Posted Today At 3:53pm by Bruce Westerman
America Deserves Congress’ Full Attention
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi recently announced the extension of remote voting through June 28th due to risks of COVID-19 as a “public health emergency.” The proxy voting system has been abused by Members on both sides of the aisle from the start. Simply watch any vote on CSPAN to see the ridiculous number of M.I.A. members. Or watch a committee hearing where Members tune-in from a boat, their car, or even their beds. These absent legislators are neither ill, nor exposed to COVID-19. They simply would rather be home or at other events.
As frustrating as Speaker Pelosi’s decision is, its hypocrisy truly came to light in April when President Joe Biden announced his decision to allow Title 42 to expire on May 23. Title 42 is an immigration order requiring immigrants to remain in their country of origin until their paperwork is processed based upon COVID-19 as a public health emergency. He claims that this order is no longer needed as a health measure, ostensibly because COVID-19 isn’t an emergency anymore. Think about that. The Speaker says it’s a health emergency, but the President says it’s not. The Democrats are in disarray.
What’s more, this week, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) court filing revealed that 234,088 migrants were encountered at the border in April, the highest in DHS history. In this nod to the radical Left, President Biden ignores his advisors who fear that allowing Title 42 to expire will cause a “mass migration event” and sow chaos at a time when we need stability in America. It is expected that a federal judge will rule on the constitutionality of President Biden’s decision to reverse Title 42 within the next couple of days. I will be watching the decision closely, and I hope to see Title 42 upheld. Arkansans are rightly concerned about how our tax dollars are being used at the border by this President, especially when Democrat leadership can’t decide whether we are or aren’t in a public health emergency.
Our nation is facing myriad crises including a historic baby formula shortage, inflation not seen in 40 years, gas prices topping $4.00 a gallon in every state, and a dangerously overrun southern border. Congress needs to do the job we were sent to Washington, D.C. to do. We were sent to advocate and vote according to our constituents’ values, but that job is simply impossible to manage effectively when the Members are not in Washington, D.C. I encourage my fellow Members to vote in-person regardless of Speaker Pelosi’s extension of proxy voting. We have a duty to the American people to not cut corners when dealing with policy that will drastically affect folks’ lives.
5-20-22 3:55 p.m. KAWX.ORG
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