Friend,
Campaign season is coming. If there is one thing that means, it's that you are about to hear a lot of
promises being made by a lot of politicians all across America.
It's also a great time to check in and see how those politicians are doing in delivering on those
promises.
When it comes to
Republicans, we're delivering... on jobs, on the economy, and border security, and so much more. But don't just take it from us... check out just a
sampling of the news from the last week below.
Who would
ever want to take our country in the opposite direction?
The Democrats, that's who. They're running hard, they're running fast, and they're running angry to undo all the progress we've made. And we
can't let them succeed.
Please help us share
the great successes
resulting from Republican leadership with your family, friends,
neighbors, and anyone else you think needs to know about the great successes resulting from Republican leadership. It's up to each of us to share these stories and make the case with the people we know.
For liberty,
Jobs, Freedom, and Security PAC
This week in Republican
victories:
U.S. consumer confidence is at its highest level in 19 years
- Bloomberg: Americans’
assessment of current conditions climbed to the highest level in almost 19 years, helped by a job market that remains robust... The gauge of views on
the present situation jumped to 177.2, the highest since November 2000.
Helping veterans achieve in STEM
- The Daily Texan: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and UT President Gregory Fenves held an on-campus roundtable Tuesday to hear from student veterans about the
recently-passed Veteran STEM Scholarship Improvement Act. During the roundtable at the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Building, UT student veterans in STEM
programs and representatives of NASA and Dell joined Cornyn and Fenves to discuss the act and share their experiences. The act, which was introduced
in June, allows veterans up to $30,000 of G.I. Bill eligibility or an additional semester of study, if they are following a STEM degree plan.
“Before the passage of this bill, only three STEM programs at UT applied to this scholarship,” Fenves said. “Now, that number has
jumped up to 25.”
More Americans are working and fewer are seeking unemployment benefits
- Reuters: Initial claims
for state unemployment benefits dropped 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 209,000 for the week ended Aug. 17, the Labor Department said in a separate
report. The decline was sharper than expected. Last week’s claims data falls during the same week the Labor Department conducts surveys used to
estimate national employment during the month of August. The four-week average for new unemployment benefits claims was lower than the corresponding
week in July, a positive signal for employment during the month.
With unemployment at historic lows, young people are getting happier with their wage
growth
- Wall Street
Journal: American workers under 35 report being happier with their paychecks than people over 55 for the first time since at least
2011, according to a new report from the Conference Board, a business-research organization that polls U.S. employees about workplace satisfaction.
Overall, the share of workers satisfied with their paychecks rose to 46.4% in 2018, from 43% in 2017, an increase that mirrors federal data showing
that wage growth accelerated in 2018. The biggest leap came from millennials and Generation Z, whose enthusiasm for their compensation shot from 36%
in 2017 to nearly 46% a year later.
We're building the wall and securing the border
- U.S. Customs and Border
Protection: In partnership with @USACEHQ, CBP has constructed over 60 miles of new border wall system along the SW border since 2017
and expects to complete 450 miles by the end of 2020.
We're protecting the environment AND delivering clean and affordable energy for
America
- USA Today: Activists
and Democratic politicians like to portray President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the ineffectual and counterproductive Paris Agreement as an
example of his “inaction” on the environment. In reality, the quality of our air and water has only improved since he took office. Carbon
emissions fell 2.7% in President Trump’s first year. While emissions rose in 2018 due to robust economic growth, carbon dioxide is projected to
decrease in 2019 and 2020.
