Dear john,I hope that you and your family are staying safe as Tropical Storm Ian churns our way. While Ian is not making landfall directly on NC's coast, North Carolinians should remain vigilant as the storm will pass over our district today and tomorrow. Please join me in praying for the people of the great state of Florida, as well as all those impacted by the storm. My office stands ready to assist our constituents during and after the storm. More information and resources can be found on my website here.DEADLINE EXTENDED: Service Academy Nominations Due to Hurricane Ian, the deadline for service academy nominations has been extended to Monday, October 3rd. Additional information for the service academy nomination process can be found here.Applications must be mailed to our Monroe District Office at:      Congressman Dan Bishop300 N Main St.Monroe, NC 28112  Please direct all questions about the application process to our office by calling (202) 225-1976 or emailing [email protected]  Saying NO to Reckless SpendingToday, the House voted on Democrats’ reckless spending bill, which contains billions of dollars for radical Leftist priorities. This bill will give Democrats one last “must-pass” bill on their way out the door. While the press and politicians here in the Swamp have dubbed this bill a “clean” CR, it is anything but clean. This bill gives an additional $12.3 billion directly to Ukraine while adding approximately another $4 billion in transfer authority. It gives $10.8 billion to Biden’s FBI, $12.6 billion to the IRS, tens of billions for the federal health bureaucracies that have still faced zero accountability for their disastrous pandemic policies and continues funding Biden’s unconstitutional vaccine mandates.These are just a handful of the harmful provisions this bill foists on the American people. Worse yet, the legislation doesn’t even pretend to address our wide-open border, which has seen nearly five million illegal border crossings since Biden took office. This is nearly half of the population of the state of North Carolina – a full-blown invasion.I could not support any bill that kicks the can down the road to a lame-duck Democrat Congress. Biden and the Democrats have refused any and all opportunities to address the invasion at our southern border and have continued spending at a breakneck pace despite the disastrous impacts on our economy. This bill does nothing to address the problems facing Americans, which is why I voted no.As I told the Carolina Journal, Congress should not be a rubber stamp for the destructive Biden agenda. I will continue to fight for responsible spending in Washington, and bloated spending bills that serve as a Christmas tree for liberal policies are a prominent example of Congress at its worst.READ: Bishop joins 55 other Republicans opposing Democrats’ temporary spending planFighting Against CRT in the MilitaryCritical Race Theory (CRT) and Radical Gender Theory have infiltrated the military – and recent reports showcase just how far it has infiltrated our service academies.READ: Air Force Academy diversity training tells cadets to use words that 'include all genders ,' drop 'mom and dad'CRT and other hateful ideologies have no place in our military. These toxic teachings make us weaker and only serve to divide us. Last year, I introduced the Stop CRT Act and the Combatting Racist Training in the Military Act to end this nonsense.These two bills would ban federal funds from being used to promote and teach CRT, especially in our military. I will continue highlighting the evils of CRT here in the House, and fighting to pass this important legislation. To read the full Combatting Racist Training in the Military Act, click here.