It’s Groundhog Day in Washington, as the Schumer Shutdown stretches on to Day 29.

While Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer brags that “every day gets better” for Democrats during the shutdown, struggling Americans certainly don’t share that sentiment.

Yet it appears these so-called liberal “leaders” don’t care.

Take it from House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, who admitted, “Of course there will be families that are going to suffer...but it is one of the few leverage times we have.”

Democrats are shamelessly confessing to holding the government and the American people hostage as leverage to obtain their radical demands. As a reminder, their $1.5 trillion wish list includes giving taxpayer-funded health care to illegal aliens, extending COVID-era Obamacare subsidies, and financing woke programs in foreign countries.

These absurd demands are nothing more than an attempt to appease the Democrat Party’s radical Left base.

So instead of providing the five Democrats needed to overcome the 60-vote threshold that is currently blocking the House-passed continuing resolution from coming to the Senate floor, Chuck Schumer is focused on scoring political points in hopes that his partisan games will save his career. 

Meanwhile, the American people are paying the price.

In addition to the economic consequences I previously shared with you, the Schumer Shutdown is causing additional damage throughout the country. For example, roughly 13,000 air traffic controllers are working without pay, which is significantly impacting the nationwide staffing shortage. This unfortunate but avoidable reality continues to worsen air travel turmoil, with widespread flight delays and cancellations.

In addition, approximately 42 million Americans — including 1.4 million Georgians — will not receive their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on November 1st if the Schumer Shutdown drags on. Democrats have long claimed they champion SNAP benefits, even going so far as to lie about Republicans’ commonsense reforms to improve the program. Now that these food assistance benefits are actually in jeopardy due to Chuck Schumer’s refusal to reopen the government, the Democrat Party is nowhere to be found. 

Why? Because Washington Democrats view Americans’ pain as political gain.

Bottom line, the Schumer Shutdown has gone on long enough. We only need five more Senate Democrats to break the filibuster and bring the House-passed government funding bill to the Senate floor for a vote. Georgia’s Democrat Senators, Warnock and Ossoff, should be two of those votes, but they are not. Not yet.

The Peach State — and our great nation — deserve better than the Left’s harmful political games.

I want to hear from you!

Last Week's Results:

90% do not support Senate Democrats’ proposal to eliminate the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund in Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill.

You may be pleased to know that I recently cosponsored several key pieces of legislation, including: 

• H.R. 5722, the Preserving A Sharia-Free America Act: This critical bill combats the threatening spread of Sharia Law by preventing all foreign nationals who observe Sharia from entering the U.S. or from remaining in the country. This legislation is direly needed, as Sharia Law is incompatible with both the U.S. Constitution and our Western values.
• H.R. 5038, the American Protein Processing Modernization Act: This legislation offers a permanent framework to ensure pork and poultry processing facilities are able to maintain full operational capacity. Increased line speeds are essential to protect the Ninth District’s thriving poultry industry, provide greater certainty for our food supply chain, and bring America’s meat processing closer to global competitiveness. 
• H.R. 5005, the Sanctuary Penalty and Public Protection Act: Maintaining law and order should be a top priority for any government. Yet sanctuary jurisdictions in liberal cities, counties, and states across the country continue to prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens. This bill aims to deliver accountability by stripping sanctuary jurisdictions of federal funds due to their reckless, unlawful actions — such as failing to comply with ICE detainers or prohibiting local law enforcement from assisting federal authorities in arresting illegal aliens. 
• H.R. 4964, the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: This commonsense, pro-family legislation prohibits the transportation of minors across state lines to receive an abortion without following the parental notification laws in the minor’s resident state. The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act is essential to help protect vulnerable girls from exploitation and abuse, strengthen parental rights, and reinforce state protections for minors.

I look forward to working with my House Republican colleagues to advance these commonsense policies. Please don’t hesitate to contact my office if you have any comments or questions about my work for the Ninth District.

Over the weekend, I had the honor of celebrating a true hero’s birthday. David Prince of Jackson County turned 102 years old, with many of those remarkable years committed to faithfully serving our nation and our state. Mr. Prince is a veteran of the U.S. Army, Navy Reserves, and Air National Guard. Additionally, he continued his selfless service as an Atlanta police officer. As a token of my appreciation on behalf of the Ninth District and in recognition of his incredible milestone, I presented Mr. Prince with a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, an American flag flown over the U.S. Capitol Building, and a Make America Great Again hat signed by President Donald J. Trump. While our nation owes Mr. Prince a debt that cannot be repaid, we owe it to him — and all our heroic veterans and law enforcement officers — to honor his life, legacy, and sacrifice.

Please join me in thanking Mr. Prince for his valiant service, as well as wishing him a happy 102nd birthday!

This week, unless the Schumer Shutdown ends and House lawmakers are called back to Washington, I’ll continue meeting with constituents and local organizations in the Ninth District. For regular updates on the week ahead — especially on the ongoing government shutdown, please follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Gettr, and X. Have a blessed week!