Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) issued the following statement in response to a story on Fox News that stated, “lawmakers can’t assist” constituents in obtaining a passport:

“For the past several months, the State Department has had significant issues processing passport requests in a timely manner. But the story that aired on Fox News last week stating, ‘lawmakers can’t assist’ constituents in obtaining a passport, is not completely accurate. In Georgia’s 11th Congressional District, our excellent constituent services team has processed over 600 passport cases since January, most of them successfully. If you are in Georgia’s 11th Congressional District, and need help with a passport, please call my office. We are open for business.”

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Ahead of this week’s legislative markup, Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee introduced four comprehensive bills to address the threats environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives pose to the American financial system. These measures represent the first step in Republican efforts to combat the ESG movement by restricting politically motivated, non-material disclosure mandates, reforming the proxy voting and shareholder proposal processes, increasing transparency for federal banking regulators, and limiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) authority to regulate shareholder proposals.

“America’s banking regulators are implementing regulations on climate change in the form of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies, but the American people and Congress are being left in the dark as to how these policies are being formulated,” said Congressman Barry Loudermilk (GA-11). “Federal regulators don’t even know who funds the models they use to make these regulations. This is why I have introduced the American Financial Institution Regulatory Sovereignty and Transparency (American FIRST) Act, which will require bank regulators to report the details of their meetings with international organizations and provide Congress with a cost-benefit analysis of any regulation that brings U.S. regulatory policy in line with foreign regulatory policy. I want to thank Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Andy Barr (R-KY) for their hard work on this, and Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) for helping get this legislation through the Committee.”

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New York Post:

Spectators at the federal courthouse here were left stunned Wednesday as first son Hunter Biden’s “sweetheart” plea deal began to collapse — setting off a chain of events that ended in President Biden’s 53-year-old son entering a plea of not guilty to tax and gun charges.

At one point, Hunter’s lawyer Chris Clark threatened to “tear this up right now” if prosecutors didn’t meet his conditions — apparently a bid for blanket immunity for his client.

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While there is no deadline to file a claim under the PACT Act, Veterans must file a claim or file an “Intent to File” before August 9, 2023, to be eligible for retro-active benefits back to August 2022.

An “Intent to File” locks in your effect date of the claim while giving you time to gather documents or find a Veterans Service Officer to assist in filing your claim.  Additional information can be found online at https://www.va.gov/resources/the-pact-act-and-your-va-benefits/.

WHY SKILLED TRADES?

•    Saves you money.  Why go in debt when you can get PAID to learn?  According to a recent Forbes article (https://www.forbes.com/advisor/student-loans/average-student-loan-debt-statistics/), Georgia ranks #3 in the top five states in the Nation with the highest student loan balance currently at an average of $40,268.87.   
 
•    Job security.  Across the nation there are thousands of industries with a growing labor crisis.  Workers are retiring and for every four workers who retire, only one is taking their place leaving. There is said to be almost 3 million trade jobs available in the US.
 
•    Great salary.  According to ZipRecruiter (https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Skilled-Trade-Salary--in-Georgia), the average skilled trade salary in Georgia is $25.85/hr. or approximately $51,000/year.  However, that amount can increase dramatically as you gain experience. 
 
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