Reminder: hurricane season is not over yet! It runs through November 30th , so make sure to stay on alert for tropical storm formation. My website will have resources and updates on the latest storms for the remainder of the season.
RESOURCES: Hurricane Season 2024
Draining the Swamp
So far this month, I’ve introduced two new bills: The No Union Time on Taxpayers Dime Act and the Standing to Challenge Government Censorship Act.
I introduced the Standing to Challenge Government Censorship Act with Senator Rand Paul and Congresswoman Harriet Hageman, building on my previous and ongoing efforts to safeguard your First Amendment rights. It will prohibit federal employees and contractors from using their positions to direct online platforms to censor First Amendment protected speech.
Americans have a God-given right to free expression and speech, and the constant attacks on the First Amendment from government bureaucrats make safeguarding that right all the more important. Malicious actors within government should never be allowed to silence and censor our fellow citizens. Americans targeted by the Censorship Industrial Complex deserve their day in court to challenge these censors.
READ: Dr. Rand Paul, Rep. Hageman and Rep. Bishop Fight to Protect Americans’ First Amendment Rights Again
Senator Mike Lee and I introduced the No Union Time on Taxpayers Dime Act. This bill will put an end to the oxymoronic practice of “official time,” where federal employees use taxpayer-funded time to conduct organizing activities for their union, not to do the government jobs they are paid to do.
This bill is simple: federal employees who want to work for a union need to do so on their own time, not the taxpayer dime.
READ: The No Union Time on Taxpayers Dime Act
District Dispatch
Team Bishop was able to attend a Veterans Helping Veterans luncheon in Rowan County, where we presented a flag flown over the US Capitol to Navy Veteran Troy Horton, who was named Rowan County’s Veteran of the year in 2023.
