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I would like to support this bill. I believe in energy independence, as do the people I represent at home, and accordingly am supportive of opening up these offshore areas– but I do not think this should occur without the concurrence and input of coastal states that might be affected were something to go wrong.
The House floor was very busy tonight, but the evening’s final vote was in fact not about the border crisis. The last vote, H. J. Res. 76, provided funding for the Iron Dome Missile system that Israel has been using to defend itself. It passed by a vote of 395-8, and I was among those who voted no.
There was a lot of action on the House floor yesterday, and I wanted to note one “first” on my end. Today was the first time since returning to Congress I voted against a bill I co-sponsored – the USA Freedom Act. In fact, so did 78 out of the 151 other co-sponsors, which is something you don’t see all that often.
Believe it or not, today marks one year since we took office, and I thought now might be a good time to stop and review the past twelve months. In that vein, below are a few of the highlights and some links in case you wanted to read more about any of these specific topics.