Category: Editorial

Congressman Jerry Carl Last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported 207,416 migrant encounters at our southern border last month, which makes it the worst June on record. For perspective, this means there are more than enough illegal immigrants crossing the border every single month to equal the population of Mobile. June was also the fourth month in a row with more than 200,000 illegal encounters at the southern…

Congressman Jerry Carl Last week, Democrats refused to consider any legislation to lower gas prices, rein in inflation, or address any of the serious domestic problems facing this country. Instead, they worked around the clock to pass a bill to legalize abortion for all nine months of pregnancy.This bill, the so-called “Women’s Health Protection Act,” is radical enough to put us in line with countries like China and North Korea.…

Congressman Jerry Carl Every year, the President lays out a budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year. I wrote earlier this year how disappointed I was in President Biden’s budget proposal for the upcoming year because it increased all types of social spending, while allowing our defense budget to fall well behind the rate of inflation. While the president’s budget proposal is symbolic since Congress controls the purse strings, it…

Congressman Jerry Carl Last year as we entered Independence Day Weekend, the Biden White House bragged that the cost of an average family’s 4th of July cookout was down 16 cents compared to 2020. Wow, did that age poorly. This year’s Independence Day celebration will cost the most it has ever cost for the average family as prices for nearly everything continue to skyrocket thanks to Bidenflation.According to a study…

Congressman Jerry Carl Like many of you, I was thrilled last week to see the Supreme Court’s decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned the terrible Roe v. Wade decision. The Supreme Court decided in this case that “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.”What…