WASHINGTON — Congressman Ralph Norman (R-SC) introduced legislation to prohibit federal agencies from using Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) requirements or ideological tests when awarding taxpayer-funded research grants.
The Merit Restoration Act would apply to all federal research agencies, ensuring grants are awarded based on scientific merit, quality of research, and public… Read more »
Today, I introduced the Merit Restoration Act to stop DEI requirements and ideological tests from influencing taxpayer-funded research grants.
Federal research funding should be awarded based on merit, innovation, and scientific excellence, not political agendas or identity-based QUOTAS.
For years, and particularly under the Biden administration, federal agencies have pushed… Read more »
🚨Daily Wire just dropped an EXCLUSIVE on my new legislation cracking down on DEI requirements in federal research funding.
Taxpayer dollars should fund scientific excellence, not ideological activism.
READ MORE: https://www.dailywire.com/.../trumps-effort-to-purge-dei...’
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During a Republican Study Committee roundtable, we discussed how Americans are TIRED of watching their hard-earned tax dollars wasted by bureaucrats and bad actors gaming the system.
Looking forward to what VP Vance & the White House Fraud Task Force uncover!! 🔍
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Glad to join Citizens Against Government Waste again for their 2026 Congressional Pig Book press conference.
This year’s Pig Book exposed 8,392 earmarks totaling $23.7 BILLION!!
That’s why I introduced legislation to END earmarks once and for all. Taxpayer dollars should secure our border, strengthen America, and reduce our debt. NOT fund politicians’ pet projects.
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$8 MILLION in NIH grants has gone toward transgender experimentation on animals.
This is exactly why Americans don’t trust Washington.
Proud to join Rep. Paul Gosar's letter to block federal funding for FY27 and DEFUND this nonsense.
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WASHINGTON — Congressman Ralph Norman (R-SC) introduced an amendment to strike Senate-inserted earmarks from the FY26 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) appropriations bill, which funds federal programs related to workforce development, public health, and education.
Unlike the Senate, the House does not include earmarks in the LHHS bill.… Read more »
CRAMMED into the LHHS earmarks:
$3 MILLION to Denver Health & Hospital Authority to provide transgender surgeries.
$4 MILLION+ to Christiana Care to perform late-term abortions up to 23 weeks.
$3 MILLION+ to Hennepin Healthcare to operate a kids' gender clinic.
If these communities want it, PAY FOR IT. The American taxpayer didn’t vote for this!!
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WASHINGTON — Congressman Ralph Norman (R-SC) reintroduced the Earmark Elimination Act, bold legislation to permanently ban federal earmarks and cut partisan, back-door spending that burdens hardworking American taxpayers.
“For too long, earmarks have become a way for Washington insiders to steer taxpayer dollars to pet projects instead of prioritizing fiscal responsibility,” said… Read more »
Congress loves to complain about the $38 TRILLION national debt, but does nothing to FIX IT. My bill would BAN the pork-filled earmarks jammed into annual appropriations bills.
No more pet projects. No more games.
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