Accountability
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Congress should lead by example to reduce federal spending and the national debt. Since 2010, Congress has passed legislation to freeze the pay of legislators. Members of Congress and their staff are also required to participate in the health care exchanges set up by the Affordable Care Act.
Likewise, Congress should continue to exercise its oversight authority of the Executive Branch. I believe Congress must work to rein in expansion of Administrative power and uphold the legislative responsibilities given to Congress by the Constitution.
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Congressman Moolenaar in the Rio Grande Valley seeing the border crisis firsthand.
As your member of Congress, I have been fighting to secure the southern border. I have traveled to the border and seen firsthand how President Biden's failed border policies have created a dangerous crisis. What is happening at the southern border affects all of us. Drug cartels are trafficking people across the border, padding their own pockets and using them to smuggle deadly drugs into our country.