Visiting Robins AFB

It was great to visit Robins Air Force Base and speak with the Wing and ALC leadership about their priorities. I am very proud of the over 24,000 men and women at Robins who “Provide Airpower for Freedom” each day.

They inspire me, and I fully appreciate everything they do to make our Air Force lethal and relevant to the joint fight. No other Air Force in the world has the global reach of the United States Air Force, and that’s due to the good work done in Middle Georgia.

Visiting Moody AFB

I also visited Moody AFB and discussed military canines, military construction, and the F-35 transition. 

I am aware of the tight timelines for the F-35s to arrive at Moody and am working with my colleagues and senior Air Force Leadership to avoid any unnecessary delays.

I applaud the entire base for their leadership in cleaning up the base after Helene. 

Speaking with Lowndes and Warner Robins High School Classes

Last week, I spoke with AP Government classes at Lowndes and Warner Robins High Schools.

Learning about the function of our government is important for every young American. It was a joy to meet with these students and answer their questions about Congress!

Celebrating our Congressional App Challenge Winners

Congratulations to our 2024 Congressional App Challenge winners, Micheal Do and Hieu Tran!

These Houston County High School students created an app called Signify, which generates a real-time translation of American Sign Language (ASL) to English.

Their app will be featured on the U.S. House of Representatives website and displayed in an exhibit in the U.S. Capitol Building alongside winners from other participating congressional districts across the country.
 
I am always blown away by the creativity and talent of our young constituents, and I encourage all students to participate in the upcoming app challenge this year!

Washington Reporter | K-STREET, 10,000 FEET: Inside the illicit vaping crisis: How China and Mexico’s cartels are poisoning America

"It is impossible to find someone unaffected by the opioid crisis in America. Be it family, friend, spouse, child, or acquaintance, we all know someone harmed by this scourge that has been killing our neighbors for nearly a decade now.

Just as the opioid crisis crosses party lines, the illicit vape market does the same. Children are being targeted with addictive chemicals masked with youth-enticing flavors, creating a dependent market on illegal nicotine that spreads through middle and high schools like a voracious plague. These vapes are hard to quit and easy to hide from parental supervision, creating a perfect storm for another addiction crisis to take hold in America...

To put it plainly: China supplies illicit narcotics to other countries around the world to create a crisis. Then, the CCP leverages its counter-narcotic and law enforcement capabilities to get things they want and, if they don’t like your country, it is left to rot from the inside out.

But this plan is not accomplished by the CCP alone — Mexican drug cartels act as the cooks and mules for the illicit Chinese products, bringing them into America after crafting them across the border via illegal immigration. It’s easy for the cartels to get the materials to craft fentanyl, at that, with China being the primary source of the opioid’s precursor chemicals...

'The CCP is not our friend — they are and will hurt Americans in any way they can, including aiding the spread of deadly fentanyl into our country,' Rep. Austin Scott (R., Ga.) told the Reporter."

Read more here.