The best news that came out of this process was that the House immediately
moved to pass a resolution affirming America's support for Israel.
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John,
While I breathed a sigh of relief when the U.S. House of Representatives
finally accomplished its most basic responsibility - organizing itself to pass
legislation - I'm disappointed because I feel that there was a better way to
move our country forward. The best news that came out of this process was that
the House immediately moved to pass a resolution affirming America's support
for Israel.
You've heard me say it before, but the only path forward that will result in
bringing people together and getting big policy wins is if we marginalize the
extreme wings of both parties and find common ground.
The American people are sick of the partisan politics. We've been stuck in
this cycle where one party gets power, they pass highly partisan legislation
without any buy-in or support from moderate members of the other party, and
then things whip back suddenly when the other party takes control since they
campaigned promising to undo everything the other folks did.
This is not a sustainable model and it's the reason why Congress can't even
get basic things done like passing a budget or funding our vital government
programs. We're not even having conversations about how to reduce spending or
find more efficient ways to run the government because both parties are only
listening to the people on the extremes that equate compromise with losing.
We need more of our elected officials to have courage and stand up, instead
of putting their political future first. When I was in Congress, I witnessed
many members willing to risk their careers to do the right thing. We need more
of that today.
While in Congress, I worked with Democrat Congressman Tim Penny to create the
Kasich-Penny plan that would reduce one penny of every dollar of government
spending. We were trying to show that there was a way to find reasonable
compromise for the American people. While our bill didn't pass, it received
bipartisan support and started the conversation that led to the first balanced
federal budget in nearly forty years!
We have to get over this sickness where our leaders act as if compromising on
something to help Americans is a bad thing or considered losing. Where in life
don't we have to compromise on things?
I'm hopeful that what we'll see next is a broad bipartisan effort to support
our allies in Israel and Ukraine with the money and supplies that they need to
defend their democracies. While those who don't know history or understand
international relations may not understand, they should trust the experts who
know that both of these are vital to America's national and economic security.
The world is watching - our allies are very concerned and our opponents are
emboldened. Nobody is more happy about America's divisions than Russia's Putin.
A weakened and divided America creates opportunities for evil people to fill
the vacuum and expand their power.
I am worried for the future of America, but I remain hopeful that the fever
will break and we will once again discover the potential of what America can
become if we start working together again.
I'm out there every week giving speeches, doing media interviews,
communicating on social media and using every other tool at my disposal to give
hope and encouragement to as many Americans as I can.
John - I'm counting on your continued support to ensure that we can keep this
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cause and ensure that we can keep up the fight for a better America?
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I'm so appreciative for your ongoing support. Thank you!
-John
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