I have to admit, I’ve been impatient this month. My term in the Assembly ended on November 30 and I don’t become a Member of Congress until January 3. It’s been frustrating to watch as the lame-duck Congress passed the Obscene Omnibus, a $1.7-trillion, 4,155-page slap-in-the-face to Americans who voted for change. The bill even […]
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On January 3, I will be sworn in to the 118th Congress as part of a new Republican Majority in the House of Representatives. With the reign of Nancy Pelosi over at last, several changes will be made immediately. On Day 1, we will reopen the U.S. Capitol to the public. We will end remote
On January 3, I will be sworn in as a Member of the 118th Congress as part of a new Republican Majority in the House of Representatives. With the reign of Nancy Pelosi over at last, several changes will be made immediately. On Day 1, we will reopen the U.S. Capitol to the public. We
One month after Election Day, California is finally done counting votes. We received 181,438 of them, more than any Republican running for Congress in California. As the decisive 218th race called, we “essentially fired Nancy Pelosi from her job as Speaker of the House.” This is a tribute to what made our campaign unique: a
One month after Election Day, California is finally done counting votes. We received 181,438 of them, more than any Republican running for Congress in California. As the decisive 218th race called, we “essentially fired Nancy Pelosi from her job as Speaker of the House.” Our 7.3 percent margin of victory exceeds the Republican margins in
As of 12:00 AM yesterday, I am no longer a Member of the California State Assembly. My term in office has expired and the new Assembly will be sworn on Monday. My term in Congress begins on January 3. While amazingly, ballots are still being counted, at this point the scope of our victory has come into
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I write to you from Washington, D.C., where the Committee on House Administration has summoned me for mandatory orientation for new Members of Congress. Yet I still have not officially been declared Congressman-elect. In fact, little has changed since Election Day: 25,000 more votes are in, and our lead remains at 6 percent. Incredibly, around
Heavy rain and snow are expected across the state on Election Day. And the Newsom/Biden camps are openly celebrating. After all the lectures about “voter access” and “protecting democracy,” they are downright giddy at the prospect of people being deterred from voting by inclement weather. Of course, they’re kidding themselves: we will not be deterred.
Last night, Gavin Newsom graced the Twitter-verse with this gem: No one could figure out what he was talking about. But let’s take his advice. Let’s look at the facts. FACT: Newsom opposed my bill to suspend the gas tax and the Supermajority killed it at his behest. FACT: California’s 54-cent gas tax is the
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