This week “the Squad” and other Democrats reintroduced their socialist Green New Deal legislation, and they are planning to use their upcoming partisan “infrastructure” package as a vehicle to enact several Green New Deal priorities. While details of what they consider infrastructure – and I use that term loosely – are not finalized, here’s what we do know:

• It advances $600 billion to Green New Deal priorities.
• Only 5% will go toward roads and bridges, and 2% for airways, waterways and ports.
• They are planning the largest tax hike since 1968 to pay for their agenda – and an estimate from the National Association of Manufacturers shows that their proposed corporate tax hike would cost 1 million jobs.

Fighting for Rural Broadband

This week the House Agriculture Committee held hearing on rural broadband. It is critical for businesses and students to have access to the speeds they need, no matter where in America they live. I know how critical this issue is to the 12^th District, and I am fighting to expand access every day.

I also want to thank Governor Brian Kemp, who announced last week Washington EMC’s new partnership with Conexon Connect to provide high-speed fiber internet to more than 12,000 homes and businesses, including in Emanuel and Laurens counties.

Meeting with Georgia’s Electric Cooperatives

ICYMI: I held a telephone town hall to answer questions from GA-12 constituents

I held a telephone town hall Tuesday night and gave an update on the crisis at our southern border, restoring election integrity, upholding the Second Amendment, and more. For those who were unable to participate in the call, here are some of the highlights.

>> You can sign up to participate in future telephone town halls here.

Carl Vinson VA Selected for Fisher House Construction

Congratulations to Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin for being one of 12 VA medical centers selected for Fisher House construction. Fisher Houses provide military and veterans families with a place to stay while their loved one is in the hospital. I was proud to lend my support during this competitive application process.

Recent Votes-

H.R. 1333 & H.R. 1573 – Democrat bills that further fuel the border crisis

• Rather than addressing the crisis at our southern border, House Democrats passed two bills that will throw gas on the fire.
• H.R. 1333 limits the President’s authority to deny entry to aliens if their presence in the U.S. would be detrimental to national security.
• H.R. 1573 slows legitimate trade and travel into the U.S. while costing CBP hundreds of millions of dollars to send lawyers to secondary inspections at points of entry.

I opposed both these bills and will continue to fight to secure our border.

H.R. 51 – D.C. Statehood:

• In their latest power grab, House Democrats passed an unconstitutional bill to make Washington, D.C. a state.
• The Founding Fathers never intended for D.C. to become a state, and every Justice Department for the past 60 years has said that D.C. cannot be granted statehood without a constitutional amendment.
• This is nothing more than an attempt to gain two more Senate seats so they can enact their radical agenda.

DEADLINE APPROACHING: Congressional Art Competition

The deadline for high school students to enter the Congressional Art Competition is this Monday, April 26^th. For more info, visit my website.