National Security, Rural Hospitals, Voting Rights, Illegal Immigration, Vaccine Mandates, National Preparedness

Congressman Al Green Proudly Stands with President Biden and Vice President Harris in the Fight for Passage of Alleged National Voting Rights Legislation
Source: U.S. Representative Al Green (D-TX, 9th)
January 11, 2022
“S.2747 The Freedom to Vote Act and H.R. 4 The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act are both crucial pieces of legislation that are currently at an impasse in the Senate. Both need to pass without deleterious filibustering to preserve our constitutional right to safe, free, and fair elections. Indeed, as Vice President Harris said in her speech, accepting voting restrictions currently in place as normal is dangerous. Complacency with a status quo hostile to voting rights subverts democracy and the founding principles upon which our nation was built. This is why sweeping voting rights legislation must move forward,” Congressman Al Green stated.
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Gooden Demands Transparency on Taxpayer Funds Going to Organizations Promoting Illegal Immigration
Source: U.S. Representative Lance Gooden (R-TX, 5th)
January 13, 2022
The U.S. Department of State, via the United Nations’ International Office of Migration (IOM), provides loans to refugees that are subsequently collected by non-profit organizations acting as resettlement agencies. These non-profits are then permitted to keep 25% of the loans they recoup, giving these organizations a financial interest in the number of refugees brought into the United States. This creates an obvious conflict of interest for organizations advocating for the Biden Administration to lift the refugee admissions cap. Read more...

Rep. Green Issues Statement on Supreme Court Vaccine Mandate Ruling
Source: U.S. Representative Mark Green (R-TN, 7th)
January 13, 2022
“President Biden had no constitutional authority to mandate sweeping federal vaccine requirements. Today’s #SCOTUS ruling protects the freedom of healthcare choice for millions of hardworking Americans. This is a win for the American people." Read more...

Saving America's Rural Hospitals
Source: U.S. Representative Sam Graves (R-MO, 6th)
January 13, 2022
Facing tighter budgets, rural hospitals have been faced with few good choices. They have to cut costs, find more money, or go bankrupt. Sadly, many have nothing left to cut, no way to find new revenue, and have been forced to close. Since 2005, more than 170 rural hospitals have closed their doors.
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RELEASE: GOTTHEIMER ANNOUNCES BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN THE STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE, COMBAT SHORTAGES, MODERNIZE HEALTHCARE SUPPLY CHAIN
Source: U.S. Representative Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ, 5th)
January 14, 2022
U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced new bipartisan legislation, the Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act, to strengthen the Strategic National Stockpile and ensure the U.S. is better prepared for future crises and pandemics. This legislation will combat equipment shortages and provide near real-time tracking of medical and health supply inventories in New Jersey and nationwide — for supplies that frontline workers desperately need.
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Graham Responds To Shocking Admission By DOJ National Security Leadership
Source: Senator Lindsey Graham (R - SC)
January 15, 2022
“I was shocked to hear the responses this morning from the Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division at the Department of Justice in charge of domestic and international terrorism as well as the responses from the Executive Assistant Director of the National Security Branch of the FBI who said she had not visited our southern border."
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