Friends, I hope you are doing well. Welcome to my weekly newsletter, the Week In Review, recapping the great work my team and I are doing in Washington D.C. and around Georgia's 11th District. As your Representative in Congress, it’s a priority to keep you informed of how we're serving you. If you would like to stay up to date, check out our website, and follow our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages! Looking forward to seeing you in Georgia's 11th Congressional District or in Washington, D.C. | Rep. Barry Loudermilk U.S. Congressman, Georgia's Eleventh District | Our Votes This Week - Critical Legislation to Empower American Small Businesses and Teach American High School Students about the Horrors of Communism | This week, I supported critical legislation to increase and empower American small businesses to support innovation and provide American high school students with crucial educational resources about the horrors of Communism. Top bills are as follows: - H.R. 7198 – Prove It Act – Rep. Brad Finstad (MN-1)
- This legislation empowers American small businesses to support innovation and drive economic growth and forces federal bureaucrats to better consider the overall effect that government regulation has on small business before finalizing economically burdensome rules.
- H.R. 5349 – Crucial Communism Teaching Act – Rep. Claudia Tenney (NY-24)
- This legislation corrects deficiencies in current tax code to end tax-exempt status for American nonprofits found to be materially supporting designated terrorist groups, including Hamas, and provide fair tax treatment for Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad.
| POLITICO: Next Steps in Oversight Subcommittee J6 Investigation | This week, I spoke with POLITICO about the next steps in our House Administration Committee's Oversight Subcommittee investigation into the events of January 6th, discussing the critical need for a more clear structure as we move forward. There is still more work to be done, and I will continue to leave no stone unturned until we get the complete truth and hold all necessary parties accountable. To read the full story, click here. | Rep. Loudermilk Discusses Private Markets, Capital Formation | In case you missed it, this week, I discussed the common criticisms of private markets with Henry Ward, CEO & Co-founder of Carta, and talked about addressing the concentration of venture capital activity in the software and biotech sectors. | Rep. Loudermilk on Just The News' No Noise: Political Meddling in the U.S. Capitol Police Process Must End | In case you missed it, this week, I sat down with John Solomon and Amanda Head for their show Just the News: No Noise to discuss how House Democrat leaders politically meddled in the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) process and pressured top officials to provide financial assistance and a promotion to Lt. Michael Byrd, the officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt on January 6. We also discussed next steps in our investigation and the importance of creating a new J6 Select Committee as our work continues. | Rep. Loudermilk Joins Letter Calling for Increased Cooperation to Address Check Fraud | This week, I joined Reps. French Hill (AR-2) and Bill Foster (IL-11) in a bipartisan letter to Andrea Gacki, the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) calling for increased cooperation to address the growing issue of check fraud. The letter urges bank regulators to help improve processes so that law enforcement and victims can react more quickly to check fraud. Click here to read the full letter. | Rep. Loudermilk Joins over 100 Members of Congress Asking GAO to Investigate How Much Federal Funding has been Awarded to Abortion Providers over the Past Three Years | This week, I joined Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-4), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rep. Robert Aderholt (AL-4), Rep. Claudia Tenney (NY-24) and 112 Members of Congress asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate and report on the amount of federal funding that has been awarded to abortion providers including the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the International Planned Parenthood Federation over the past three years. Members of Congress request this report from GAO every three years. The most recent report (FY2019-FY2021) shows that abortion advocacy groups received nearly $2billion in federal funding. Read the full letter here. | Rep. Loudermilk Cosponsors Critical Disaster Relief Package for Hurricane Victims | This week, I joined Reps. Vern Buchanan (FL-16), Greg Murphy (NC-3), Drew Ferguson (GA-3) and others as a cosponsor of H.R. 10203, the Hurricane Helene and Milton Tax Relief Act. This legislation provides much-needed tax relief for those impacted by the recent back-to back-hurricanes. This bill would: - Raise the charitable deduction limit to 100% of a person’s adjusted gross income for contributions made towards relief efforts in affected areas, incentivizing donations to relief efforts.
- Allow people who are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to use their 2023 earnings as the basis for the credit in their filings for the 2024 tax year.
- Allow retirement savers to withdraw up to $100,000 from retirement savings accounts penalty free to pay for disaster-related expenses.
- Eliminate the 10% income threshold required to claim certain deductions for losses caused by the storms.
Click here to read the full bill text. | Washington DC Office
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