As I always say, never underestimate Joe Biden’s ability to exceed our expectations when it comes to his failure. Unsurprisingly, the President’s self-inflicted border crisis continues to break all the wrong records, solidifying his failed leadership and the destructive nature of his open border agenda. According to new data, more than 73,000 illegal migrants knowingly entered the country last month – marking the highest monthly total of gotaways at the southern border on record. 

Of course, according to the Biden Administration, the southern border is “secure.” Maybe if the President actually visited the chaos he created, he would think twice about turning a blind eye to thousands of illegal aliens escaping Border Patrol agents and flooding our country. Yet Biden has never been to the border – and there’s no sign that he ever will. Despite more than 200 days spent on luxurious vacations in the last two years, the President has spent zero days at the southern border in all his decades of public office. Folks, he simply doesn’t care about the manufactured mayhem that he’s unleashed at the border or how it impacts every community across the country. But accountability for this catastrophe is coming under a Republican majority next year.  

The very first day Joe Biden stepped foot in the Oval Office, he canceled the Keystone XL Pipeline – effectively killing 11,000 American energy jobs with the stroke of a pen. Since then, he has only continued to champion anti-American energy policies that diminish our Strategic Petroleum Reserve, demolish American energy independence, and damage consumers’ pocketbooks with soaring prices. A key pillar of the Biden Administration’s failed energy agenda includes drastically increasing our dependence on foreign oil while refusing to ramp up domestic production. In fact, as you may know, President Biden recently eased sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector in order to greenlight Chevron to resume oil production in the Communist regime. From permitting drilling in Venezuela to begging Saudi Arabia to boost supply, President Biden has shamelessly empowered brutal regimes and neglected his fellow Americans.

I refuse to stay silent about the harm this America Last Administration is inflicting on our great nation. Due to my concerns, I went to the House floor last week to blast the White House’s severely misguided energy agenda – but to also encourage Americans with a reminder that House Republicans will advance beneficial policies to unleash domestic production and lower gas prices when we retake the majority in January. Please click the video below to watch my full remarks.

With Christmas quickly approaching, Capitol Hill is fully in the holiday spirit. Last week, an impressive 78-foot-tall red spruce was beautifully decorated and lit in front of the U.S. Capitol building, where it will remain until January 1^st. Since 1970, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service has provided Christmas trees to the Capitol for lawmakers and visitors to enjoy throughout the holiday season. 

As we continue celebrating this joyous season in honor of the birth of our Lord and Savior, I’d like to spread some Northeast Georgian Christmas cheer. If you’d like to share your favorite Christmas tradition or a photo of your festive Christmas lights, please email [email protected] and I will gladly highlight as many as we can on our Facebook page (@RepresentativeClyde) for the Ninth to see. 

This week in Washington, lawmakers are expected to debate and vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023. When this legislation first came through the House in July, I resolutely voted against it due to numerous concerns, such as the Biden Administration’s unconstitutional military vaccine mandate and the woke nonsense indoctrination of our service members. As a 28-year Navy combat veteran, I certainly understand and value strengthening our nation’s readiness through bolstering our military’s defense capabilities and investing in our servicemen and women – but I refuse to surrender the future of our country’s military to the radical Left. Currently, I plan to oppose the NDAA unless lawmakers are able to fully eliminate the vaccine mandate — which is severely damaging recruiting and retention, restore all service members forced out due to the current vaccine mandate, and remove unnecessary spending.

Additionally, as mentioned, I look forward to introducing my latest piece of legislation, the Free Speech Defense Act, to eliminate government-by-proxy censorship once and for all. I’m proud to lead the fight in holding Big Tech and the federal government accountable for silencing Americans’ speech, and I’m excited to share more about this crucial bill in the week ahead.

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