House Republicans recently cleared a critical hurdle to deliver on President Trump’s America First agenda.

Last week, my House Republican Budget Committee colleagues and I passed a budget resolution out of Committee. This victory marks the first step in unlocking the budget reconciliation process, which provides a fast-track, filibuster-proof avenue to achieve many of President Trump’s key priorities. Keep in mind, reconciliation cannot be used as a vehicle for just any policy; it must be policies that directly impact mandatory spending, revenues, or the debt limit.

Our budget resolution provides a blueprint to deliver President Trump’s tax cuts, rein in Washington’s spending, and invest in America’s national and border security.

Admittedly, this wasn’t an easy process.

For starters, our marathon markup of the budget resolution lasted more than twelve hours due to debating over thirty Democrat amendments. Many of these efforts were simply attempts to fearmonger and mislead the American people, largely pushing lies surrounding Social Security and Medicare. In reality, House Republicans’ budget resolution does not impact legitimate, critical benefits. Our focus is on rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse — such as the billions of dollars in annual improper Medicaid payments.

Democrats also proposed amendments that would unnecessarily burden you and your family. For example, I vehemently opposed a Democrat-led amendment aiming to boost the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) budget by $20 billion for the sole purpose of rehiring President Biden’s army of 87,000 IRS agents to target middle-class Americans.

Thankfully, my Republican Budget Committee colleagues and I defeated every solitary Democrat amendment.

Yet during the final drafting of the resolution, it was also a battle to achieve assurances that our budget resolution champions fiscal sanity.

Through negotiations, my House Freedom Caucus colleagues and I secured an accountability mechanism that ensures Republicans uphold our promise of delivering both tax cuts and offsetting spending cuts.

In short, the budget resolution that we passed out of the House Budget Committee enables us to reach $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, $2.5 trillion of economic growth, and potentially more than $2 trillion in spending cuts. Our accountability mechanism, which was offered and passed as an amendment during our marathon markup, ensures both our goals of tax cuts and spending cuts are met.

Specifically, for every dollar that we cut in spending, there will be another dollar in tax cuts — just as for every dollar missed in spending cuts, there will be a dollar less in tax cuts. This offers a commonsense approach to achieving our mission of delivering on President Trump’s America First agenda in a fiscally responsible, budget neutral manner.

I proudly voted to advance House Republicans’ budget resolution out of Committee, as I believe this fiscal framework provides a principled legislative vehicle for carrying out President Trump’s America First agenda. While this is only the first step in the complex budget reconciliation process, it’s exciting to play a role in making it happen — always representing the Ninth’s voice and values through every step of the way.

Please don’t hesitate to contact my office if you have any questions about the budget resolution, the budget reconciliation process, or the path forward in fulfilling President Trump’s mandate to get America back on track.

I want to hear from you!

Last Week’s Results:

94% support President Trump’s executive order to keep biological males out of women’s sports.

For nearly 200 years, every President from George Washington to Richard Nixon possessed the authority to impound funds. In short, impoundment is the President’s constitutional power, vested in Article II of the U.S. Constitution, to decline to spend the full amount of funds that Congress appropriates. In other words, the amount of funding that Congress approves represents a ceiling, not a floor. For example, if Congress provides $20 million to fund a government project or program but the President can get the job done with half the amount, then the President shouldn’t be forced to spend more than the $10 million he needs.

In 1974, at the height of the Watergate scandal, Congress unnecessarily and unlawfully complicated the presidential power of impoundment with passage of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (ICA). The ICA is unconstitutional, as it violates the President’s Article II authority. The devastating consequences of this imprudent law are evident in our dire fiscal crisis. Removing the unconstitutional roadblock that the ICA presents will ensure President Trump has every tool at his disposal to decline wasteful spending, tame our ballooning national debt, and reverse course on our unsustainable economic outlook.

That’s why last week, I reintroduced my legislation to repeal the Impoundment Control Act. I’m proud to have the support of more than two dozen of my House Republican colleagues, as well as my friend, Senator Mike Lee, leading this effort in the Senate. I’m hopeful that we will both garner additional support from our colleagues — providing a strong, unified defense of President Trump’s constitutional impoundment authority, with the ultimate goal of finally repealing the 1974 ICA.

This past November, the American people overwhelmingly rejected the Biden-Harris Administration’s destructive policies. As President Trump works rapidly to get our country back on track, Congress must do the same by swiftly overturning costly, misguided rules finalized before Joe Biden left office. That’s why I recently introduced more than a dozen Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolutions of disapproval to overturn various Biden-era regulations. According to data from the American Action Forum, the total estimated savings of repealing these rules is roughly $105 billion. From promoting the Left’s woke ideology to placing pricey requirements on small businesses, these wide-ranging regulations are burdensome and unnecessary. I’m proud to lead the timely effort to roll back these harmful policies, and I’m hopeful the House will act quickly to nullify President Biden’s costly, last-minute rules.

Check out the full list of Biden-era rules that I’m targeting to overturn by clicking the button below.

District Spotlight 

The Rotary Club of Gainesville recently named Jim Syfan, co-founder, owner, and CEO of Syfan Logistics, as the organization’s Man of the Year! This exciting honor is awarded to an individual who illustrates an inspiring commitment to civic service. In addition to growing a wildly successful, top-notch shipping company, Jim and his family have given back to our North Georgia community in multiple ways. As you may know, this work includes the Syfan Logistics Christian Charitable Fund, the Syfan Family Foundation, and the Syfan Logistics Lab at the University of North Georgia Cottrell Center for Business, Technology, and Innovation.

Congratulations, Jim! This recognition is well deserved, as your hard work and servant’s heart are known throughout the Ninth District.

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This week, I’ll travel across North Georgia to visit businesses to learn more about their operations and meet with local leaders to discuss ways we can work together to best serve you and your family. For regular updates on the week ahead, please follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Gettr, and X. Have a blessed week!