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September 26, 2024

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[1] Interview: Sen Eric Schmitt on SCOTUS, Trump, and his Senate “reform
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[2] Heard on the Hill
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[3] Rep. Brett Guthrie introducing legislation to counter the CCP
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[4] Ric Grenell Cautions that Kamala Harris’s foreign policy is “dangerous”
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[5] Top House Democratic candidate pays connected Democrats and her husband’s
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[6] Op-ed: Rep. Tracey Mann: It’s time to fire America’s border czar
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[7] Op-ed: Rep. Vince Fong on TRANQ Act
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[8] Op-ed: Michele Exner: The left is obsessed with anti-parent policies
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A strong national defense is essential to protecting our American way of life.

Veterans On Duty continues the fight back at home, advocating for military and
national security policies that will keep America safe, strong, and free.

In our latest edition, we have an interview with Sen. Eric Schmitt (R., Mo.),
a scoop on the latest anti-CCP legislation, and op-eds from Reps. Tracey Mann
(R., Kan.) and Vince Fong (R., Calif.).






[1] Interview: Sen. Eric Schmitt on Attorney General rumors, the Supreme
Court’s win for the “little guy,” his “reform agenda” for the Senate, and why
Woodrow Wilson is the worst president
By: Matthew Foldi

One of the most significant Supreme Court decisions this term was Loper
Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned a case — Chevron — that
resulted in deference to the administrative state. Sen. Eric Schmitt (R., Mo.),
who spent years as Missouri’s attorney general, praised the decision for
“turn[ing] the tables in favor of the little guy” in an exclusive interview
with theWashington Reporter.

Prior to the Loper Bright decision, the status quo was “Woodrow Wilson’s
dream,” and Schmitt views Wilson as “arguably the worst president of all time.”
The playing field was “tilted heavily for the so-called experts, these
bureaucrats who are hidden in buildings,” he said.

“This behemoth of federal authority has crushed lives and livelihoods and
freedoms all along the way,” Schmitt said. “Take COVID, for example. How did
OSHA, the agency created to make sure forklifts would beep when they backed up,
somehow get the authority to force a medical procedure on 100 million people?
Well, the answer is, it didn't. They just wanted to do it, and they were just
going to push the envelope, because it's all about ultimate power and control.”

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America’s enemies “fucked around and found out” when Donald Trump was
president, and which state has the best barbecue at Senate lunches.

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Heard on the Hill

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* Paying tribute: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is meeting with
President Donald Trump tonight; the former president has been lining up
meetings with world leaders, including the heads of state of the United Arab
Emirates and Qatar, in recent weeks.
* The Unsilent Majority: The Nixon Foundation’s 3rd Annual Grand Strategy
Summit saw the Ritz ballroom packed with policymakers, philanthropists,
business leaders, 14 ambassadors, and representatives from 41 embassies.
Conversations focused on the need for Nixonian strategic thinking on diplomacy,
the great power competition, energy and AI, and domestic policy. Discussions
were guided by all-star moderators including Katie Pavlich, Eli Lake, Matt
Continetti, and Aaron MacLean.
* The best offense is a good defense: The Hudson Institute is hosting a
series of talks today about “Defense Innovation and the New Cold War.” Speakers
and moderators include Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.), Palantir’s Joe Lonsdale and
Shyam Sankar, POLARIS National Security’s Morgan Ortagus, Hudson’s Nadia
Schadlow and Rebeccah Heinrichs, and more.
* Zealotry of the convert: Former Democratic Party presidential candidates
Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are headlining an October 12 fundraiser
for Trump in Florida, per an invite obtained by theReporter.

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[3] Exclusive: Reps. Brett Guthrie, Dan Newhouse, and Russ Fulcher are
introducing the Securing America’s Midstream Critical Materials Processing Act
By: Matthew Foldi

Rep. Brett Guthrie (R., Ky.), a senior member of the House’s Energy and
Commerce Committee — and a leading candidate to chair the committee next
Congress — is rolling out legislation on Friday that creates a national roadmap
focused on “reshor[ing] domestic critical material processing facilities away
from foreign adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and [on]
reduc[ing] unworkable permitting barriers to help secure our supply chains.”

The Securing America’s Midstream Critical Materials Processing Act, first
obtained by theWashington Reporter, is co-sponsored with Reps. Dan Newhouse
(R., Wash.) and Russ Fulcher (R., Idaho), and has the support of influential
groups like the American Critical Minerals Association, the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce, and the National Mining Association.

Under this legislation, the Department of Energy will survey topics ranging
from “the extent to which China and other adversaries employ anti-competitive
practices to manipulate critical material markets” to the “permitting
challenges facing a domestic critical material processing industry.”

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Materials Processing Act, introduced by Reps. Brett Guthrie, Dan Newhouse, and
Russ Fulcher.

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Scoop: Kamala Harris’s foreign policy is “not only confusing but dangerous,”
Ric Grenell cautions
By: Matthew Foldi

Vice President Kamala Harris’s foreign policy instincts are “not only
confusing but dangerous,” senior Trump administration officials told the
Washington Reporter, adding that Harris’s foreign policy track record suggests
recklessness and ignorance.

Ric Grenell, who served in a series of high-ranking foreign policy roles in
Trump’s administration, told theReporter that “Kamala Harris doesn’t know what
she’s for and what she’s against.” Harris’s shifting stance on Israel is an
example of her inconsistent record, he said. “She says she will follow Joe
Biden’s war plans but then says she will tell Israel to stop. The messages are
not only confusing but dangerous,” Grenell said.

Grenell, a potential Secretary of State in a second Trump administration, has
been meeting with Arab and Muslim voters across the country, with a special
emphasis on communities in Michigan. The Mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, the
first Muslim-majority city in America, recently endorsed Trump, calling him
“the right choice for this critical time.”

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[5] Top House Democratic candidate pays connected Democrats and her husband’s
business partners
By: Matthew Foldi

New York Democrat Laura Gillen, freshman Rep. Anthony D’Esposito’s challenger
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House district this November, has a history of hiring family friends or their
business partners in her official office and on her congressional campaigns,
campaign finance and local government records reviewed by theWashington Reporter
reveal.

Previously during Gillen’s tenure as Hempstead Town Supervisor, she staffed
her office with many locally-connected Democrats, including Cheryl Rice, the
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of former Rep. Kathleen Rice (D., N.Y.). Cheryl, who previously served as
district director while her sister-in-law was a Congresswoman, also donated to
Gillen’s failed 2022 campaign against D’Esposito.

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A strong national defense is essential to protecting our American way of life.

Veterans On Duty continues the fight back at home, advocating for military and
national security policies that will keep America safe, strong, and free.


[6] Op-ed: Rep. Tracey Mann: It’s time to fire America’s border czar
By: Rep. Tracey Mann

Legend has it that Albert Einstein once said that insanity is doing the same
thing over and over again and expecting different results. We cannot continue
to let President Joe Biden and Border Czar Vice President Kamala Harris wreak
havoc at America’s southern border while expecting things to get better.

Under their leadership, more than 16 million illegal immigrants have crossed
our borders. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents have stopped more than
385 individuals at the border whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist and
report nearly 2 million ‘gotaways’ entering the country since January 21, 2021.

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border, and why Kamala Harris can’t be part of the solution.

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[7] Op-ed: Rep. Vince Fong: Combatting tranq in America
By: Rep. Vince Fong

Communities across the United States, including my home in the Central
Valley, find themselves grappling with a drug crisis that threatens to erode
the fabric of our neighborhoods. As addiction and its awful consequences
threaten to cripple families and local economies, more must be done at all
levels of government to combat illicit drug use. One dangerous drug, xylazine —
more commonly known as tranq — has increasingly posed a threat to all Americans
in recent years.

Tranq is a powerful sedative that is used to tranquilize horses in a
veterinary setting. When used by humans, it can cause severe necrotic wounds,
leading to amputation and death. According to data from the Drug Enforcement
Agency (DEA) in 2022, 23 percent of seized fentanyl powder also contained
tranq, and 2021 saw xylazine-positive overdose deaths increase by an average of
620 percent over the previous year across the country. The combination of these
two drugs is especially dangerous because, when the opioid overdose reversal
drug naloxone is used to reverse a fentanyl overdose, a victim may still
unknowingly be suffering from a tranq overdose.

Tranq and fentanyl are flowing across the border into our communities and
killing our youth because of the failed border policies of the Biden-Harris
administration. This leaves law enforcement agencies striving to address the
crisis but lacking critical resources and jurisdiction needed to effectively
counter the influx of these drugs. Congress must do everything in our power to
ensure that border officials and our federal, state, and local law enforcement
officers on the front lines of the fight against illicit drug trafficking have
access to every available tool, and that starts with harnessing data to better
understand the trafficking and manufacturing patterns of the drugs we are
combatting on U.S. soil. That is why I recently introduced the Strengthening
Tracking of Poisonous Tranq Requiring Analyzed National Quantification Act of
2024 (STOP TRANQ Act).

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[8]
Op-ed: Michele Exner: The left is obsessed with anti-parent policies
By: Michele Exner

Students in California have been returning to school and families returning
to their busy routines over the past few weeks. But this academic year will be
different.

Parents will now have fewer rights and decreased information than they did
last year because this summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D., Calif.) passed the
so-called Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today’s Youth, or SAFETY
Act — a bill designed to withhold sensitive information from parents.

This isn’t just isolated to California — it is part of a larger trend we have
seen in the Democratic Party. Democrats do not think that parents should have a
leading role in their children’s education, and they want to see government
bureaucrats fill the void.

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