Congressman Good Update: Democrat Spending Levels are Bankrupting Our Nation

The House voted this week to fund the government for the next three months, passing a Continuing Resolution (CR) after Congress once again failed to pass any of the twelve appropriations bills on time. While the House did pass five bills, the Senate passed ZERO. Unfortunately, this has been the pattern for 25 years, but it is even worse today because of the unprecedented $35 trillion in debt and the harmful policies still being funded from the Biden-Pelosi-Schumer regime. Furthermore, the CR expires on December 20, which means it sets us up for yet another multi-trillion-dollar massive omnibus spending bill before Christmas.
 
The House Freedom Caucus and I proposed a 6-month CR that would permit the will of the American people, as reflected on November 5, to determine how the government is funded for the balance of next year. In addition, the CR we proposed and supported included my friend Rep. Chip Roy's SAVE Act to require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.  
 
Once the SAVE Act was removed and the timeline was shortened to three months, a CR held no redeeming qualities. Every Democrat and all but 82 Republicans supported this terrible business-as-usual CR, because the swamp in Washington clearly wants their massive Christmas omnibus spending bill without any policy changes or any election integrity measures.  

A temporary partial government shutdown, leveraging the Republican House majority for change in Washington, would be far preferable to continuing to bankrupt our country by funding the policies that are destroying America.

Recognizing the Importance of Pregnancy Centers Pregnancy centers provide mothers a safe place to turn to as they look for help, hope, and healing during challenging times. These centers and the individuals who work and volunteer at them deserve to be supported and recognized for the vital role they play in helping mothers and their families.    This week, I introduced H.Res. 1509, a resolution designating the week of November 11 as "National Pregnancy Center Week." Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the companion resolution in the Senate. I'm proud to stand with leaders like Senator Lee who are working to protect innocent life.    You can read more about the resolution here.

Biden-Harris FAFSA Fiasco This week in the Education and Workforce Committee, we held a hearing to discuss how the Biden-Harris Administration's changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) caused chaos for universities, parents, and most importantly, students. When bad policy decisions are made, it is always the American people that suffer.

Holding the Department of Labor Accountable Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx and I sent a letter to the Department of Labor demanding answers to the Biden-Harris Administration's botched release of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' revision of job growth numbers.    Our letter emphasized the discrepancy between the Administration's claims of robust job growth and the reality that the economy was not performing as well as advertised. Not only did the newly released data indicate job growth was much weaker than first reported, but it also appears that this information was leaked to select Wall Street firms ahead of the public announcement, thus providing them with an unfair advantage. Given the Biden-Harris Administration's practice of regularly inflating and then revising job numbers, and recent reports of other leaks from the Department, our letter calls on the Department of Labor to explain their inaccurate communication with the public.    You can read the full letter here.