Dear Friend,

Two years ago, Democrats gained full control in Washington. Two years later, a wrecked economy and Americans paying more for nearly everything is all they had to show for it. Eggs now cost almost $5 a dozen, our national debt is over 31 trillion, and inflation is at its highest level in 40 years—it's time for Congress to end the wasteful government spending that leads to the out-of-control inflation and our soaring Federal deficit.

This is why in January; Republicans in the House of Representatives began the legislative year by reining in Biden's reckless policies, opening up the People's House, and delivering on our promises to the American people.

In under two months, Republicans:

Passed the 118th Congress Rules Package creating the most open, transparent, and accountable House Rules in at least two generations.
Passed The Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act, which defunds Joe Biden’s army of 87,000 new IRS agents and sends a clear message that we will not allow the Biden administration to continue to target middle-class Americans.
Established a select Committee on China to investigate the Chinese Communist Party’s corrupting influence.
Voted to end Strategic Petroleum Reserve sales to China.
Established a committee to investigate weaponizing the federal government.
Condemned attacks on pregnancy centers.
Passed a Resolution denouncing socialism in all its forms and opposing the implementation of socialist policies in the United States of America.

District Updates

On January 19th, following the death of yet another whale in the mid-Atlantic region, this time on Assateague Island, I called for an immediate moratorium on offshore windmill construction and related underwater geotechnical testing until it can be definitively proven that this construction and testing are not the cause of the repeated whale deaths we are witnessing on almost a weekly basis.

Despite repeated requests, NOAA has offered zero evidence that this construction, including geotechnical testing, is not the cause of death. I will also continue to call for a full and transparent release of necropsy results, including the necropsy results of the whale ear structures which should be removed for examination to determine whether sonar actively contributed to the cause of death.

Photo Credits: Kristian Jaime and Allen Sklar

Even as NOAA points out that preliminary necropsy results show that the whale on Assateague Island was likely struck by a vessel, it is important to remember that even a vessel strike is still consistent with injury from seismic testing as that testing may interfere with the whale’s hearing and senses - some think causing long lasting damage.

We need to take the time to gather proper scientific data, act in full transparency, and not rely upon platitudes for these projects, their construction, and the impact they may have upon our environment. Until such actions occur, I am calling for a complete shutdown of offshore windmill construction.

Since December, over 14 whales washed up along the mid-Atlantic and recently an endangered right whale washed up in Virginia with no signs of vessel strike or entanglement. I was joined in my call for an offshore wind activity moratorium by Congressmen Chris Smith (NJ-4), Jeff Van Drew (NJ-2), and a group of 30 bipartisan mayors along the mid-Atlantic.

My joint statement with Rep. Van Drew can be read here.

In The News

Federal Spending:

Our national debt is over 31 trillion dollars and climbing but the Biden Administration continues to spend billions on wasteful spending projects. A recent Harvard/Harris poll showed that 63% of Americans want Congress to raise the debt ceiling with restraints on future spending. In 2021, Congress passed the largest debt ceiling increase in recent history, but it took Democrats just a little over a year to max out our Federal Government’s credit card and request yet another increase again.

In homes all across our District and the U.S., hard-working families work to balance their own budgets and there is no excuse for Washington to fail to do the same. Congress must cut the woke, weaponized, and wasteful spending from our deficit and bring fiscally sane spending policies back to Washington again.

Biden's Border Crisis:

Even as the White House insists on national television that our southern border is secure, a simple look at recent data will show that this claim is far removed from the truth. In fact, since Joe Biden took office, there have been over 4.6 million illegal border crossings and more than 1.2 million illegals have evaded apprehension. In 2022 alone, the Drug Enforcement Administration seized enough fentanyl to kill everyone in the United States and in January of this year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection caught fifteen more suspected terrorists as they sought to gain access to our country through our wide-open border. This cannot continue to go on.

With unprecedented levels of deadly fentanyl flooding our country, illegal border crossings at record highs, and cartels continuing to smuggle human victims across our border, any leader telling you that we are not facing a crisis at our southern border is misleading you.

No, our border isn’t secure but the time to secure it is now!

How We Can Help

If you have ever had any issue with a Federal agency, like the IRS, the VA, Social Security, Medicare, or passports, please don’t hesitate to contact my office. My office teams are ready to assist you. If you are interested in purchasing a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol, for a special person or special occasion, please visit my website or call my office at 202-225-5311. Below are links to services my office offers and we hope to hear from you.

Sincerely,

Andy Harris, M.D.
Member of Congress

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