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Peter Meijer
@RepMeijer
Iraq veteran, former Afghanistan aid worker, recent Member of Congress, and current big believer in calling out BS.
Sep 30, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Background detail that may be helpful:
USCP closes some House office building entrances at night/on the weekends/when Congress is not in session to ease workload on personnel. Those doors still function as exits for fire purposes (have alarm bars to open from inside). 1/6 While Congress was in session, it was the weekend/unexpected and this entrance (looks like NJ Ave) is a main entrance normally, and the fastest above-ground route from Cannon offices to the Capitol. If Bowman was late for votes, it would make sense he would rush this way. 2/6
Jan 13, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Every time I point out federal overreach, there are inevitable complaints of “WELL WHAT DO YOU PROPOSE!?!” Well, one of the wonders of our federal system is that states can pursue various solutions to problems. Some may be successful, others won’t, but differing approaches (1/5) allow for experimentation. We have to recognize that neither party has perfect solutions, and most approaches haven’t faced the test of cold hard real-world application. The idea that any problem can be perfectly solved by an untested federal policy is totally unrealistic. (2/5)
Jan 13, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Just finished reading the Supreme Court’s stay of the OSHA vaccine mandate ETS. Big win for liberty, and worth reading in full. A couple choice grabs from the Court’s opinion and Gorsuch’s concurrence. Also: LONG LIVE THE NONDELEGATION DOCTRINE!

supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf… Gorsuch: Sometimes lawmakers may be tempted to delegate power to agencies to reduce the degree [they are] held accountable for unpopular actions. If Congress could hand off all legislative powers to unelected agency officials, it ‘would dash the whole scheme’ of our Constitution.
May 26, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
What is the most beautiful #MI03 historic home? (Pics in following tweets) Meyer May (1908, Frank Lloyd Wright)
Feb 27, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Tonight we voted on the American Rescue Plan. Briefly put, this was an institutional abomination. Not only is this bill dead on arrival in the Senate bc the Senate parliamentarian judged it out of order via the Byrd Rule (which governs the Budget Reconciliation process)... (1/6) but it’s also inadequate in cash relief. So we did a 2am vote on a bill the Senate can’t accept. And instead of bipartisan COVID relief, this was a Dem grab bag of gifts to special interests. Want a Silicon Valley subway? A new bridge in upstate New York? This bill has it! (2/6)