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We live in a dangerous world. That's undeniable. But it doesn't mean there aren't steps the United States of America can take to make the world a safer place.
Last week more than 80 people were murdered in a horrific chemical weapons attack on the northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun. On Thursday night, the United States launched a targeted strike on the airfield in Syria from where that chemical attack was launched.
It's hard to believe, but 2017 is already one quarter of the way over.
That means winter's gone (hopefully), baseball's here, and tax day is coming. With April 15 now less than two weeks away, I've been working to fulfill House Republicans' goal of reinventing our tax system by lowering rates, simplifying the tax code, and ensuring we have the money we need to invest in America's transportation infrastructure.
On March 20, 1854, a group of former Whig Party loyalists came together in the small central Wisconsin town of Ripon. Their objective was to replace the failing Whig Party - plotting a new path forward during a perilous and uncertain time in American history.
What emerged from that meeting was the modern-day Republican Party.
Today, the party of small government, free market economics, personal responsibility, and military might is tasked with leading both the legislative and executive branches of government in Washington, D.C.
The federal government was never meant to control our nation’s healthcare system. To no one’s surprise, it’s completely failing at the job.
Plain and simple, Obamacare is collapsing. It’s a broken law built on broken promises, bad policies, and distorted realities.
Most agree that all Americans should be able to get affordable coverage without going bankrupt. But we can do that without destroying the healthcare system for everybody else. Unfortunately, destroying the system is exactly what Obamacare is doing.
President Obama’s EPA had a radical agenda. And bureaucrats at the agency were willing to do whatever they could to force that agenda on the American people.
Fortunately for rural America, a new President means a new EPA. It also means we have the chance to wipe away some of the most outrageous regulations of the Obama era.
During their last days in power, the Obama administration desperately issued a flurry of rules, regulations, and executive actions. Their intentions were obvious – get as much done as quickly as possible – with no time for congressional oversight or opportunity to evaluate those decisions.
The United States has no stronger ally in this world than Israel. I strongly believe that global security – particularly that of the United States and our closest allies – depends on the presence of democracy and stability in the Middle East.
Israel is a pillar of that stability. And it’s why I’ve always supported every means necessary to protect and support Israel during my time in the House of Representatives.
After the inauguration of President Trump earlier this month, our pro-life cause has new hope, with allies across all parts of government in Washington.
It is estimated that there are more than 900,000 abortions performed in the United States every year. That is devastating, and something we should all be truly ashamed of.
But it is also a reminder that we must do more to protect the most vulnerable members of our society. And it’s something that Congress has already begun working to change with a pro-life White House on our side.
On the day he was inaugurated America's 16th President, Abraham Lincoln addressed the nation during one of the most trying times in its history.
"We must not be enemies,” he said on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. “Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature."
It's no secret that the priorities of the new presidential administration will be significantly different than they’ve been over the past eight years.
The military has been dangerously disrespected and underappreciated by President Obama's White House, and our veterans, active duty service members, and military families have felt the consequences the hardest.