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Friends,
These are challenging times and you deserve better than the partisanship coming from Washington.
I was encouraged by President Joe Biden calling for unity in his inaugural address. But I've been disappointed since then, as he and Speaker Nancy Pelosi have pushed their agenda without making any real efforts toward bipartisanship.
Friends,
The crisis at our border continues to get worse and the fallout continues to mount.
In the House Energy and Commerce Committee, we held a hearing last week on the opioid epidemic. We discussed how fentanyl-based substance use has skyrocketed over the past year while we have dealt with lockdowns and the pandemic. We also learned the Biden Border Crisis is only making this problem worse.
Friends,
I have just recently returned from a visit to our southern border and it's worse than I thought.
While touring several sites and meeting with border patrol agents on the ground, they confirmed what I have been saying all along: the Biden border crisis is a humanitarian, national security, and public health crisis.
Friends,
Spring has finally arrived and a difficult season is behind us. That is always good news, but not the only reason to rejoice. For my family, like many of you, this time is joyous mostly because of Easter.
Friends,
There is a heartbreaking crisis on our southern border, and it's getting worse.
In Washington, Nancy Pelosi and the liberals in Congress hide behind a massive wall with razor wire. Yet under President Biden - our border is wide open.
In fact, right now it's easier to walk across our southern border than it is to walk into our U.S. Capitol building. That's wrong.
Friends,
As a father of a small boy in school, I care deeply about preventing gun violence. As your Congressman, I've worked to pass meaningful legislation like the STOP School Violence Act to improve school safety, the Fix NICS Act to improve information sharing across law enforcement, and the 21st Century Cures Act, which was one of the most significant reforms to mental health care in a decade.
Friends,
$100 million for a subway in Silicon Valley.
$1.5 million for a bridge to Canada.
$50 million eligible to Planned Parenthood.
$1.5 billion for Amtrak.
Does this sound like COVID-19 relief to you? Well to Washington Democrats, that's exactly what it is.