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The border crisis hits Alabama
Congressman Jerry Carl Since before I took office, I have been warning people about the dangers that come with millions of illegal immigrants pouring across the border. It’s not just the number of people that are coming across and being lost in the system that concerns me as much as the crime and the drugs some illegal immigrants are bringing with them.When I first started talking about this issue, I…
Investing in America’s national security
Congressman Jerry Carl Recently, I joined Reps. Mike Rogers, Dale Strong, and Gary Palmer to address many of Alabama’s business leaders about what we are working on in Washington to help Alabama and this nation succeed. One of the biggest concerns we all share is countering the economic threat China poses to the United States.The Chinese Communist Party has a goal of making Americans depend on them for critical minerals,…
Integrity
Congressman Jerry Carl I’ve written twice in the last few months about the broken justice system that is unfairly targeting President Trump for exercising his First Amendment rights, while overlooking and distracting from Hunter Biden’s shady business dealings. Since then, the attacks on President Trump have gotten even worse, and we’ve continued finding out more about Joe Biden’s knowledge of and involvement in his son’s criminal activity.Despite the Left’s attempts…
Supporting election integrity
Congressman Jerry Carl Last Congress, the Democrats made it their top priority to radically transform our elections by taking election decisions away from the people and giving more power to bureaucrats. Their so-called For the People Act would utilize taxpayer money to fund campaigns, legalize ballot harvesting, weaponize the IRS for political gain, and automatically give felons the right to vote. This was a horrible bill that no serious elected…
Broken immigration system
Congressman Jerry Carl America’s border crisis is out of control, and it’s impacting all of us whether we realize it or not. Since Joe Biden took office, there have been more than 6 million illegal encounters at our southern border, and that number continues increasing every single day. It’s not a mystery why the southern border is absolute chaos. Since day one, the Biden administration has dismantled or refused to…