Updates from Senate Republicans and the Senate Republican Conference, led by @SenTomCotton.
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Democratic socialists would go back to amnesty and open borders, inviting more foreign criminals to terrorize our streets.
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It’s clear—The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act is backed by immense support!
We need permitting reform NOW to unleash American energy, lower costs for families, and protect our national security. Let’s get this bill passed!
NEWS: 19 FORMER ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY LEADERS ENDORSE THE BIPARTISAN PERMITTING REFORM BILL
Today, a group of former Cabinet members and White House principals across seven Democratic and Republican administrations sent a letter calling on Congress to pass BAAJA. Here are the signatories:
Janet YELLEN, Michael R. POMPEO, Steven T. MNUCHIN, Leon E. PANETTA, Timothy F. GEITHNER, Henry M. PAULSON, Jr., Robert E. RUBIN, Stephen MIRAN, Jared BERNSTEIN, Tyler GOODSPEED, Jason FURMAN, Glenn HUBBARD, Laura D’Andrea TYSON, Michael J. BOSKIN, Jeffrey ZIENTS, Jake SULLIVAN, Brian DEESE, Larry KUDLOW, Allan B. HUBBARD
Key highlights from the letter:
1. “We are not building infrastructure fast enough to remain globally competitive… The median time for a new power plant to move from an interconnection request to commercial operation has more than doubled, from less than two years for projects built between 2000 and 2007 to more than four years for projects built between 2018 and 2024.
2. China has built more high-voltage transmission in the last fifteen years than the U.S. has built in all of its history... In 2024, China accounted for 31.5% of global knowledge- and technology-intensive manufacturing value added, compared with 20.7% for the United States.
3. Federally funded or permitted projects require NEPA review, but private projects often do not, creating a threat of failure precisely where the government is trying to be proactive, strategic, and engaged.
4. A project that spends years awaiting approval must continue carrying development and financing costs while remaining exposed to rising input costs. The IEA reports that prices for utility-scale transformers increased 26% in 2024, while lead times for some transformers have stretched as long as six years.
5. Mining projects also face tremendous uncertainty: a 2026 study by researchers at the Colorado School of Mines found that permitting for modern mining projects takes an average of 5.5 years, rising to 8.9 years for contested projects. The U.S. currently has the second-longest mine development timeline in the world.
6. The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act is the most significant bipartisan legislative effort that Congress has undertaken in decades to tackle these challenges.
7. BAAJA addresses key constraints stifling American industry by requiring interregional transmission planning, strengthening the federal backstop for nationally significant transmission lines, and creating a faster, more predictable process for connecting new generation to the grid.
8. BAAJA also makes permits more durable by imposing tighter timelines for litigation and limiting frivolous lawsuits that can halt projects indefinitely, while preserving community input and judicial review of substantive agency decisions.”
The letter was organized by @arnabdatta321 on behalf of @IFP and covered exclusively by the WSJ this morning.
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❌ZERO releases at the border for seventeen straight months
🔽95% fewer border apprehensions compared to the Biden era
🔼63% increase in drug seizures
The most secure southern border in history. That is the Republican agenda in action.
Democrats’ socialist agenda promises everything for “free.”
But in reality, working Americans will be forced to pick up the tab.
Their plan is to nearly triple federal income taxes on working families to pay for wealthy Americans’ healthcare and college tuition.
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We stopped building ships here at home, and as a result, we’ve become too dependent on other countries for our commercial shipping needs. It’s time to build American ships again.
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REPUBLICANS raised references prices/strengthened farm safety net thru Working Families Tax Cuts Act + advanced a Senate Farm Bill
Democrats voted AGAINST BOTH the tax bill & farm bill
Tells u all u need 2 kno abt who Rural America can depend on
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"BAAJA represents substantial positive reforms to our permitting system, maintaining high environmental standards while providing clear rules for getting energy infrastructure built. BAAJA would help significantly increase clean energy deployment and expands our transmission network to deliver new, affordable, reliable electricity to the homes and businesses that rely on it."
Thank you to the leaders at @ACORE, @AdvEnergyUnited, @USCleanPower, @CEBAPower, & @SEIA for your support for these desperately-needed bipartisan reforms.
Scoop: Clean energy trades @CEBAPower, @ACORE, @AdvEnergyUnited, @USCleanPower, & @SEIA are formally endorsing the Senate's bipartisan permitting reform bill in a joint letter to congressional leaders punchbowl.news/baaja-joint-t…
Republicans have made historic progress securing the border. Zero illegal aliens have been released for 17 straight months.
Illegal aliens know Democrats will reverse this the moment they get the chance.
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President Trump has secured the border, and this caravan will be stopped.
Tragically, such caravans are often rife with human trafficking and horrific violence against women and children.
This is why I introduced the Stopping Border Surges Act, which would permanently close loopholes that allowed non-parents to claim an unrelated child as their own and let Joe Biden “lose” tens of thousands of children in our country. It would also remove incentives for parents to bring children with them on the hazardous journey to our borders.
For decades, media, politicians, and institutions tacitly encouraged such desperate attempts to march to the United States, only succeeding in increasing human misery at the expense of American border security.
Never again.
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Pine Bluff Arsenal has great potential, just like it has a great past.
The new gate complex is a step in the right direction to bring more jobs and investment to the region.
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The @centrus_energy facility in Piketon will create jobs close to home for Ohioans and produce the energy we need to supply America’s nuclear fuel and lower costs for working families.
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Getting the Farm Bill done this year is a top priority. This bill would secure nationwide E15, support Nebraska’s wildfire recovery efforts, and prevent Communist China from buying our farmland.
It’s time to pass the Farm Bill.
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The Stringtown Quarry is one of the oldest and largest limestone mines in Southern Oklahoma. They’re proud to help lay the foundation for the roads, runways, and buildings we use everyday. We are Oklahomans. We work hard and get the job done.
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97% of filers received a tax cut this year bc of GOP's Working Families Tax Cuts Act If Dems had their way Americans wld hv faced the largest tax increase in American HISTORY this yr instead
Republicans r fighting 2 protect ur $$ Democrats r fighting 2 SPEND SPEND SPEND
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Democrats wanted formal rule-making on how digital commodity exchanges must hold customer funds. The Clarity Act requires it.
Democrats voted against protecting customer funds with real custody rules.
For years, Democrats insisted that illegal aliens don’t receive taxpayer-funded benefits. They were lying.
While Democrats ignore this fraud, Republicans are ensuring your tax dollars are spent on American citizens, not illegal aliens.
NEW: DHS confirms to @FoxNews that ICE has launched a nationwide operation targeting illegal aliens who have been illegally collecting SNAP benefits, & ICE has made their first handful of arrests, including these four Haitian illegal aliens:
Rubstony Junior Theodore, whose prior arrests include larceny, obstruction of officers, and trespassing.
Wilbert Jean Baptiste, Louis Jean, and Jhensly Charles.
ICE: “These arrests mark the opening salvo in a sustained, large-scale ICE operation specifically targeting illegal aliens who have fraudulently accessed SNAP benefits that American taxpayers fund exclusively for U.S. citizens in need. Every one of these individuals entered the country unlawfully, then proceeded to draw from a program designed to feed struggling American families, in some cases while carrying criminal records”.
@SecMullinDHS statement to FOX:
“Illegal aliens who have no right to be here in the first place are the last people who should be using SNAP benefits and other forms of welfare,” said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “These programs are for Americans only. Even non-violent illegal alien crime can still have devastating consequences when they’re defrauding the American taxpayer. The illegal alien fraudsters that we’ve already arrested and deported are just a drop in the bucket, and the Trump Administration is committed to going after all these thieves and bringing them to justice.”
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This is incredible news!
I fought every day to protect Floridians from deadly fentanyl as Attorney General, and am continuing the fight for a Fentanyl Free America in the Senate.
I’ve introduced the PRESS Act and the Prosecuting Poison Pill Dealers Act. And I’m championing several other bills like Tyler’s Law, the No Fentanyl on Social Media Act, and the Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act alongside my colleagues.
In 2023, fentanyl killed nearly 5,000 Floridians. By 2025, the death toll from fentanyl had fallen to 2,000.
Florida’s State Assistance for Fentanyl Eradication (S.A.F.E.) grant program has supercharged law enforcement capacity to keep our communities safe from deadly illicit drugs. We have strengthened drug interdiction efforts, supported law enforcement operations to dismantle cartel-linked trafficking syndicates, and increased access to life-saving tools like naloxone for first responders.
In addition to the 60% decline in fentanyl overdose deaths, the latest Florida Medical Examiners Commission report found that deaths caused by fentanyl analogs have declined by over 50%. The data also show broader declines in all drug-related deaths over the past year.
We will continue supporting law enforcement and remain committed to protecting the health, safety, and well-being of Floridians.
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L3Harris’s new solid rocket motor production facility in Camden is a welcome investment that further proves Arkansas is the defense capital of America.
I’m pleased to have worked with our congressional delegation, @SarahHuckabee, and @USArmy to help bring this project to our state.
