John,
House Republicans accomplished so much this week. We took action to support moms, protect Minnesota mining jobs and our national security, ensure there are consequences for foreign fraudsters and terrorists, and rein in wasteful spending. Here’s a quick look at what we worked on this week and why it matters.
This week, the House passed my Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act—a victory for mothers, children, and basic fairness in federal policy. For years, the Biden administration used Washington bureaucracy to punish pregnancy resource centers simply because they choose life and offer real help instead of abortion referrals. This bill puts a hard stop to that abuse of power by making it unmistakably clear states can support pregnancy centers through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). It restores neutrality to the law and ensures that compassion, not ideology, guides how assistance is delivered to families in need. By passing this bill, the House rejected an anti-motherhood agenda that treated life-affirming care as suspect. Now the Senate must do its job, pass this bill, and send it to President Trump’s desk to become law.
With the House voting this week to overturn President Biden’s blanket ban on mining in northeast Minnesota, we are taking an important step toward restoring balance, common sense, and Minnesota’s right to manage its resources. This vote doesn’t greenlight any project; it simply rejects a one-size-fits-all federal ban that shut down opportunity before Minnesota’s rigorous environmental review process could even begin. At a time when China dominates these supply chains, it was simply reckless for the Biden administration to lock up American resources and outsource production to other countries. The potential benefits are real, coming in the form of good-paying jobs and a stronger domestic supply of critical minerals. Minnesotans have never accepted the false choice between protecting clean water and supporting responsible mining. We can do both, and this action makes it possible again.
I proudly cosponsored the Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation (SCAM) Act, introduced by Whip Emmer, to protect the integrity of American citizenship. This bill ensures real consequences, including denaturalization and deportation, for those who commit fraud against taxpayers, affiliate with terrorist organizations, or are convicted of serious felonies or espionage within ten years of naturalization. Minnesotans have seen the damage caused by fraud and abuse, and I will always support commonsense policies that put national security and the rule of law first.
House Republicans delivered a historic win by passing all twelve Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bills through regular order. There was no bloated omnibus and no endless continuing resolutions. For the first time in more than a decade, Congress returned to a committee-led, member-driven process that restores accountability. House Republicans funded the government responsibly while cutting waste, fraud, and abuse. These bills spend less than another full-year continuing resolution and lock in reforms that put taxpayers first. Once enacted, any last remnants of Biden-era spending will be replaced with President Trump’s spending levels. This is how Congress is supposed to work, and I was proud to support getting it done for Minnesota and the country.
