Voting to Impeach Secretary Mayorkas

Last week, the House brought two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the floor for a vote for his willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law and for breaching the public trust by violating his oath to well and faithfully discharge the duties of his office and his statutory duty to control and guard the border of the United States.

Secretary Mayorkas has willfully dismantled our border security, leaving our southern border and country in crisis. I haven’t forgotten what he did to his own border patrol agents in October of 2021. He knew that they weren’t whipping migrants, but instead of defending his agents and telling the truth, he lied to the American people to push Biden’s agenda.

This is one of the many reasons I voted to impeach Mayorkas. Unfortunately, this vote failed in the House by 214-216. However, we are working in the House to hold him accountable for his failures that jeopardize our national security.

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Hosting Service Academy Day at GMC

On Saturday, my office hosted a Service Academy Day at Georgia Military College for young students who are interested in attending one of our nation's esteemed service academies.

It is always a pleasure to meet our future generation of defense who will lead our country to a brighter future!

Anyone interested in attending a service academy can visit my website or call my Tifton office at (229) 396-5175 to learn more.

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Presenting the Congressional Award Bronze Medal

I was honored to present the Congressional Award Bronze Medal to one of our best and brightest, Danica Resha, from Baldwin County this weekend!

The Congressional Award is the highest award for America’s youth that the United States Congress presents.

Achieving this award requires the completion of significant milestones, including 200 hours of voluntary public service, personal development, physical development, and participating in an expedition or exploration.

Danica's exceptional accomplishments included a restoration project at Camp Benjamin Hawkins, learning American Sign Language, and adhering to a rigorous exercise regimen.

These endeavors exemplify the principles of the Congressional Award: young Americans dedicated to improving themselves and contributing positively to their communities. Congratulations to Danica!

Joining John Solomon to Discuss Mayorkas

Fox News | House Republicans wrestle with Ukraine aid’s future as Senate spending deal crumbles

"House Republicans who support sending aid to Ukraine are scrambling to find a way to move it through Congress as a compromise on funding Kyiv while overhauling U.S. border policy appears increasingly likely to fail...

'If the Ukrainians don't have the weapons that they need to defend themselves, then it's going to be a conquering from Russia,' Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., told Fox News Digital. 'It's not OK. It's not in the best interest of the United States.

The majority of us in the House and the majority in the Senate, I believe, want the Ukrainians to have the weapons that they need to defend themselves. And I think you will continue to see those of us who want them to have the weapons to defend themselves continue to push for them.'"

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Agri-Pulse | 'Crop insurance plan intended to 'jump-start' farm bill talks, Stabenow says

"Even as action on a new farm bill has stalled, a proposal to boost crop insurance subsidies is generating new debate on and off Capitol Hill.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is receiving criticism for a proposal to increase premium subsidies for area-based crop insurance policies along the lines of the Stacked Income Protection Plan, or STAX, that is currently available only to cotton growers. STAX coverage comes with a catch: Farmers who buy the coverage for a crop can’t enroll the same commodity base acreage in the Price Loss Coverage or Agriculture Risk Coverage programs that year...

Rep. Austin Scott, a Georgia Republican who chairs the House Ag subcommittee that oversees crop insurance and commodity programs, says making farmers ineligible for PLC and ARC — if they want the STAX-like buy-up coverage — could destroy the value of the base acreage enrolled in commodity programs. 

'One of my concerns with the language is what does it do to the value of base, because for your farmers out there, that base is an asset. And if you destroy the value of that asset, then you've created a balance sheet problem for those farm families,' Scott told Agri-Pulse."

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