Pe co “somes aa a? rome” Congress of the United States eae comures on oro ‘Bouse of Representatives aime Tee ‘Dlashington, BE 20515-3504 October 4,203 Dear Colleague: “The American people have entrusted us to lea inthe House of Representatives. Our majority has had succes in the fist nine months ofthe 118th Congres. We should be proud of ‘what we have achieved together these dived times. ‘But our work snot done. Farle progressive policies are destroying our commurites, ‘or sou and our future. We have soaring eime across the county. We have an nitration with open-bordr policies tht have caused chaos and et our country vulnerable. ‘We've sen federal agencies tumed onthe American people—silencing spech online, targeting parents a school board meetings, and fagging pro-life Catholics as potential threats—and we've ‘witnessed Blatant double standards in federal la enforcement. We continue to spend too much ‘money and Americans ar suffering under resident Biden's economy. “The Republican majority mast continue to address the issues tbat matter to the American people. We must address rising crime in major cites and reject sof-on-rime, pro-timinal policies, We must get our fiscal house inorder and reduce spending so that we can leave more to {he next generation than a crushing deficit. We must do our constitutional oversight of the federal ‘bureaucracy to ensure they work fr the American people—not the other way around. And we ‘ust continue working to secure the border and protet our national security. ‘We agreed tthe beginning ofthe Congress that there are thre fundamental things the House must do: pas the bills that need to be pased, do the oversight, and ren inthe spending, ‘Working with Chainnan Green and our leaderbip, helped to deliver the most significant legislative accomplishment this Congress: the strongest immigration and border enforcement bill ‘ever With oter committe chairs nd the members ofthe Judiciary Commitee, Iam doing the ‘oversight and holding the Administration accountable. And Ihave been among the leaders in pushing fo fiscal discipline my entire career. ‘Weare at a critical erossrod in our nation’s history. Now isthe time for our Republican conference o come together to keep our promises to Americans, The problems we face are ‘challenging, but they are not insurmountable. We ean focus onthe changes that improve the ‘Country and unite sin offering real solutions, But no mater what we do, we must doit together ssa conference. espetflly ask for your support for Speaker ofthe House of Representatives,