Congressman Good Update: Battling the Biden Agenda

Schools Not Shelters This week the House of Representatives debated H.R. 3941, the Schools Not Shelters Act. In recent weeks we learned that illegal immigrants are being housed in our public schools as Democrat Mayors in places like New York City no longer have room to accommodate the Biden border invasion. This is yet another example of how the Biden Administration policy of inviting millions of illegal aliens into our country is turning every state into a border state. Biden and the Democrats are blatantly disregarding our immigration laws and now our children are paying the price. Schools should be focused on educating our students; instead, they are dealing with the consequences of Biden's open-border policies and trying to house the millions of illegal aliens they let in the country. The Schools Not Shelters Act will prohibit the use of public elementary schools to house to illegal aliens. If we don't let people visit our schools without proper identification, why would we let them live there? Americans should not have their tax dollars spent on housing illegal aliens in our schools. This bill sends a clear message to the Biden Administration that the safety and education of students should not be compromised for their open border agenda.

Protecting Truckers from Big Government The ongoing trucker shortage hurts our local farmers and manufacturers' ability to get their products to market, driving up prices for consumers across the country. This week I introduced the Trucking Workforce Improvement Act to repeal a recent Biden regulation on commercial driver's license (CDL) training. This Biden regulation is exacerbating the national trucker shortage and having a negative impact on the economy. The bill would eliminate the requirement for truckers to complete a newly mandated federal Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) course. It would reduce costs and training time, create jobs, and stabilize the trucking industry. This legislation is especially important for small businesses and the agricultural sector.

Government Employees Should Show Up to Work Every 5 years, Congress authorizes funding for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ensure the FAA is properly overseeing air travel and safety in the United States. The bill covers rules for aviation safety, funding for airports and air traffic control, improvements to aviation systems, and more. While debating the FAA bill, I joined Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) in support of his "Show Up" Amendment, which would require the staff of the FAA to do what most Americans assume that they already do -- show up to work every day. The taxpayers who pay their salaries expect federal bureaucrats to do at least the bare minimum and show up to do their jobs. It's time to end telework for these government workers. Unfortunately, some Republicans joined with Democrats to defeat the Show Up Amendment, and others my conservative colleagues and I fought for that would eliminate climate and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, and reinstate pilots who were unjustly terminated for not receiving the COVID vaccine. Because the bill increased government spending and failed to reverse Biden's harmful policies, I voted against its passage.