Opinion Pieces

One of the fundamental instincts of policymakers during any crisis is to grow government. Government programs expand, agencies assume new powers, and sometimes whole new agencies emerge as policymakers try to prove that they have acted in face of the crisis. The coronavirus pandemic is no different.

Reconciliation is a parliamentary vehicle linked with the budget and designed to achieve specific revenue and spending requirements. This is the preferred approach for certain policy objectives because only 51 votes are required for passage in the Senate. Republicans plan to use this process for tax reform. There's one concern: This was the same approach attempted for ObamaCare repeal.

By Rep. Jim Jordan
"The history of intellectual growth and discovery clearly demonstrates the need for unfettered freedom, the right to think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and challenge the unchallengeable."

This quote, taken from the 1974 Woodward Report at Yale, summarizes the policy that was, for years, the gold standard of what free speech on campus should look like.

Former FBI Director James Comey misled the American people during last year's presidential campaign when he referred to the Clinton email scandal as a "matter," not an investigation. He did it willfully. He did it intentionally. And he did it at the direction of Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

Mr. Comey misled the American people in the early weeks of the Trump administration by furthering the perception that President Trump was under investigation, when in fact he was not. He again did this willfully and intentionally.

Americans are, on average, wealthier, healthier, and better-educated than we ever have been. We've made huge strides in civil rights and racial equality. We have access to technology that would have awed past generations.

But fundamentally, our culture and way of life has undergone some changes that are not necessarily positive.

Too often, Washington puts the concerns of the politically connected before those of ordinary Americans.

Imagine this scenario. A man who works a second shift walks out to get in his truck to drive to work. Now remember, when you work second shift you're forced to miss some of your kids' after school activities and their summer little league games. But like most Americans he's willing to do the hard things for his family.

For those who wonder why the vast majority of regular Americans think Washington, D.C., is rigged against them, just look at today's headlines.

They show that the elite and well-connected in Washington play by a different set of rules.

We now know that statement is patently false, according to the FBI. Sadly, it isn't the only false statement she has tried to push.

By Mike Pompeo and Jim Jordan