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MONEY Published June 9 GOP lawmakers demand Biden administration end federal unemployment benefits

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By Megan Henney FOXBusiness A group of House Republicans is urging the Biden administration to end the federal unemployment benefits program that provided out-of-work Americans with an extra $300 a week, warning the enhanced aid is hampering the U.S. economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.   In a letter to Brian Deese, the director of…

68 GOP members send letter to Biden admin slamming POTUS for waiving Nord Stream 2 Pipeline sanctions

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By Houston Keene | Fox News EXCLUSIVE: Sixty-eight Republican members of the House of Representatives are sending a letter to the Biden administration ahead of the president's visit with Russian President Vladimir Putin this month, slamming President Biden for waiving sanctions on Russia's Nord Stream…

Gosar Introduces MERIT Act to End Affirmative Action in Federal Hiring

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) issued the following statement after introducing the Making Excellence Replace Identity Traits (MERIT) Act, legislation that would prohibit government sanctioned racial bigotry. “Hiring decisions in the federal government should be based on the merit of the job applicant rather than quotas based on…

Gosar Demands Answers to Teacher Union Influence on Reopening Schools

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WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) issued the following statement in response to allegations that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) acted politically on behalf of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in refusing to reopen America’s schools. “This week, I joined several of my Republican colleagues and sent a letter to the Director of…

Members of the Natural Resource Committee Call on Biden to Stop Selling American Mining Jobs to Foreign Nations

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WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Congressman Paul A. Gosar (AZ-04), Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (AR-04), and other members of the Committee sent a letter to Mr. Biden calling on his Administration to support American mining jobs and stop selling out those mining jobs to Canada.    “It is unacceptable that this Administration is bartering…

Gosar Announces Funding for Wickenburg Municipal Airport

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WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Representative Paul Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Transportation’s decision to award $145,696 to the Town of Wickenburg reconstruct the taxilane at Wickenburg Municipal Airport. “I am pleased to announce that the Wickenburg Municipal Airport will receive this critical funding to reconstruct the runway to…

Gosar Announces Funding for Lake Havasu Municipal Airport

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WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Representative Paul Gosar, D.D.S (AZ-04) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Transportation’s decision to award $204,884 to the City of Lake Havasu City to rehabilitate the runway of the Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport. “I am pleased to announce that Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport will receive this critical funding to…

Gosar Announces Federal Funding for Laughlin Bullhead International Airport

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WASHINGTON D.C. - Congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Transportation’s notice to award $508,086 to Mohave County to reconstruct the access road for the Laughlin Bullhead International Airport. “I am pleased to announce that Mohave County will receive this critical funding to reconstruct the access road to Laughlin…

Congressman Gosar Reacts to Copper Mine Ban

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WASHINGTON D.C. - Congressman Paul Gosar (AZ-04) issued the following statement after the United States Department of Agriculture announced it was directing the United States Forest Service to withdraw the Notice of Availability and rescind the Final Environmental Impact Study and the draft Record of Decision for the proposed Resolution Copper on the Tonto National Forest. “I am very…

Gosar, Sinema introduce the La Paz County Land Solar Development and Job Creation Act of 2021

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WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) and Senator Kyrsten Sinema introduced the La Paz County Land Solar Development and Job Creation Act of 2021, which transfers 4,800 acres of Bureau of Land Management land to La Paz County for economic development, creating jobs while boosting affordable, renewable…