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December 6, 2022
Proving that you can’t judge a bill by its title, the “Protect Our Children Act of 2022 spends $60 million over the next two years as grants to local and state law enforcement to “implement effective responses to internet-facilitated child sexual exploitation and internet crimes against children.” Although the cause is vitally important, as with most grant programs, there is no independent audit of its effectiveness. My observation is that much grant money disappears into the salaries of various groups and agencies who will write glowing reports of their work and apply for more grants next year.
Grants are taken from ALL taxpayers and given only to agencies in selected states. If this is a federal responsibility, it should be addressed federally, with all jurisdictions benefiting from the funds.
Grants have become the third biggest expenditure of the federal government, behind only Social Security and national defense. We give away a half-trillion dollars a year in this manner – roughly $4,000 from an average family’s taxes -- with little oversight, little accountability, little follow-up and little results.
Meanwhile, the problems they are supposed to solve seem to get worse.
December 5, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Colonel Clarence (Bud) E. Anderson of Auburn, California, received an honorary promotion to the grade of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force. General Anderson was decorated 25 times during his 30-year military service including two Legions of Merit, Bronze Star, five Distinguished Flying Crosses, the French Legion of Honor and the French Croix de Guerre and is WWII ‘Triple ACE’ fighter pilot. General Anderson flew 116 combat missions with the 357th Fighter Group when he destroyed more than 16 enemy aircrafts in aerial combat over Europe. He also served in combat in the Vietnam War, where he commanded the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing. General Anderson is well regarded as a test pilot, member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame, and recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal for American Fighter ACE’s. Despite retiring from the Air Force in 1972, General Anderson has remained devoted to aviation, has become a published author, and is a sought-out guest speaker.
Earlier this year, Congressmen Tom McClintock and Doug LaMalfa asked the Secretary of the Air Force, Frank Kendall, to consider this promotion. General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, presided over the Honorary Promotion Ceremony on Friday at the Aerospace Museum of California in Sacramento, California.
December 2, 2022
Whether in 60 seconds or 60 hours, it’s impossible to do justice to the heroism, patriotism and service that defines the life of Bud Anderson. God bless you, General Anderson. Congratulations on your honorary promotion to brigadier general. Thank you from a grateful nation.
December 2, 2022
This bill reauthorizes and increases funding for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program through FY 2027. Yes, home visits by social workers to at-risk families is a good thing to do, and I supported reauthorization in 2017. But given the dire financial condition of the federal government – and the absence of a federal nexus that justifies a grant program of this nature – I believe this is a decision that should be left to state and local governments to implement at their discretion and with their resources, as many did before the federal program began. Worse, according to the bill’s Committee Report, “we lack data about the impact of interventions funded by the federal program.” Translation: nobody knows if it even works.
December 1, 2022
It is time we spend taxpayers’ money as carefully as they spend what they have left after we’ve taxed them into debt. This bill falls short of that responsibility.
Issues:Fiscal and Economic
November 30, 2022
The looming railroad strike would cause significant short-term damage to the economy: supply chain disruptions, price spikes, shortages, all in time for the Christmas holidays. But this measure would cause significant long-tern damage, by asserting government fiat into what should rightfully be terms freely negotiated between employers and employees. The terms of this agreement are certain to produce significant and permanent price increases on consumers by dramatically increasing the cost of shipping everything that travels by rail. Above all, this crisis argues for removing the compulsive nature of forced unionism and to restore the fundamental right of individuals to make their own decisions and negotiate terms that to them are most advantageous to their needs. Twenty-six states have right to work laws and they tend to be those with the most prosperous economies and standards of living. It’s time to implement the same reforms nationally.
Issues:Fiscal and Economic
November 21, 2022
The American people have entrusted Republicans with the House majority at a time of unprecedented fiscal peril for our country: 40-year high inflation, economic recession, and an approaching debt crisis – all driven by the most reckless spending in our nation’s history. And history is screaming this warning: nations that bankrupt themselves aren’t around very long.
Republicans must reclaim the mantle of fiscal integrity and fiscal responsibility. A good place to start would be to renounce the tawdry practice of congressional earmarks, in which individual members insert provisions in bills that direct spending to pet projects in their districts or to favored supporters, bypassing merit-driven competition. The House Republican Conference will consider just such a proposal when Congress returns after Thanksgiving.
Issues:Fiscal and Economic