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More than two decades ago, not long after the time in which the hit Netflix series Narcos is set, a real-life debate was raging in Congress over whether the Mexican government could be trusted as an ally in our ongoing battle to stop the tidal wave of cocaine flooding into American neighborhoods.

Eight members of Congress representing districts in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin want the Surface Transportation Board to compel Union Pacific to lift weather-related embargoes in their states. A Jan. 13 letter addressed to STB Chairman Marty Oberman asks the agency to “exercise its statutory oversight authority” and conduct a forum that would involve UP and affected rail shippers and result in UP lifting its embargoes.

Breitbart News has learned that a total of 37 lawmakers from the U.S. House and Senate signed on to the letter after Fox News initially reported over a week ago that it was being circulated. The letter, sent Thursday, was addressed to President Joe Biden’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young, asking for a “full crosscutting report” to Congress that would expand on the initial report that is legally required by the most recent omnibus spending bill.

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany joins Shereen Siewert for an hour-long conversation about what's happening in Washington, his priorities and the new Congress.

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI 7th Dist.) said that banning TikTok from government devices is a good start, but he believes there is more work to do to protect Americans' data and privacy from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

While the House wasn’t in session this week, I had a busy week back home. I started the week with seven in-person listening sessions in Vilas, Florence, Forest, Rusk, Polk, Burnett, and Bayfield Counties.

A group of Republican U.S. senators and House members want the Biden administration to explain what they called a reckless decision to expand immigration parole programs. The letter sent to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday morning says the Biden administration continues to worsen the border crisis. The also called the decision to expand the programs radical.

House Republicans, led by Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, are calling for a briefing by the intelligence community on the national security threats posed by the "open" southern border -- just as Republicans in the chamber are looking to zero in on the Biden administration’s handling of the raging migrant crisis. Signers on the letter include Reps. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, Daniel Meuser, R-Pa., Darrell Issa, R-Calif., Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.