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To Effectively Address the Border Crisis, Congress Must Narrow Scope of Parole Authority <[link removed]>


- House Republicans took a bold first step on Tuesday in the unveiling of H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act <[link removed]>, a flagship package that unequivocally rejects the Biden administration’s open-borders policies, including one of its go-to tools for unending illegal immigration: mass parole.  
- To properly address the Biden administration’s lawless parole abuse and the border crisis as a whole, Congress needs to reclaim its statutory authority from the executive branch and further narrow the scope of the parole statute to expressly match
congressional intent.


Heritage Expert: Lora Ries <[link removed]>
 
Heritage’s Diana Furchtgott-Roth Testifies Before Senate on True Costs of Fossil Fuels   <[link removed]>


- Diana Furchtgott-Roth <[link removed]>, director of Heritage’s Center for Energy, Climate and Environment, testified <[link removed]> Wednesday at the Senate Budget Committee’s hearing on the real costs of fossil fuels.
- Responding <[link removed]> to assertions from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on her work experience, Furchtgott-Roth said: “Well, unfortunately, I don’t have the benefit to be able to rely on a family fortune made in the Minnesota gas business or having my spouse’s family fortune come from United Gas. And The Heritage Foundation is a club that anyone can join, not just white people.”


Heritage Expert: Diana Furchtgott-Roth <[link removed]>
 
Republicans Have the Upper Hand over Dems in Debt Ceiling Negotiations <[link removed]>


- Budget trend lines that we have now would indicate that the budget is going to run $20 trillion more into the deficit and skyrocket inflation and interest rates.
- Conservatives are offering a vision forward, which is gives them the upper hand against the Democrats and President Biden who only offer poverty and bankruptcy. 


Heritage Experts: Richard Stern <[link removed]> and EJ Antoni <[link removed]>
 
The Latest Woke Influence in U.S. Military: Navy Turns Drag Performer into Digital Ambassador <[link removed]>  


- The United States Navy has turned to a drag performer in its efforts to reach younger recruits on digital platforms and social media.
- The divisiveness of critical race theory’s and gender ideology’s influence on the military is pervasive.
- Little evidence validates the time and energy devoted to diversity, equity, and inclusion indoctrination, or claims of rampant racism and extremism in the military.


Heritage Expert: Brett Sadler <[link removed]>

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