This Week with GosarTop Stories - Washington, DCAmerica First Means No More Pointless Foreign WarsThis week, I voted against sending an additional $40 billion to Ukraine and let me explain why.  First.  I have maintained from the start that we have no business getting involved in another war.  I want peace in that region.  Spending $40 billion to fund the Ukraine war machine is pointless and will lead to more death and destruction. Ukraine is not our ally.  The Zelensky regime is an autocratic dictatorship that was illegally installed by a coup in 2014.  It promotes far left ideology and is at the source of Biden corruption scandals.  Ukraine militia killed over 14,000 Russians prior to the Russian invasion.  Ukraine also cut off all water to the Crimean Peninsula in an effort to starve people.  Russia is not our enemy.   Total No. of U.S. deaths caused by Russia in 2021: 0Total No. of U.S. deaths caused by Mexican fentanyl in 2021: 105,000With these votes to “support” Ukraine with your tax money, members of Congress are walking us into a war.  We don’t need another 20-year trillion-dollar war.   We just lost a humiliating defeat to sandal wearing goat herders in Afghanistan. We have no business in Ukraine.  It’s not our fight.  I refuse to let us get dragged into it. Further.  Earlier this year, Congress already approved over $13 billion in spending for Ukraine.  This new $40 billion spending spree takes money away from the priorities of the American people and recklessly sends our taxpayer dollars to a foreign nation without any accountability.At a time when America is struggling with 8.3% Bidenflation, $30 trillion debt and an invasion along our southern border, forking over another $40 billion dollars to Ukraine is criminal.Sadly, the Biden Regime prioritizes every other country before it even thinks about our own – that is the definition of America Last.  It wasn’t that long ago with democrats nickel and dimed President Trump on wall funding claiming $8 billion was too much to spend to secure our porous southern border.  But Ukraine?  Open the money spigot!  Once again, there were no hearings held and no debate before congress approved this spending.  There are no spending offsets, no accountability for where each dollar will be spent, and no guarantees for equal contributions from European neighbors.Additionally, the aid package only lasts through September of this year, meaning Congress will no doubt be voting once again to give billions more to Ukraine. I won’t support spending a dime until the long list of problems here at home are solved.Yuma County Sheriff’s Office Opens Massive Voter Fraud InvestigationEarlier this week, the Yuma County Sheriff’s office announced that they, along with the Yuma County Recorder’s Office, are examining cases of election fraud from the 2020 General Election, as well as a recent pattern of fraudulent voter registrations in the lead up to the 2022 Primary Election. The Sheriff’s office noted that their office had 16 open voting and registration investigations, and identified impersonation fraud, false registrations, duplicate voting, and fraudulent use of absentee ballots as the types of election fraud being investigated.   Anyone found violating our elections laws should go to jail.  I applaud the Sheriff Wilmot for fighting to protect the integrity of our elections.Click here for the full release from the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office. Gosar Votes to Extend Compensation to Downwinders, Urges Reforms to Include Impacted Areas Currently Excluded This week, I voted to extend the authorization of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund for two additional years. While I am pleased to have voted to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) two additional years to provide benefit payments to persons who developed cancer or other related illnesses after being exposed to radiation from atomic weapons testing during our nation’s Cold War Era, I remain concerned that the original act failed to properly define the boundaries of impacted populations. Unfortunately, Americans that reside in counties in close proximity to where the testing occurred are excluded from this program for no logical scientific reason, including people that reside in Mohave County, Arizona and Clark County, Nevada.  Since first being elected to Congress, I have worked tirelessly to fix the error that excluded Downwinders from Mohave and Clark Counties from filing claims with the Department of Justice.  A two-year extension is certainly helpful, but Congress has a moral responsibility to update RECA and should stop dragging its feet and immediately take up H.R 538, the Downwinders Parity Act of 2021, important bipartisan legislation I authored that would extend RECA coverage to all of Mohave and Clark Counties.You can read my press release and learn more about Downwinders by clicking here.Gosar Votes to Prohibit TSA From Accepting Arrest Warrants as Identification for TravelThis week, I also voted to prohibit the Transportation and Safety Administration (TSA) from accepting documents such as an arrest warrant or a court order to appear as valid forms of identification to board an airplane. An I.D. is an easy to get and well accepted form of proper identification to travel.  All Americans are required to provide identification to travel.  It makes no sense to allow illegal aliens, criminals, drug traffickers and others to waltz through security lines without any identification except a court order which is easily forged.  I voted against this security breach and in favor of proper identification.  Nevertheless, the democrats control the House of Representatives and this common-sense legislation was rejected, making all Americans less safe.  A copy of the Motion to Recommit can be found here.It’s Mail Time!  Someone Got a Letter!I receive thousands of messages from constituents every month.  I do my best to respond back.  I’ll be honest some of them are down-right nasty.  Others are quite refreshing, so I thought I would share a few here:Reginal M. from Litchfield Park writes:I just wanted to say thank you for not voting to send our hard earned tax money to Ukraine. Please continue the great work you are doing for the people of Arizona and America. It is truly appreciated!.Jose A. from Peoria had this to say:Thanks for voting no on the bill for Ukraine. We need to stop funding bloodshed.Mrs. Mary M. from Meadview shared this:Mr. Gosar,Please help stop this amendment that the Biden administration is going to submit to the WHO, America is a free country and we don't need to have the WHO in charge of our healthcare. What can we do to stop it from happening?Thank you,MaryDiane R. from Wickenburg wrote:Representative GosarI just wanted to thank you for standing up for conservative values in your vote against the Ukranian aid package. It's refreshing to see someone have their own thoughts vote their conscience. I appreciate your commitment to doing what's right and in keeping with common sense.Helen H from Lake Havasu City shared this:Hello Congressman Gosar,My question to you is what are you doing to fight what is happening in our country? How can I feel confident that you are FIGHTING for my rights as a citizen of this great nation? Gas prices are through the roof, good shelves are becoming empty, our borders are wide open. Please tell me you are fighting to stop all of this! It has to end and the only way to stop it is by standing up to the tyranny that is taking place now is our country.I understand that you are one of the most conservative congressman in the house. I appreciate all you do. But I am worried about what is coming.Loraine and Richard B. from Lake Havasu City got some much needed help and wrote: Richard and I are being funded for our 2019 Tax return Thanks to You!!Thank you for all that you have done for us! You Are The Best!!We are truly grateful for all you have done and are doing.Thank you and God Bless you all.Thanks so much for your thoughtful notes.  I appreciate hearing from you! You can send me a message here.Wickenburg Christian Academy Students visit Washington, DC! Last week, students from WCA visited our nation’s capital and my amazing staff gave them a tour of my office. The students were very grateful to see firsthand what it is like to be a Member of Congress.  I sure hope a few of these students consider running for office!  Special thanks to Maureen Rigo, a devoted teacher impacting the lives of kids every day!Tweet of the Week:Photo of the Week:This wonderful photo of a moth on the 10th green at the Capital Canyon Golf Club in Prescott, AZ was taken by Michael Todd.Thank you, Michael.  I hope your golf skills are as good as your photography skills!Now, who is next!?Do you have photography skills? Do you want the chance for your photograph to be featured as our "Picture of the Week?" Send your best shots of our great State to wade.searle@mail.house.gov. We have a beautiful State, let's show her off!Gosar in the News and Other Stories We Think You Might Want to KnowWashington Times: Illegal immigrants get ‘pallets’ of scarce baby formula, GOP lawmaker saysArgus Press: Arizona high court tosses push to disqualify GOP lawmakersArizona Independent: Yuma County Officials Applauded For Investigating New And Old Cases Of Voting FraudKYMA: Yuma County looking into cases of voting fraud leading up to 2022 Primary ElectionNew York Post: Biden isn’t fooling anyone ⁠— inflation is his fault and he has no solution to fix itNew York Post: Here’s how Team Biden is fueling food inflationFox Business News: Biden admin cancels massive oil and gas lease sale amid record-high gas pricesHeritage Foundation: Biden Administration Sneaks Unlawful Immigration Benefits Into Ukraine Aid RequestMedia Right News: PAUL GOSAR POINTS OUT NUMBER OF AMERICANS TRAGICALLY ‘KILLED BY MEXICAN FENTANYL’ IN IMPLICATION THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS PRIORITIES ALL WRONGTweet of the Week image widgetTOTW image widgetTSA image widget