| This week, the House debated and passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA establishes the military's spending priorities and policies for the upcoming fiscal year. The American people deserve the world's strongest military which is equipped and ready to protect our country. It is Congress' constitutional duty to focus on funding a lethal fighting force while also working to rein in wasteful spending at the Pentagon
This year's defense bill would end the paid abortion travel policy at the Department of Defense and block taxpayer funded transgender surgeries. The bill defunds climate programs and so-called "DEI" programs. The legislation also includes a first step toward reinstatement of men and women who were wrongfully discharged under the vaccine mandate.
I filed four amendments to the NDAA: to stop taxpayer funding for the CCP, to provide local police departments with access to needed surplus military equipment, to reverse the decisions of the anti-American history Naming Commission, and to ban high ranking military personnel like Mark Milley from lobbying the federal government until ten years after retirement. I was proud that my amendments to provide our police with surplus military equipment and to ensure no taxpayer money goes to the CCP were adopted and included in this legislation.
This NDAA represents a significant improvement over the radical agenda in the Democrat versions from the past two years. The House Leadership must now demonstrate unprecedented strength and resolve in negotiations with the Senate. 
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Ending Special Treatment for the NEA The National Education Association (NEA) may have been started with good intentions, when Congress created it in 1906 "to elevate the character and advance the interests of the profession of teaching." However, it has increasingly become an extension of the Democrat Party. In the 2020 election cycle, nearly all of its more than $100 million in campaign contributions went to Democrat candidates. In 2020 and 2021, the NEA fought against the reopening of schools by threatening strikes and influencing CDC guidance advising against a return to in-person learning.
The NEA long ago departed from its core mission and instead pushes a woke agenda. At a 2019 conference, members voted in support of the right to abortion, illegal immigrant justice, and student Gender Sexuality Alliance clubs. In July 2021, the NEA adopted measures supporting critical race theory (CRT). The NEA also provides resources to teachers on how to defy state laws that limit teaching on CRT and sexually explicit content, and actively supports sexualized books for summer reading.
That's why I just introduced the National Education Association Charter Repeal Act, which effectively revokes the NEA's congressional "seal of approval" and eliminates the organization's special property tax exempt status.
Congress must do more to fight for America's parents and children, and I am proud to sponsor this legislation. 
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Bringing Transparency to Healthcare Costs Healthcare costs are a top issue for Americans struggling under the high cost of "Bidenomics." We need a healthcare market that works for all Americans, not a government-run socialized medicine scheme.
As HELP Subcommittee Chairman, I am working to identify reforms that will helpfix our healthcare system by increasing transparency and reducing costs. That is why I introduced the bipartisan Transparency in Coverage Act, which passed the House Committee on Education and the Workforce this week. My legislation will bring more transparency to healthcare pricing by requiring accurate and timely disclosure by health insurance providers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). |
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