Veterans

Telegram readers are by now well aware of the rampant waste, fraud, and abuse throughout our federal aid programs.

We learned that more than 7,000 non-citizens in Wisconsin will no longer receive taxpayer-funded food stamps as a result of the Working Families Tax Cuts.

If you are a regular Telegram reader, you know I have long fought to end sanctuary jurisdictions.

For more than 20 days, Democrats have allowed the Department of Homeland Security to remain shut down, and the consequences are growing more serious by the day.

We know America is worth fighting for, worth protecting, and worth celebrating. That’s why what we witnessed at this week’s State of the Union was so striking.

While I was in D.C. this week, voting to keep the government open, I received numerous calls and emails from parents standing up for their daughters.

This week, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on fraud and the theft of taxpayer dollars. We heard expert testimony from Nick Shirley, who helped uncover Minnesota’s massive fraud scandal, and Jennifer Larson, CEO of the Holland Autism Center, who delivered real services to children with autism after her own son’s diagnosis.

After law enforcement was demonized during the riots of 2020, and now again amid the obstruction, attacks, and unrest in Minnesota and in Democrat-run states across the nation, I want to take a moment to thank the men and women in law enforcement for the work they do across our country every single day.