There has been a lot of talk in the media about raising the debt ceiling and addressing Washington's reckless government spending. Republicans are fighting to put America on a better fiscal path. We will have to raise the debt ceiling, but we must do that with spending control. Congress's responsibility to meet our country's financial obligations goes beyond just raising the debt limit – we must not allow debt to spiral out of control and burden future generations. Interest payments on our debt are projected to triple over the next 10 years, reaching $1.2 trillion and crowding out investment in other important programs. Democrats pushed spending to this limit on a purely partisan basis – now they should work with Republicans to put our country back on track. 

I want to make it clear...contrary to the scare tactics President Biden, and the White House are pushing, Republicans will NOT cut Social Security or Medicare. We remain focused on a responsible, reasonable, and sensible budget that will not hamstring our children's and grandchildren's future. 

The Biden administration continues to attack our Second Amendment. On January 13, the Attorney General signed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) rule that would treat any firearms with stabilizing accessories as short-barreled rifles. Federal agencies do not have the power to write new laws, and yet the ATF continues to attempt to expand its authority using the federal rulemaking process.

The Second Amendment is clear: “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. But the Far Left’s dangerous attack on the United States Constitution continues unabated with the ATF’s unconstitutional pistol brace rule. We are done sitting back and letting a bunch of faceless bureaucrats destroy the Second Amendment. I will continue to fight for every single law-abiding gun owner.

Joe Biden's historic border crisis is only getting worse under this administration's failing open-border policies. We have lost operational control. In the first three months of FY 2023, CBP arrested 6,980 individuals with criminal convictions, including 146 known gang members, 52 of those being MS-13 members. Every SINGLE state is now a BORDER state. 

This week, I called for the impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas for his willful disregard of the laws of the United States, releasing inadmissible aliens into the interior of the country, and failing to secure and maintain operational control of the southern border. Sec. Mayorkas has claimed over and over that our border is secure and there is no crisis at the southern border. This is simply not true. Nothing screams "secure," like 4.5 million illegal immigrants crossing the southern border. I am done sitting back and watching the Biden administration's failures, including those of the Secretary of Homeland Security. The times—and the crimes—demand Secretary Mayorkas' impeachment.

This week, the Energy and Commerce Committee had our first full hearing on Restoring American Dominance. Energy is foundational to every aspect of Americans' lives. We discussed the importance of leading the world in emissions reductions while increasing the availability of affordable energy through innovation. 

House Republicans continue to deliver on their Commitment to America. We passed the Freedom for Health Care Workers Act, and the Pandemic is Over Act. It is past time to end the COVID-19 pandemic and end the authoritarian policies that have used the guise of COVID-19 to attack Americans' personal freedoms. The American people know that the COVID-19 pandemic is over—it's time for the federal government to act like it.

We also voted to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee for her long history of anti-Semitic statements. I am a co-chair of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combatting Antisemitism, and I'm committed to combating antisemitism in all its forms. The rise of anti-Semitic attacks should deeply concern us all - an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.

• H.R. 788 - To limit donations made pursuant to settlement agreements to which the United States is a party, and for other purposes. 
• H.R. 790 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the firearm transfer tax, and for other purposes. 
• H.R. 792 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions. 
• H.R. 807 - To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the invaluable service that working dogs provide to society. 
• H.J.Res. 27 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'".
• H.R. 712 - To reimburse the States for border security expenses, and for other purposes. 
• H.R. 713 - To provide enhanced capabilities to combat transnational criminal cartels, and for other purposes. 
• H.R. 720 - To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act. 
• H.R. 721 - To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to provide whistleblower protection for union employees. 
• H.Res. 89 - Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors. 
• H.Res. 90 - Demanding that the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Communist Party of China immediately release Mark Swidan.
• H.R. 646 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes. 
• H.R. 661 - To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person, and for other purposes. 
• H.R. 672 - To establish trust funds relating to border security, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 382 - Pandemic is Over Act 
• H.R. 508 - To provide procedures for appealing certain Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives rulings or determinations, and for other purposes. 
• H.R. 632 - To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act and Public Health Service Act to improve the reporting of abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and for other purposes. 
• H.J.Res. 18 - AUMF CARTEL Influence Resolution

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