Weekly Wrap

November 12, 2021

This Week: At A Glance

Monday, Rep. Beth Van Duyne (TX-24) joined Fox Business to encourage voters to remove leaders in Washington that want to provide hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation to immigrant families who came here illegally and were separated at the border. Click below to watch her full interview. 

Tuesday, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (WV) cosponsored a bill that would provide more oversight of such payments for immigrant families. Click below to read more. 

“Under any circumstance, rewarding illegal immigrants with cash handouts is unacceptable, let alone in President Biden’s inflation economy when millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet.” 

Also Tuesday, Sen. Joni Ernst (IA) introduced the FAUCI Act, which calls for "a full accounting of how and where U.S. tax dollars are being spent, a complete ban on funding of 'gain-of-function’ research in Communist China, and restrictions on government officials who intentionally mislead Congress." Click here to read more. 

Wednesday, Rep. Stephanie Bice (OK-05) criticized Vice President Kamala Harris, the Biden administration’s designated border and immigration czar, for not focusing on the border crisis at home or visiting U.S.-Mexico border hot spots. Click below to read more. 

Also Wednesday, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley highlighted the surge in consumer good prices from 2020-2021. Inflation continues to rise, as October marked a 30-year high. Click here to read more. 

Thursday, conservative women celebrated Veteran's Day by thanking the men and women who have served this great nation. 

In The News

Axios: House passes $1.2T bipartisan infrastructure bill, sending it to Biden's desk. The core piece of Biden’s signature domestic agenda includes massive investments in roads, bridges and waterways, among other “hard infrastructure” provisions.

The New York Times: The Biggest Kink in America’s Supply Chain: Not Enough Truckers. Facing more than $50,000 in student debt, Michael Gary dropped out of college and took a truck driving job in 2012. It paid the bills, he said, and he could reduce his expenses if he lived mostly out of a truck.

Fox Business: Kudlow: Stop the spending, stop the money printing presses. Rising a huge .9% just for the month alone. And 6.2% for the past 12 months. It is the fastest pace in over 30 years.

Fox News: Rep. Salazar says Biden administration silently sending flights of migrants to Florida is ‘embarrassing’. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., told "Fox & Friends" on Monday that the Biden administration silently sending flights of migrants to Florida is "embarrassing" and that America "needs an immigration reform law."

The Des Moines Register: Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks will run for reelection in new 1st Congressional District.  U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks will run in Iowa's 1st Congressional District, avoiding what likely would have become a competitive and expensive race against fellow incumbent, Democratic U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne.

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