Weekly Columns
The U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down President Biden's and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) vaccine mandate on private businesses with over 100 employees. This important decision protects the rights of private enterprise and roughly 84 million Americans from government overreach. The Supreme Court serves as a check and balance on both the Executive and the Legislative branches, and, in this case, the Court demonstrated its power to protect the American people from the President's desire for more control over our lives.
As 2022 begins, my office looks forward to another year of serving the constituents of the Fourth District. Part of that service is showing the young people in our state how they can make a difference for our community. This week, we are excited to welcome a new intern from the University of Arkansas to my Washington, D.C., office for the Spring semester.
As the year comes to a close, I appreciate time to take a step back and reflect. It is my highest honor to represent you in Congress and I consider the greatest responsibility to serve each and every member of the Fourth District. Thank you to those who have reached out to my office to share concerns, bring pressing issues to my attention, host visits in Arkansas, and much more.
This week, Congress voted to raise the debt limit to pay for the historic spending of the past year.
Inflation continues to dominate the headlines as November's inflation rate was up 0.8%, bringing the total inflation increase to 6.8% this year, the highest in 40 years. Though the Biden Administration continues to blame the press – and anyone else they can – for stoking fears about inflation, American families know that inflation is real, and they know that the President's poor policies are largely to blame.
The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in the most meaningful challenge to abortion law since it was established by Roe v. Wade in 1973. Almost 50 years ago, the Supreme Court made the wrong decision, opting to legislate from the bench, and in my opinion, creating a right to an abortion that doesn't exist, instead of ceding the decision to the states. This ruling has the chance to correct that mistake.
From my family to yours, happy Thanksgiving! I hope you will join me in taking time to enjoy moments with friends and family and reflect on all that we have to be grateful for this year. This year in particular, I am thankful for the drive each of us has to make the United States a better place. So often, it is easy to be caught up in politics and the division created by different perspectives on how to make America a more perfect union.
This week, I cosponsored Congressman Fred Keller's Congressional Review Act to block President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate on businesses with over 100 workers.
As we celebrated our nation's veterans this past week, I hope we were all able to pause and count the many blessings we have in this country because of the sacrifices of others. We are fortunate to live in the United States of America, but our freedom does not come without a cost. Our liberty is hard-won by those who answered the call to serve.
According to the Wall Street Journal, President Biden's Department of Justice is proposing the United States government pay $450,000 to illegal immigrants who were separated from their children under the previous Administration's policies, for the mental health trauma they incurred.