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Sadly, as a veteran myself, I’ve seen firsthand how often the government fails our veterans. We can and must do better. This week, in honor of Veteran’s Day, the House passed 15 bills that will honor our veterans while improving care for them and their families.
As Vice Chairman of the Water Resources and Environment subcommittee, I'll keep this pressure on until Congress authorizes the resources we need to stop the discharges, send the water south and clean up the water quality.
I'm dedicated to fighting terror, securing our border, stopping Iran's reign of terror, punishing North Korea and destroying Hezbollah. This week we passed legislation to do all that and more.
Every week when I fly up to Washington, my goal is to make our community safer, healthier and stronger. You don't always hear about our work on the news, but that's exactly why I put out this update every week. Take a look.
Surviving families confront many challenges, often made worse by policies that fail to compassionately honor the memory of their sacrifice. That's why this week I helped introduce the Gold Star Family Support and Installation Act.
I'm focused on bringing radical reform to our broken and rigged tax code. This would be the first serious change to simplify our code and lower middle-class taxes since the Reagan administration.
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Today 9 of my new amendments were passed, adding more than $20 million toward cost-effective solutions to this problem that has caused incalculable damage to our community. Read more about what these amendments will do.
While the full extent of the damage is still being assessed, I want to provide you with resources that may be helpful as our community begins recovery efforts.
When the House passed my amendments in July to add more than $1 million in funding to combat harmful algal blooms, I promised that I’d keep fighting for more. That’s why as Congress continues to consider government funding bills, I’m offering more amendments to address this crisis and it’s dangerous health impacts.