Government Affairs

I continue to fight for limited government, states’ rights, and adherence to the United States Constitution.  I will continue to uphold my oath to defend and protect the Constitution and I strongly believe that Congress needs to get back to legislating the way our founding fathers intended.  I support legislation that would require any bill considered by Congress to cite the Constitutional authority for that legislation. I also support legislation that would rein in out-of-control agencies and bring common sense to the regulatory process. This includes enhancing the Congressional Review Act to make it easier to block bad regulations and roll back midnight regulations that get pushed through at the end of a president’s term. I also introduced a proposed Constitutional amendment that would allow a federal law or regulation to be repealed if two-thirds of the states pass a resolution doing so.

As a member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, I will be focused on cutting wasteful and duplicative programs that we don’t need.  Wasting taxpayer dollars is unacceptable under any conditions, but our nation’s government spending crisis makes it even more important to reduce needless and bloated government programs. 

Over the past several years, I have also noticed a rise in the number of hoaxes and fabricated stories about government agencies and programs.  I take my government oversight responsibilities very seriously and investigate these claims, but it is often the case that these stories are just rumors being passed around Facebook or other websites. I encourage people to do some investigating of their own before acting on these stories.