I voted against Nancy Pelosi’s 2,741-page, $1.5 trillion spending bill that was released after midnight and Members were given less than 22 hours to read. This legislation included funding for Planned Parenthood, failed to defund vaccine mandates, cut funding for Border Patrol, increased IRS funding to help Biden’s bureaucrats snoop on your bank account, contained 2,727 earmarks totaling $4.2 billion (including Nancy Pelosi's heinous Presidio Trust earmark for luxury hotels and golf clubs in San Francisco), authorized radical Green New Deal and environmental policies that will only increase gas prices further, and added $95 million for more gun control.
Using aid for Ukraine in order to pass $4 billion worth of earmarks and other misguided Biden priorities in a $1.5 trillion spending bill is corrupt. Congress and the American people shouldn't be presented with the false choice that the only way to support aid for Ukraine is to also pass a 2,700-page, drunken-sailor spending bill that no one has seen for more than a day. Sadly, the omnibus was yet another example of Democrats never letting a crisis go to waste.
I also voted against Pelosi’s fake ban on Russian oil and gas. This watered-down bill allows Biden to keep buying and importing oil and gas from Russia for another 45 days. It contained several waivers and non-binding sanctions that will prevent a ban from actually occurring.
I introduced the Ukraine Assistance and American Energy Acceleration Act to rein in Pelosi's bloated foreign aid package and provide a targeted amount of real military and humanitarian resources for Ukraine, without using it as a political pawn. This bill also includes a real ban on oil and gas from Russia, Iran, and Venezuela, and allows for responsible American energy production that will reduce gas prices. My bill restarts the Keystone XL Pipeline, overturns Biden’s energy leasing moratorium, expedite permits for pipelines and natural gas exports, provides ammo for Ukraine, and includes a real ban on oil and gas imports from Russia, Iran, and Venezuela.
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I am proud to have voted against funding Biden’s vaccine mandate on September 21st, December 2nd, February 8th, and on March 9th. This year’s government funding debate was about so much more than fiscal policy—it was about drawing a line in the sand against medical mandates and in favor of freedom.
It is long past time we use the procedures outlined in the Constitution to rein in Biden’s overreaching mandates that are trampling on our liberties. I am proud to have stood with conservatives in voting no, and I called on Republicans in the Senate to do the same.
Unfortunately, Senate RINOs did not hold the line. Far too many Senators run like President Donald Trump but legislate like Nancy Pelosi. Sadly, Biden’s four remaining vaccine mandates targeting military service members, healthcare workers, federal employees, and federal contractors remain in place.
Conservatives in Congress must continue to push back against Biden’s authoritarianism.
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I joined Rep. Thomas Massie, Senator Rand Paul, and 14 additional Members of Congress in suing CDC Director Rochelle Walensky to halt the illegal mask mandates on planes, at airports and at other transportation facilities. Congress never delegated the CDC the authority to impose criminal penalties on individuals not wearing a mask in transportation facilities.
It is shocking that some of the most intrusive federal mandates that have happened over the last two years are not laws. Congress never passed laws mandating COVID tyranny, and agencies have no authority to roll out such sweeping orders by executive fiat. Congress needs to take back its power of the purse and stop federal bureaucrats from intruding into peoples’ lives.
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As co-chair of the Second Amendment Caucus, I was honored to join my friend, Congressman Michael Cloud in introducing the No REGISTRY Rights Act. Even though a federal firearms registry is prohibited by law, today, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has records of nearly 1 billion firearm transactions. Like many law-abiding gun owners, I don’t trust the Biden regime or the federal government with this information. This bill ensures these records are deleted in a timely manner, restores privacy, and defends the Second Amendment.
I am proud to continue defending your Second Amendment rights!
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Courthouse News Service, Republican lawmakers sue CDC over commercial travel mask mandate
“Thomas Massie, Rand Paul, and Lauren Boebert, among others, sued the CDC, Director Rochelle Walensky, and Chief of Staff Sherri Berger, in a Kentucky federal court Monday…‘The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not have the legal authority to force people traveling on commercial airlines to wear masks,’ said Massie. ‘Congress never passed a law requiring masks on commercial flights. This lawsuit targets the faceless bureaucrats who are behind the CDC's unscientific regulation so that this illegal mask mandate can be brought to a permanent end.’”
Washington Examiner, ‘Broken process’ of omnibus bill reveals unnecessary spending that fiscally threatens our democracy
“‘My mom said nothing good happens after 10 p.m., certainly nothing good happens after midnight, and Pelosi’s bill is just another example of nothing good happens after midnight,” Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican, told me in an interview. Congress doesn’t know about what’s in the bill they’re passing, but we have to do this in an expedited manner so that Democrats can catch their buses and head off to Philly for their Democrat retreat,’ Boebert said. ‘The whole process is completely broken…But this is Democrat 101, right? Use a crisis to create a slush fund of spending for a Democrat wish list.’”
Washington Post, Spring ahead — and stay there. Let’s make daylight saving time permanent “Enter the Sunshine Protection Act, bipartisan legislation whose supporters span the spectrum from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on the right to Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on the left. If enacted, the entire country would skip ahead one more time — and stay there.”
Sean Hannity, BOEBERT BLASTS 'PELOSI'S MINIONS': 'Another $1.5 Trillion Dollar Bill No One Will Read' “Pelosi’s minions released a 2,700+ page omnibus spending bill after midnight that we will consider today, ~15 hours later. At a time of record inflation and wasteful spending, the proposed solution is spend, spend, spend and another $1.5 trillion bill that no one will read.”
Denver 7, Colorado's reaction to the US ban on importing Russian oil and gas “Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., said the ban on Russian imports…‘is the right thing to do.’ She said America should also increase its energy production and end the moratorium on new leases on federal lands…[The U.S.] imported around 8% of its oil imports last year – around 245 million barrels – from Russia, which is less than it imported from Canada or Mexico. Boebert also called for the renewed construction on the Keystone XL pipeline.”
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Serving the people of Colorado’s Third Congressional District is the greatest honor of my life. If you are having issues with a federal agency or want your voice to be heard, please come to one of our mobile office hours, and a member of my team will be happy to assist you.
My team will be available to help constituents who aren’t getting answers from federal agencies, like veterans seeking to get the care they earned from the VA, travelers that need expedited assistance to receive a passport on short notice, taxpayers being harassed by the IRS, and senior citizens having issues with the Social Security Administration or Medicare. Additionally, constituents are invited to come to the office hours to express their viewpoints on legislative issues or request special Congressional Commendations from the Congresswoman recognizing outstanding public achievements.
TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2022
Huerfano County Mobile Office Hours County Court House 401 Main Street, Room 202 Walsenburg, CO 9:00-10:00 a.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022 La Plata County Mobile Office Hours Animas Room – Extension Building La Plata County Fairgrounds 2500 Main Avenue Durango, CO 10:00 am-12:00 pm La Plata County Mobile Office Hours Debra’s Café 15062 Highway 140 Hesperus, CO 1:00-2:00 pm
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