Category: Editorial

Congressman Jerry Carl While December is traditionally a busy month in Congress, this December is likely to be one of the busiest in recent years. For months, critical deadlines have been approaching, but the Democrat-controlled Congress has wasted time focusing on social issues and their ridiculous “Build Back Better” agenda, instead of doing its basic duties. As a result, Congress now has very little time to tackle some huge issues:…

Congressman Jerry Carl Since day one in office, President Biden and his administration have been at war with American energy. Less than a year into his presidency, we are already feeling the negative affects of his policies at the pump, on our heating bills, and on the prices of virtually all consumer goods. As we rebound from the pandemic and Americans are getting back out and travelling more, fuel prices…

Congressman Jerry Carl A few weeks ago, I wrote about how the Democrats’ multi-trillion-dollar big government spending package is bad for south Alabama, as well as the rest of the nation. I primarily focused on how this massive spending package would result in an unprecedented expansion of the federal government, while increasing taxes on middle class Americans and driving up prices for everything from fuel to groceries. However, the problems…

Congressman Jerry Carl Late in the night this past Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi forced a vote to move forward with the Democrats’ multi-trillion-dollar big government spending package. I’ve been talking about this process and this bill for months, and it continues to get worse as time goes on. Last week, I sat down with several of my colleagues to discuss different parts of this bill which they find the…

Congressman Jerry Carl For the past few months, Democrats in Congress have been working to pass a massive spending package that would result in an unprecedented expansion of the federal government, while increasing taxes on middle class Americans and driving up prices for everything from fuel to groceries. The House has not yet been able to agree on the specific framework for this package – which would be President Biden’s…