Fellow Conservative,

Heritage Action provides tools for the grassroots to engage with their representatives. On the federal level, one of the most powerful of these tools is the Heritage Action scorecard which keeps track of “Key Votes” in the House and Senate and how representatives vote on these important pieces of legislation.

This week, Heritage Action has issued its first set of Key Votes to begin the process of scoring the 118th Congress.

Key Votes

Protecting Retirement Funds

Back in November 2022, the Biden administration issued a rule through the Department of Labor (DOL) that would encourage retirement funds to abandon their fiduciary duty to their clients in favor of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) agenda.

For example, asset managers such as BlackRock, have been using their ownership of shares in public companies to manipulate companies into implementing Leftist policies such as “green” energy, racial quotas, subsidized abortions, and so on…

>>>Watch our quick 1 minute explainer video<<<

In response, Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Congressman Andy Barr (R-Ky.) have introduced resolutions that would repeal the DOL’s ESG investing rule which jeopardizes the retirements of 152 million Americans by encouraging investors to invest based on ESG criteria instead of sound business practices.

>>>Read the full Key Vote HERE<<<

With your help, the grassroots who called their representatives throughout last week, these resolutions passed both in the Senate and the House with bipartisan support.

This is a WIN for the grassroots and a LOSS for President Biden who will be forced to consider his first veto of a piece of legislation.

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act

In 2022, Biden’s Department of Education issued a rule change under Title IX that directly attacked women’s sports. This rule absurdly changed the definition of “sex” from its proper biological definition to a vague and meaningless definition that would allow men who pretend to be women to participate in women’s sports.

This is completely uncalled for and does not help the large issue which is the rise of the gender confusion propagated by the radical Left. Women’s safety and ability to compete on a fair and level playing field should not be put at risk to appease radical activists.

Significant public outrage forced the Biden administration to pull this language from the rule, but announced that it would issue a separate rule to address men competing in women's sports which could be released as early as May.

>>>Read the full Key Vote HERE<<<

This is why Heritage Action has Key Voted Sen. Tommy Tuberville and Rep. Greg Steube’s “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.” This act would preemptively stop any further change to the definition of “sex” and it would go one step further and make it a federal crime under Title IX for anyone who receives federal funds to allow biological males to compete in women’s sports.

Getting Loud & Delivering Results

Federal legislation is a critical front in the fight against ESG. The second critical front is decisive action on the state level. States across the country have been passing legislation to protect state investments, as well as divesting from woke asset managers that pursue ESG.

>>>See how ESG is harming your home state<<<

The third front is spreading awareness among the public. This week, Heritage Action has been pushing hard on this front.

On Tuesday, Heritage Action performed a complete and total buyout of all the ad space in The Washington Times, both digital and print.

On Wednesday Jessica Anderson appeared on Fox Business to call for the passage of S.J. Resolution 8 and H.J. Resolution 30, the two ESG CRA resolutions that Heritage Action Key Voted.

>>>Watch the full clip HERE<<<

On Thursday, Heritage Action’s Vice President of Field Operations, Janae Stracke was able to report the passage of both of the ESG CRA bill in the House and Senate. Jessica called for the passage, and Janae announced the passage.

>>>Watch the full clip HERE<<<

Most importantly, Janae explained how you can get involved. Every effort matters. No matter how small it may seem, your actions make more of a difference than you may realize.

Just last weekend Tim Buckley, CEO of Vanguard which has been one of the biggest advocates of ESG declared that Vanguard will no longer be pursuing the ESG agenda. “Our research indicates that ESG investing does not have any advantage over board-based investing,”

This could cause a domino effect where other asset managers similarly decide to abandon their pursuit of ESG. The voice of the grassroots has been, and will continue to be critical in keeping this momentum going.

Find out the specific effects ESG is having where you live >>>HERE<<< and what sort of legislation you can support to protect yourself and your community.

Thank you for your continued active participation in the conservation movement.

Jessica and the Heritage Action team

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