Tonight, Joe Biden will pass the buck and double down on Democrats’ failed Far Left agenda in his State of the Union Address—but make no mistake, America is still in a state of crisis following two years of one-party Democrat rule in Washington. Luckily, House Republicans have already hit the ground running to deliver on ourCommitment to America in this new House Majority.
In just the first few weeks, we have passed legislation reopening the People’s House, defending America’s energy security, protecting the sanctity of life, defunding Joe Biden’s IRS army, addressing the Chinese Communist Party’s malign influence, ending Biden’s COVID-19 power grab, and holding the Biden Administration accountable for their weaponization of the federal government. And we are just getting started.
FULFILLING OUR COMMITMENT TO AN ECONOMY THAT’S STRONG
BIDEN’S ECONOMIC CRISIS BY THE NUMBERS:
More Americans than ever before in the history of anABC News-Washington Post poll say they are worse off financially under the current president.
On the day that President Biden was sworn into office, the average price for a gallon of gas nationwide was $2.39.
Today the national average for a gallon of gas is $3.47—over a dollar more than when Biden took office.
According to the Energy Assistance Directors Association, households are expected to pay the highest energy costs in 15 years this winter.
Over a third of American households say they have forgone basic expenses to afford an energy bill in the last 12 months, according to a recent LendingTree survey.
Curb wasteful government spending that is raising the price of groceries, gas, cars, and housing, and growing our national debt.
Increase take-home pay, create good-paying jobs, and bring stability to the economy through pro-growth tax and deregulatory policies
Make America Energy Independent and Reduce Gas Prices.
Maximize production of reliable, American-made energy.
Cut the permitting process time in half to reduce reliance on foreign countries, prevent rolling blackouts, and lower the cost of gas and utilities.
Strengthen the Supply Chain and End Dependence on China.
WHAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED:
PASSED The Strategic Production Response Act:
House Republicans PASSED this legislation to prevent abuse of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and require Joe Biden to put forth a plan to increase our domestic production.
The SPR is for emergencies—not political points.
Joe Biden has sold nearly 40 percent of our stockpile since being elected—more than EVERY U.S. President in history COMBINED.
Today, our crucial emergency oil reserves are at the lowest level since 1984.
PASSED The Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve From China Act:
This legislation prevents the Secretary of Energy from selling any SPR oil to an entity affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or any entity that intends to export it to China.
FULFILLING OUR COMMITMENT TO A NATIONAL THAT’S SAFE
NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS:
Joe Biden has failed to stand up to our adversaries in Beijing, Tehran, and Moscow.
The balloon entered U.S. airspace on January 28th over the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
Despite President Biden knowing of the threat and invasion of U.S. airspace violating our national sovereignty, he waited 5 days before issuing an order to shoot down the balloon.
The American people deserve to know why Joe Biden allowed this national security threat for so long, why he tried to hide it from the American people, and what information our foreign adversaries were gathering.
Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan resulted in:
OVER 1,000 Americans abandoned behind enemy lines for months at the mercy of the Taliban and $7 billion in U.S. military equipment left behind.
According to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Personnel Policy, who testified before the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, “This constitutes an unprecedented mission gap.”
The Army projects the number of active duty soldiers could drop by as much as 6% in FY23, below the branch’s budgeted target request for the year.
December 2022 was the worst month on CBP’s 22-year record for monthly crossings and the tenth consecutive month that our southern border had more than 200,000 illegal crossings.
More than 1.2 MILLION illegal immigrants have evaded apprehension at our southern border, according to Border Patrol sources.
In the first three months of this fiscal year alone, CBP has seized over 9,000 pounds of fentanyl coming across the Southwest border—Enough to kill over 2.1 billion people, or over 6.4 times the U.S. population.
In just the first three months of FY 2023, 38 people whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist were stopped trying to cross the southern border.
Biden’s Department of Justice released a report in December showing that even as crime skyrocketed in 2021, federal arrests actually decreased by 35% compared to 2020.
Fully fund effective border enforcement strategies, infrastructure, and advanced technology to prevent illegal crossings and trafficking by cartels.
End catch-and-release loopholes.
Reduce Crime and Protect Public Safety:
Support 200,000 more police officers through recruiting and retention bonuses.
Oppose all efforts to defund the police.
Crack down on prosecutors and district attorneys who refuse to prosecute crime, while permanently criminalizing all forms of illicit fentanyl.
Defend America’s National Security:
Support our troops.
Invest in an efficient, effective military.
Establish a Select Committee on China.
Exercise peace through strength with our allies to counter increasing global threats.
WHAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED:
ESTABLISHED the Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party:
The Select Committee on China will provide policy recommendations on how the U.S. can win the economic and technological competition within the CCP and will investigate the CPP for (Courtesy of Speaker Kevin McCarthy):
Deceptive trade practices.
Supply chain risks and vulnerabilities.
Its role as supplier and producer of fentanyl and its failure to stop or control what is coming out of China.
Exploiting U.S. investment to power the CCP national security state.
Acquisition of agricultural land in America.
FULFILLING OUR COMMITMENT TO A FUTURE THAT’S BUILT UPON FREEDOM DEMOCRATS’ WAR ON PARENTS:
Far Left Democrats are determined to control every aspect of American life from birth until the grave, and America’s public education system is not exempt from this.
Far-Left Democrats continue to push for the masking of our children, despite recent scientific evidence showing that masks harm, not help kids.
New research shows students have only recovered about 15%-35% of the learning lost from COVID lockdowns and mask mandates, with low-income and minority students being affected the most.
More high school students put college on hold due to lockdowns, setting them back in their higher education.
According to the Twitter files, Democrat lawmakers argued to Twitter employees that the First Amendment “isn’t absolute.”
The Head of Legal, Policy, and Trust Vijaya Gadde played a large role in silencing The New York Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop, initially claiming the cover of their “hacked materials” policy. But according to an anonymous employee: “They just freelanced it.”
Following the release of the bombshell Twitter Files, news broke that former FBI General Counsel Jim Baker was the Twitter counsel who secretly reviewed the documents before handing them over to journalists. Now, we know there could be even more evidence of censorship and political collusion between the Biden campaign and Big Tech that has been hidden from the American people.
Big Tech kept election-related content from social media users no fewer than 16,007,321 times from April to June, stemming from 15 individual cases of censorship.
Test results show that the draconian measures forced on our children during COVID-19 lockdowns have left many students behind:
Test results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show the reading and math skills of nine-year-old students have dropped across the board – with reading scores falling the most in three decades.
A study by the head of Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics shows Democrats’ radical extended mass lockdowns and school closures last year had “little to no effect” on COVID-19 mortality rates.
Make Sure Every Student Can Succeed and Give Parents a Voice:
Advance the Parents’ Bill of Rights
Recover lost learning from school closures
Expand parental choice so more than a million more students can receive the education their parents know is best
Defend fairness by ensuring that only women can compete in women’s sports
Achieve Longer, Healthier Lives for Americans:
Personalize care to provide affordable options and better quality, delivered by trusted doctors and hospitals
Lower prices through transparency, choice, and competition
Improve access to telemedicine
Confront Big Tech and Demand Fairness:
Provide greater privacy and data security protections for Americans
Equip parents with more tools to keep their kids safe online
Stop companies from putting politics ahead of people
WHAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED:
PASSED The Pandemic is Over Act
H.R. 382, the Pandemic is Over Act, ends the Public Health Emergency (PHE) on the date of enactment and forces the Biden Administration to be transparent with the American people if he needs further authority.
PASSED The Freedom For Health Care Workers Act:
H.R. 497, the Freedom for Health Care Workers Act, eliminates the one-size-fits-all federal vaccine mandate and allows hospitals, nursing homes, and other providers to safely staff their facilities without extra government hurdles.
PASSED a Resolution Terminating the COVID-19 National Emergency Declaration:
H.J. Res. 7, consistent with the requirements of the National Emergencies Act (NEA), terminates the National Emergency Declaration for COVID-19.
PASSED The SHOW UP Act:
Led by Chairman James Comer of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, the SHOW UP Act includes requirements for:
Federal agencies to return to 2019 pre-pandemic telework levels within 30 days;
Federal agencies to complete and submit to Congress studies within six months detailing how pandemic-era telework levels impacted their missions—including adverse effects on customer service, network security, and costs for real property and locality pay; and
Preventing federal agencies from permanently expanding telework without submitting to Congress telework plans certified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that detail the results of remote work policies.
PASSED a Resolution Condemning Socialism:
Denounces socialism in all its forms and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States of America. H. Con. Res. 9
The concurrent resolution outlines the failures of socialist systems citing examples in the USSR, China, Cambodia, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela. It also highlights the incompatibility of the founding principles of the United States of America with socialist ideologies.
86 Democrats voted against the resolution denouncing socialism and 14 voted present.
FULFILLING OUR COMMITMENT TO A GOVERNMENT THAT’S ACCOUNTABLE
We will fight to preserve our Constitutional rights by:
Defending free speech.
Protecting the lives of unborn children and their mothers.
Preserving religious freedom.
Upholding the Second Amendment.
We will hold the Biden Administration accountable by:
Conducting rigorous oversight to rein in government abuse of power.
Providing real transparency to the American people.
Demanding the White House answer for its incompetence at home and abroad.
Saving and strengthening Social Security and Medicare.
We will maintain a government of the people, by the people, by:
Ending special treatment for Members of Congress by repealing proxy voting.
Increasing accountability in the election process through voter ID, accurate voter rolls, and observer access.
WHAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED:
PASSED the 118th Congress Rules Package:
Ending the use of proxy voting and remote committee proceedings, ensuring that all Members actually show up in person to fulfill the jobs they were elected and are expected to do, rather than phone it in.
Mandates at least 72 hours after release of bill text before a final vote, giving all Members ample time to read legislation before its consideration.
Requires the Congressional Budget Office to provide analysis on the inflationary impact of legislation.
Requires House committees to establish oversight plans detailing how they will hold the Biden Administration accountable.
Restored the Holman Rule, allowing amendments to reduce the salary of specific federal employees or target a specific program.
PASSED the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act:
In order to work toward a government that’s accountable to the American people, House Republicans passed legislation to defund Joe Biden’s army of 87,000 new IRS agents.
ESTABLISHED the Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government:
The resolution authorizes the subcommittee to conduct investigations and study:
The FBI, DHS, and DOJ’s authority to collect information on and investigate American citizens.
How these agencies go about obtaining and using the information from other agencies and the private sector.
The laws, programs, and activities of the Executive Branch as they relate to the collection of information on American citizens and any issues related to the violation of the civil liberties of American citizens.
PASSED the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act:
This legislation requires appropriate medical care for children who survive abortion procedures and imposes strong criminal penalties for failure to provide such care. Additionally, the bill protects women upon whom abortions have been performed from prosecution.
PASSED a Resolution Supporting Crisis Pro-Life Organizations:
This resolution rightfully condemns the political attacks and vandalism against crisis pregnancy centers, churches, and pro-life organizations by Far Left activists following the leak of the historic Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization draft opinion.
