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I was touring the GSP airport this morning and simply could not pass up a photo op with this Boeing 747-400. This aircraft had just landed a couple hours earlier packed with cargo from Kirchberg, Germany. The Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport is often the most convenient airport for the western part of our congressional district. More than passenger flights to a variety of… Read more »

Fentanyl is now the #1 killer of Americans between the ages of 18-45, according to the CDC. Unbeknownst to most users, fentanyl is now being mixed into common recreational drugs in order to make them more potent and more additive. The results are catastrophic and deadly. Listen to this alarming interview I had with Special Agent Derek Maltz on this crisis, how it's affecting so many, and… Read more »

It’s all smoke & mirrors. We’re shown this massive piece of legislation with a great sounding title, and you’re told the bill does what the title says. Only it’s a COMPLETE LIE! We see this over and over again in Congress, and I’m tired of it! The Democrats’ “Inflation Reduction Act” is just the latest example – I covered this in a previous post a couple of days ago. This will… Read more »

On the foreign affairs front, I’m following two separate events today. In no particular order… First, over the weekend, the U.S. eliminated a prominent al Qaeda terrorist known as Ayman al-Zawahiri. Actually, “minced” is a more accurate verb here – just do a search for “Hellfire R9X Ninja Missile” if you’re intrigued by those kinds of details. It’s impossible not to be impressed by our… Read more »

Well, here we go again. Despite inflation at a 40-year high, Senate liberals are close to resurrecting a modified version of their “Build Back Better” plan. Build Back BROKE, as it’s more accurately known, was such a horrible idea that they’re rebranding it with another misleading title: the “Inflation Reduction Act.” Except, of course, there’s nothing in this bill that will actually… Read more »

📛 America has officially entered the Biden Recession. Not that there was any doubt, but this morning it was confirmed. Now we know why the White House has been in overdrive lately trying to redefine the common definition of the word recession. More on that in a second. But first, according to data released this morning, our economy shrank during the quarter from April through June.… Read more »

On Tuesday, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) led 11 Members of the House of Representatives in a letter formally calling on President Biden to address allegations concerning potential unlawful activity in the sale of crude oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a Chinese company with financial ties to the President’s son, Hunter Biden.   “It has come to our… Read more »

This is a vivid example of what it means to be soft-on-crime. The man who literally tried to stab Rep. Lee Zeldin yesterday was quickly released within hours of the attack. For those who haven't heard this news, Rep. Zeldin is running for the governor of New York State. Yesterday, he was giving a campaign speech in the city of Perinton, near Rochester. Out of nowhere, according to video… Read more »

On Wednesday, Rep. Ralph Norman (SC-5) led a letter to the chief executive officers of eight (8) major U.S. financial institutions concerning their decisions to use corporate funds to pay for travel expenses for employees seeking abortions. This letter was co-signed by 55 other Members of the House of Representatives. “Your decisions are a deeply troubling announcement not only because… Read more »

Rep. Ralph Norman (SC-5) issued the following statement on Thursday after the White House announced President Biden had tested positive for Covid: "We all should agree that politics stops for this. I sincerely wish President Biden a speedy recovery. I know he’s in good hands, and hope his symptoms remain mild." ### Read more »