The faux bravado of President Biden and Senator Schumer has been broadcast across mainstream media outlets countless times in recent weeks, but the truth is that even amidst all their partisan hot-dogging, they are uninterested in addressing our nation’s debt – they would rather spend with impunity and worry about the consequences later. Meanwhile, 70% of Americans want Democrats to sit down and negotiate with Republicans over how to get our fiscal house in order. Unfortunately, instead of coming to the table following the passage of the Limit, Save, Grow Act last week, President Biden and his Democrat allies made it their mission to purposefully spread falsehoods about this commonsense bill and mislead the American people. This display of brazen partisanship is disappointing, but far from surprising.

The American people have not forgotten about the billions of dollars that have been racked up through inflationary waste and abuse. Catastrophic debt, like what the nation is facing now, has come about courtesy of the reckless spending that occurred since January 2021 under One Party Rule. Since then, the ten-year spending trajectory for the nation has ballooned by $10 trillion. Executive Actions have contributed to $1.5 trillion in spending. The so-called “American Rescue Plan” tacked on another $2 trillion. The list goes on and on.

President Biden has already maxed out our nation’s credit card, and the American people have no interest in handing him another one just to see him do the same thing all over again. If you ask me, Washington should be put on a restrictive, fiscally responsible diet – and fast. President Biden and his allies in Congress refuse to accept the Limit, Save, Grow Act because it does just that by hamstringing their ability to spend trillions upon trillions of dollars without a shred of accountability to the hardworking taxpayers across our nation. That’s why they choose to sit on the sidelines while the clock continues to tick downward to zero – an untenable and entirely irresponsible position. House Republicans have put a solution square on the table, it’s time for President Biden and Washington Democrats to wise up and join us at the negotiating table. 

Protecting Intellectual Discourse

Recently, I led a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona raising major questions about what the Department is doing to protect free speech and intellectual discourse on college campuses following the harassment of former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines at San Francisco State University. Here is a short excerpt:

“The Department of Education (‘Department’) has been strangely silent about SFSU’s lack of adequate safety preparation, and more broadly it has failed to demonstrate any leadership on the free exchange of ideas on campuses…Further, the increasing proliferation of cancel culture in American postsecondary education continues to chill the ability of students, faculty, and guest speakers to express their viewpoints. Yet, the Department seems unfazed.”

To read the full letter, click here.

I Am Staunchly Opposed

President Biden is waging a war on America’s workforce. First, he made the anti-worker PRO Act a legislative priority. Then, his Department of Labor proposed a rule to extinguish opportunities for workers who want to be independent contractors. Now, his handpicked nominee, Julie Su, has barely made it through the Department-controlled Senate HELP Committee on a party-line vote, paving the way for her to head the agency overseeing our nation’s workforce. Her destiny may be out of the House’s hands, but I make a solemn promise. As Chairwoman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, I promise to continue to conduct robust oversight of the Labor Department or the department of any radical who threatens our nation’s workforce.

To view my full speech, click here.

Quote of The Week

“Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.”

-Edmund Burke

Have a blessed weekend,