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Immigration Benefits All Americans and Strengthens the Economy - Research shows that immigrants help create jobs, raise wages, reduce inflation, and increase productivity and innovation. They boost virtually every sector of the economy and play particularly important roles in critical sectors like healthcare, food production and agriculture, construction, and emerging fields like semiconductors and artificial intelligence. It is vital that U.S. policymakers should work to preserve and enhance the benefits of immigration by building new legal avenues and increasing opportunities for immigrants to support themselves, participate in their local communities, and contribute to the United States’ success and prosperity.
Pfluger Bill to Block President Biden's Natural Gas Tax Passes U.S. House - Friday, Congressman August Pfluger's legislation to repeal the Natural Gas Tax included in the Inflation Reduction Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives as a part of H.R. 1023, the Cutting Green Corruption and Taxes Act. "The natural gas tax is inappropriate and highly unworkable. This tax was included despite never being considered in a hearing, receiving expert testimony, and, instead of looking at emissions holistically, the natural gas tax was based on the simple premise that if reliable energy is taxed, less of it will be produced... If implemented, the ill-conceived natural gas tax will handicap technological innovation, reduce supplies of affordable energy, and increase both costs and emissions. In fact, this tax alone will drive up the cost of household energy bills for the 180 million Americans and 5.5 million businesses that rely on natural gas," said Pfluger.
Cornyn, Hassan Introduce Bill to Improve Fentanyl Detection at Southern Border - On Friday, U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Maggie Hassan introduced their Contraband Awareness Technology Catches Harmful (CATCH) Fentanyl Act, which would help improve the process for inspecting cars, trucks, and cargo containers for fentanyl and other forms of contraband at the southern border by requiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to test new detection pilot projects while considering cost effectiveness, wait times, and existing infrastructure needs at land ports of entry (POEs).
Texas Alliance for Life's Statement to Texas Medical Board on Rules for Medical-Necessity Abortions - Texas Alliance for Life's Communications Director Amy O'Donnell's statement to the Texas Medical Board emphasizes that Texas' abortion laws have a medical-necessity exception to allow physicians to perform abortions in such rare and tragic cases. During the first 16 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, doctors have performed 71 abortions under the medical-necessity exception, according to data from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, with no liability for the physicians. The Board will consider promulgating guidance to physicians treating women with pregnancies that risk the loss of a woman's life or a major bodily function.
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