It is always great to be back in western Minnesota! This was a very busy week of visits from Crookston to Slayton and so many stops in between. I enjoy the opportunity to connect directly with constituents. For example, I heard from business owners in Moorhead and Fergus Falls about their concerns over the cost of doing business, continued difficulties with having an adequate workforce, and the burdens of overregulation. It’s an honor to take their feedback to Washington and apply it to legislation to improve programs that are working or simply to get government out of their way.

Well, that didn’t take long! Democrats are already spewing lies about the Limit, Save, Grow Act, our plan to tackle reckless spending and ensure we meet our financial obligations. President Biden deserves four Pinocchios for claiming nonexistent cuts to veterans’ benefits. He is shamelessly lying to our nation’s heroes to gain political points when he should be at the negotiating table with Speaker McCarthy. Unfortunately, this behavior is part and parcel of this president’s unwillingness to deal with the real problems facing our country.

And that’s not the worst coming out of the White House this week... On Monday, the Federal Finance House Agency (FFHA) enacted a radical, un-American plan that penalizes homebuyers with good credit and subsidizes high-risk mortgage applicants. While President Biden claims this is meant to increase homeownership, it is actually a back-door middle-class tax that turns the homebuying incentive system upside down. He should listen to the fiduciaries across our country who are “revolting” against this plan. It deserves the same short-lived fate as last year’s Government Disinformation Panel.