Government Spending Thread: The House will soon be considering govt spending bills for FY 2023.
These offices and programs are overfunded, redundant in nature, or outside of the scope of the federal govt.
Here is a breakdown of all the spending for the Dep of Agriculture #ampFW
$69.8MM for the Ag Secretary’s office; $8.4M for Ag Secretary’s immediate office; $1.3 million for the Agriculture Homeland Security Office?
Why can’t @DHSgov do it? $11.2M for the Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement? #ampFW
$30M for the Agriculture Chief Economist’s office. #ampFW
$170M+ for the Agriculture Offices of Hearings and Appeals, Budget and Program Analysis, Chief Information Officer, and Civil Rights. #ampFW
More than $300M for the Agriculture Statistics Service and the Economic Research Service. #ampFW
$1.1 billion for Agriculture research and education programs. Can’t imagine how woke these programs might be. #ampFW
$50M for grocery workers under the Farmworker and Food Worker Relief Grant Program of the Agriculture Marketing Service. #ampFW
$5 million pilot program to nonprofits to enhance farming and ranching opportunities for veterans. Not the proper role of the Dept of Ag. #ampFW
A highly suspect provision made it on the bill. #ampFW
$111B food stamps, $28B for child nutrition programs As diabetes, unhealthy living continues, millions of Americans, members of Congress should reconsider subsidizing the industries that are making Americans obese and dependent on the “health care” system. #ampFW
A start would be for removing sweetened beverages, prepared desserts, salty snacks, candy, and sugars from SNAP benefits. Americans must start putting effort into their own health if we want to solve the unhealth tragedy in America. @houseGOP@HouseAgGOP#ampFW
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🧵Today, SCOTUS issued its decision in Biden v. TX. The issue was whether the Biden Admin legally canceled the Trump Admin’s Migrant Protection Protocols (remain in Mexico).
#ampFW: In this 5-4 vote, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kavanaugh joined the liberals.
In 2018, w/ a surge on our Southern Border, President Trump’s DHS promulgated MPP to prevent illegal aliens w/ meritless asylum claims from being released into the US.
Instead, if they arrived via Mexico, they had to return pending further proceedings.
WOKE DIPLOMACY ALERT: We took a look at Congress’ proposed 2023 budget for the (deep) State Dept.
Here are some of the terrible items included in the bill: #ampFW
$250M to prevent and respond to gender-based violence around the world.
Biden can’t even keep America’s communities safe, what makes these bureaucrats think that they can prevent, let alone respond, to gender-based violence. #ampFW
$200 million for the Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund #ampFW
🧵Today, SCOTUS issued its decision in WV v. EPA, a major admin law case that considered EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act.
In a 6-3 vote, the Court held that under the Major Questions Doctrine, the Obama Admin’s Clean Power Plan was illegal. #ampFWampfw.org/3ytcyHJ
#ampFW: In 2015, the Obama Admin EPA issued the Clean Power Plan.
Under it, the EPA determined the best system to reduce carbon emissions was generation shifting-effectively replacing coal-fired power plants with plants fueled by natural gas & replacing all fossil fuel-based..
electricity with electricity generated from zero-emitting renewable-energy sources.
The plan would have increased electricity costs by $214B and cost $64B to replace shuttered capacity. The EPA predicted that its rule would cost billions and eliminate thousands of jobs. #ampFW
NDAA THREAD: We took a quick look at the defense authorization bill for 2023. Before we know it, U.S. taxpayers will be funding a $1 trillion defense budget and "woke" generals will still come to Congress asking for 3%-5% annual budget growth. @HouseGOP@HASCRepublicans#ampFW
⚠️ NDAA ALERT: You can now get a dishonorable discharge for not wanting to take the COVID-19 vaccine. #ampFW
⚠️ NDAA spends billions in Europe “to maintain credibility of the sacred obligation under Article 5 … to defend every inch of NATO territory.” #NATO#ampFW
👏 A Bill to Prohibit a COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for our Armed Forces H.R. 3860!
Introduced by @RepThomasMassie (R-Ky.), this legislation protects the freedom of our service members to make their own medical decisions without fear of repercussions. #ampFWampfw.org/3OyDmvR