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Congressional Update
Death by a thousand regulations
Unnecessary overreach by the federal government burdens small businesses, kills jobs and hurts our economy, and escalates inflation.
To help stop this bureaucratic overreach, I recently voted for House Joint Resolution 98, which seeks to overturn the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new rule that takes away autonomy from small business owners and threatens their authority over their own employees. For example, under NLRB’s current rule, the definition of an employer includes those who only have “indirect” or even “potential” control over employees, which would mean the larger company of a franchise shares joint authority over the franchisee’s employees.
As someone who comes from a business background, I understand that our economy will suffer if businesses are forced to operate in an environment of “death by a thousand regulations.” Small businesses are the heart of America’s economy, and I will fight the excessive red tape that makes it harder for America’s entrepreneurs and workers to succeed.
America’s status quo of reckless spending must end
The government’s spending addiction cannot be sustained. Every person in the United States currently owns $101,406 of the national debt. As of December 2023, the U.S. is paying $288 billion in interest just to maintain our debt, which is 18% of total federal spending in fiscal year 2024.
With our nation’s debt careening out of control, my first year in Congress has taught me that the process of budgeting is completely broken. Hard-working families across America have to sit down and budget to make sure that they don’t overspend. Shouldn’t the federal government do the same when spending hard-earned taxpayer dollars?
That’s why as a member of the U.S. House Budget Committee, I helped make history by passing out of committee three reform bills, including the Fiscal Commission Act. The Fiscal Commission Act establishes a bipartisan fiscal commission that will bring diverse perspectives to the table to collaborate, educate and identify solutions to reverse our current financial trajectory.
All three bills passed with support from both sides of the aisle and are a significant step toward developing real solutions to addressing our nation’s debt, which is arguably the greatest threat to America’s national security.
America’s leaders must now take seriously our ever-increasing $34 trillion debt and end the fiscal insanity.
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