A stack of 1 trillion pennies would reach the moon, come back to earth, and reach the moon again. Compared to millions and even billions, a trillion is a profound number. Think about this:
🔸 1 million seconds is equivalent to about 11 ½ days.
🔸 1 billion seconds is equivalent to about 31 ½ years.
🔸 1 trillion seconds is equivalent to over 31,710 years.
Now think about this: since… Read more »
Let’s keep an eye on Arizona, which recently passed one of the most expansive school choice programs in our nation. This is going to be EXCITING to watch.
Arizona’s new law provides just over $6,000 per student for education expenses. The money follows the student, so parents are able to use those funds to enroll their children in whatever public, private, or charter they choose. Funds… Read more »
One of the most frightening days of my life was on September 25, 2019. I vividly recall standing helpless in a hospital, breaking down at the first sight of my youngest grandson, Warren, who was born three months premature weighing only 1 pound 15 ounces. At 20 weeks his doctors were hopeful but not optimistic as they explained 22 weeks is the earliest gestational age that doctors… Read more »
Just reported moments ago, inflation numbers from last month came in at 9.1%, exceeding EVERY projection.
This is truly awful on multiple levels. We are in a serious mess due, in large part, to the excessive spending by Democrats in control of Congress and the President’s policies in the White House.
Against all better judgement, they dumped almost TWO TRILLION DOLLARS into an economy… Read more »
There comes a point where things are so messed up, that nothing surprises us anymore. That’s where we find ourselves under liberal leadership on so many issues, especially energy policy.
Did you hear the latest on some of our Strategic Petroleum Reserves being sold off to foreign countries, including China?
Managed by the federal government, our Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) is a… Read more »
On Wednesday, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC-05) led 35 House members in a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack concerning a recent memorandum suggesting his agency might withhold the funding of free and low-cost meals for economically disadvantaged students if schools do not embrace the Administration’s policies concerning gender identity and sexual… Read more »
Few people understand the ~massive~ environmental damage we face if Biden and far-left Democrats get their way on fossil fuels. After all, for years they’ve told us for the sake of “Mother Earth” and our very existence, we must eliminate fossil fuels and embrace clean energy.
The problem is that replacing fossil fuels with solar, wind, and hydro will require colossal quantities of solar… Read more »
On Wednesday, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) probed the White House’s involvement in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) draft policy that would place significant barriers within the natural gas pipeline permitting… Read more »
The Supreme Court just wrapped up its best session in decades, with major Constitution-based victories dealing with:
school choice
2nd Amendment rights
religious liberties
Right to Life
smaller federal government
states' authority (10th Amendment)
Friends, whether we like the Court's rulings or not, our nation NEEDS justices who are committed to… Read more »
On Wednesday, Rep. Ralph Norman (SC-5) and Rep. Jim Costa (CA-16) led a bipartisan letter to the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Board Members of the Surface Transportation Board concerning deficient rail service, which has incumbered critical shipments of important agricultural inputs to our nation’s farms.
BACKGROUND
Many American farms rely… Read more »
