Our Founding Fathers made it clear when they wrote the Constitution: the right of every American to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Yet under the Biden Administration, and in the Democrat led General Assembly in Richmond, the Radical Left worked to restrict those rights and prevent law-abiding Americans from using firearms for home defense, hunting, and sport.
Championing the Second Amendment has been a top priority of mine since I was elected to Congress. During my time representing the Sixth District, I have led and cosponsored numerous bills protecting the right to keep and bear arms. I am a cosponsor of H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which allows an individual eligible to carry a concealed firearm in one state to carry in every other state. I have also introduced H.R. 404, the Hearing Protection Act, which removes the burdensome barriers to purchasing a firearm suppressor. As a result of these and other efforts, I am honored to have been named Legislator of the Year by the National Shooting Sports Foundation!
It is time to restore the Second Amendment and return Constitutional rights to Americans. That is why I joined my colleagues on a letter urging President Trump to continue his work to restore the Second Amendment after four years of attacks by the Biden Administration.
Moving to Close the Loophole Allowing Millionaires to Receive SNAP Benefits
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was designed to help hardworking Americans struggling to afford food for their families. Since 2019, the program has expanded dramatically. Today, 42 million Americans receive SNAP benefits every month, at a staggering cost of $100 billion annually, a $400 billion increase in just six years. Our country cannot afford to sustain SNAP at its current trajectory, and we must ensure the program continues to serve the Americans who truly need it.
That is why I was proud to introduce an amendment to the 2026 Farm Bill that closes a loophole that allows states to bypass federal eligibility standards, granting an estimated 5 million individuals SNAP benefits they would not otherwise qualify for. The loophole, known as Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility, lets states write their own SNAP rules and hand out benefits to households based on paperwork technicalalities without ever applying SNAP’s own income and asset tests. My amendment, which I have also introduced as a standalone bill known as the No Welfare for the Wealthy Act, closes the loophole by requiring every SNAP household to meet the program’s income and asset requirements, ensuring benefits go to the Americans who need them most.
Discussed American Trade with U.S Trade Representative Jameison Greer
Last week, I asked Trade Representative Jamieson Greer about America’s trade relationship with India, specifically India’s tariffs on American apples. American apple producers spent decades building a year-round market in India. At one point, American growers held more than 50 percent of the Indian apple market. Today, due to India’s tariffs, that share has fallen to just 8 percent. The Sixth District is home to numerous family-owned apple orchards, and our producers deserve to compete on a level playing field in the international market. I was glad to hear that securing more favorable trade agreements for American apple growers is a priority for this Administration, and I look forward to seeing continued progress for the Sixth District’s farmers.
I also raised the discriminatory policies of South Korea, which unfairly target American technology companies. South Korea effectively exempts countries like China from these regulations, while American companies bear the full weight of the fines and mandates. Encouragingly, South Korea is now engaged in talks with the United States to roll back these policies and is open to restricting China’s access to the South Korean technology market. China remains a significant national security threat, and America cannot allow an adversarial nation to maintain such a strong presence in an ally’s economy. Trade Representative Greer made it clear that if South Korea continues with these unfair regulatory practices, America is prepared to take regulatory and trade action to ensure fairness and security.
Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your Congressman. If my office can ever be of assistance, please contact my Washington office at (202) 225-5431.
