Category: Editorial

Congressman Jerry Carl Every year, Congress is supposed to pass 12 appropriations bills to keep the government funded for the next fiscal year. These bills start off in one of the 12 Appropriations Subcommittees, head to the full committee, and then head to the House Floor. The Senate also has their own process, and eventually the House and Senate versions are merged into one before receiving the President’s signature.For the…

Congressman Jerry Carl A year ago this week, the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision in a landmark victory for the pro-life movement. The Supreme Court said in its decision: “The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.”While many folks said this decision makes all abortion illegal,…

Congressman Jerry Carl President Biden and his Administration have repeatedly abused their power and failed to seek congressional approval to pass various pieces of its radical agenda. During President Biden’s first year in office, he created new rules and regulations that carry a price tag of more than $200 billion. For reference, this is more than four times the costs imposed by President Obama’s rules and regulations during his first…

Congressman Jerry Carl The easiest and most politically advantageous choice for my career is to vote against the Fiscal Responsibility Act, but I couldn’t put myself and my political future ahead of the needs of this country. I couldn’t say “no” to the biggest spending cut and the largest deficit reduction in US history. In fact, this spending cut is larger than all the cuts from previous years combined. I…

Congressman Jerry Carl Since President Biden took office, there have been over 5 million illegal crossings at our southern border, and more than 1.3 million illegal immigrants have avoided apprehension at the border, according to Border Patrol sources. The extreme open border policies we have seen from this Administration and Democrats in Congress have turned every city in America into a border city, and we are all seeing a historic…