Lubbock Times

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week marked 100 days of a Republican-controlled House.

So far, House Republicans have passed legislation to:

•    Promote and preserve American energy dominance (H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act)

•    Protect hardworking families from an intrusive IRS (Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act)

•    Defend life (Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act)

•    Nullify DC City Council’s soft-on-crime proposal that would reward lawlessness and endanger our communities (H.J. Res. 26)

•    Establish a Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government (H. Res. 12) and a Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the US and the Chinese Communist Party (H. Res. 11)

•    Push back on Biden’s woke Department of Labor rule to allow retirement plan fiduciaries to consider Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria (H.J. Res. 30)

•    Demand answers on the origins of COVID and the potential links to Wuhan lab (COVID-19 Origin Act)

Rep. Arrington has worked hard on behalf of West Texas in the first 100 days, leading efforts to:

•    Affirm States’ sovereign power to defend their borders (H. Res. 50)   

•    Call on States to exercise their constitutional right to put a check on unbridled federal spending through an Article V Convention of the States (H. Con. Res. 24)

•    Protect a long-standing pro-growth tax provision (ALIGN Act)

•    Stop President Biden from imposing an export ban on crude oil (CRUDE Act)

•    Name the Ports-to-Plains Corridor “Interstate Route 27,” another step towards ensuring the nation's largest agricultural and energy production centers in West Texas are more accessible to the rest of the country (I-27 Numbering Act of 2023)

•    Allow seniors to continue utilizing low-cost, high-quality freestanding emergency centers (Bipartisan Emergency Care Improvement Act)

•    Restore law & order and hold rioters accountable (David Dorn Act of 2023 and Patrick Underwood Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2023)

•    Help secure funding for the Lubbock Veterans Cemetery to honor those willing to sacrifice life and limb to defend our nation

•    Protect community banks from bearing the brunt of poorly-managed banks and regulatory failures.

In just 100 days, Republicans have exercised oversight authorities, safeguarded traditional American values, championed pro-growth policies, and worked to ensure the next generations of Americans inherit the same freedoms and opportunities as we did. And we’re just getting started!

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