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| Senator Vance has been productive making waves in Washington. Read below to see what he’s been up to!
‘DECADES OF FAILED LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON AND IN THE BOARDROOM HAVE LAID WASTE TO PROUD MANUFACTURING COMMUNITIES’ (Toledo Blade) – “Ohioans that I speak with justifiably wish to see a course correction. But instead of pumping the brakes, the Biden administration is doubling down on EVs and driving our auto industry straight off a cliff. The editors pointed it out themselves: “In less than 10 years two-thirds of the autos sold need to be electric powered according to current government mandates.” “The numbers show that the government-mandated shift to electric vehicles has been a disaster, and the numbers have been significantly propped up by taxpayer subsidies for EVs. But no amount of government underwriting will outweigh such unsustainable losses over the long term. It is time for a reckoning in the auto industry and at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.” Read Senator Vance’s entire piece here.
‘IF WE’RE SUBSIDIZING ANYTHING, IT OUGHT TO BE THE WAGES OF OHIO WORKERS’ (Daily Caller) -- Republican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance will introduce a piece of legislation Thursday that is aimed at eliminating electric vehicle subsidies established under the Biden administration as well as promoting domestic auto manufacturing. President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August 2022, which allocated millions to combating climate change and other energy provisions while additionally establishing a $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles. The bill, first obtained by the Daily Caller, will repeal a series of EV tax credits created or expanded under the IRA such as the Clean Vehicle credit and a credit for previously owned electric vehicles. “Right now, the official policy of the Biden administration is to spend billions of dollars on subsidies for electric vehicles made overseas,” Vance told the Daily Caller. “If we’re subsidizing anything, it ought to be the wages of Ohio workers – not the green energy daydreams that are offshoring their jobs to China. We can secure a bright future for the American auto industry by passing this legislation, giving workers a much-needed raise, and reversing the misguided policies of the Biden administration.” Read the entire Daily Caller piece here.
‘WE CAN SECURE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR AMERICAN WORKERS BY PASSING THIS LEGISLATION AND REVERSING THE MISGUIDED POLICIES OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’ (Breitbart) -- Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) wants to offer much-needed wage hikes to American auto workers by replacing President Joe Biden’s Electric Vehicle (EV) mandates with tax credits for gas-powered cars made in the United States at high-wage plants. Vance’s “Drive American Act” would eliminate more than $100 billion in EV subsidies from the Biden administration and replace them with the “America First Vehicle Credit.” Read the entire Breitbart article here.
‘A REGULATORY BODY THAT’S USING ITS POWER TO SILENCE AND IMMISERATE POLITICAL RIVALS OF THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES’ (Market Watch) – Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio accused Gary Gensler, the nation’s foremost financial regulator of using its enforcement powers to harass former President Donald Trump. Vance alleged that Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, had hired partisan Democrats “who seem to have a vendetta against the former president,” including enforcement division director Gurbir Grewal, the former Democratic Attorney General of New York, who investigated the former president in that capacity. “It looks more and more like not an impartial regulatory body, protecting investors and consumers, but a regulatory body that’s using its power to silence and immiserate political rivals of the current president of the United States,” Vance said. Read Market Watch’s entire article here.
‘REPUBLICANS EXPECT THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO GO ON THE OFFENSE. THE REALIST RIGHT SHOULD TAKE THEIR CUES FROM VANCE.’ (The American Conservative) – Why are realists always on the defensive when it comes to foreign policy? Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio, a Republican, recently gave a masterclass on going on the offense, that should be a template for anyone trying to take control of the narrative. Immigration and foreign affairs are often not seen as connected, but we are entering a total and perfect storm at a time when there are millions of military-aged men on the southern border quite literally planting their own flags on American soil. Republicans expect their elected representatives to go on the offense. The realist right should take their cues from Vance. Read The American Conservative’s article here.
‘A CHORUS OF GOP LAWMAKERS HAVE CALLED FOR OVERSIGHT ON FUNDS SENT TO [UKRAINE]’ (Fox News) – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, along with Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said the letter – first obtained by Fox News Digital – comes following a White House briefing last week when Sullivan stated that the Biden administration had sent around $79.9 billion in aid to Ukraine since the war started in February 2022. However, a week earlier, the White House Office of Management and Budget gave Vance’s office a chart showing at least $101 billion spent, with plans for additional spending. Read Fox News’ entire article here.
‘THIS IS A CLASSIC MILITARY QUAGMIRE’ (Fox News) -- WATCH:
‘THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT THEIR MONEY HAS GONE TO’ (Breitbart) – Nearly two dozen Republican senators and lawmakers on Thursday came out against more funding for Ukraine, just as the country’s president arrived in Washington, DC, to urge Congress to pass an additional $24 billion in aid that would bring total U.S. support to Ukraine to at least $135 billion since its war with Russia began. Vance said in a post that after a Biden administration briefing on Wednesday, it “became clear that America is being asked to fund an indefinite conflict with unlimited resources.” “Enough is enough,” he posted. “To these and future requests, my colleagues and I say: NO.” Read the entire Breitbart article here.
‘IT IS DIFFICULT TO ENVISION A BENIGN EXPLANATION FOR THIS LACK OF CLARITY’ (Fox News) – Ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Washington, D.C., a group of 29 Republican lawmakers has vowed to oppose further funding for Ukraine. In a scathing letter to the White House, six senators and 23 House members said they reject President Biden's request for $24 billion in additional security, economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The lawmakers railed against the Biden administration for a lack of clarity over how the more than $100 billion in funding Congress has already approved has been spent. And they said Biden's demand for an increase in defense spending on the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative 15 times greater than what Congress authorized "makes a mockery" of the legislative process. Read the entire Fox News article here.
‘AMERICANS SHOULD BE FREE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES – TO TRAVEL, TO WORK AND GO TO SCHOOL – WITHOUT SUBJECTION TO NEEDLESS FORCE.’ (Fox News) – “We all know how this goes. It starts with mask mandates, then social distancing, and then forced lockdowns to "slow the spread." None of it works, but it costs us dearly. It robbed us of our basic freedoms and shattered our national unity amid a crisis. We cannot let it happen again. “Americans should be free to live their lives — to travel, to work and go to school — without subjection to needless force. Let’s pass the Freedom to Breathe Act and ensure that they can. “COVID may have taken American lives, but it can never again take Americans’ freedom.” Read Senator Vance’s entire piece here.
‘DEMOCRATS SAY THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BRING BACK MASK MANDATES – WE’RE GOING TO HOLD THEM TO THEIR WORD’ (Cleveland.com) – U.S. Sen. JD Vance announced Tuesday that he’ll introduce legislation called the Freedom to Breathe Act that would block the federal government from reimposing mask mandates to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Vance’s bill would prohibit any federal official, including the president, from requiring masks on domestic air travel, public transit systems, or primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools, and would prohibit air carriers, transit authorities and educational institutions from refusing to serve people who don’t wear masks. “This legislation will ensure that no federal bureaucracy, no commercial airline, and no public school can impose the misguided policies of the past,” Vance continued. “Democrats say they’re not going to bring back mask mandates – we’re going to hold them to their word.” Read Cleveland.com’s entire article here.
‘WE CANNOT ALLOW THE CCP, OR ANY HOSTILE NATION FOR THE MATTER, TO CONTINUE TO INFILTRATE AND EXPLOIT OUR HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM’ (Daily Caller) – Republican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance and a group of GOP Senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would aim to curb Communist Chinese Party influence by targeting the millions of foreign dollars that go to American universities. “The institutions tasked with educating America’s future leaders have been repeatedly exposed for seeking money from our adversaries, especially the Chinese Communist Party. We cannot allow the CCP, or any hostile nation for that matter, to continue to infiltrate and exploit our higher education system,” Vance told the Caller before introducing the bill. “The American people deserve to see every single dollar of foreign donations going to U.S. colleges and universities, and that’s exactly what this legislation would do.” Read the entire Daily Caller article here.
‘A COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER’ (WFMJ) – At a time when members of Congress from opposite sides of the political aisle find it hard to agree on much, Ohio’s Democrat and Republican U.S. senators are both criticizing Norfolk Southern Railroad’s program to reimburse homeowners who experienced reduced property values due to the February 3rd fiery derailment and chemical spill. Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown is calling the program “another empty promise”, and Republican J.D. Vance described the plan as “a complete and total disaster.” Read the whole WFMJ article here. continues to deliver for all of Ohio as a conservative outsider in the United States Senate.
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