the emergency COVID… Read more »