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Father. Husband. US Navy/Afghanistan Veteran. Indiana Congressman.

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Chairman.

Indiana's 3rd Districtbanks.house.govJoined January 2017

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Rep. Dan Bishop

🚨DHS and social media companies work together to silence free speech. This blatant censorship WILL NOT be tolerated. I am drafting legislation to impose harsh criminal penalties on government officials who violate Americans’ 1st amendment rights. theintercept.com/2022/10/31/soc

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@BrendanCarrFCC

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Interview: FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok

It's the strongest language Carr has used to-date to urge action on TikTok.

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Democrats and the Biden DOJ have declared war on the 1st Amendment!

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Rep. Dan Bishop

CRT is plainly destructive and un-American. So why are our tax dollars funding it?

and I wrote on why it’s a problem and how to root it out.

There should be no critical race theory in foxholes

Critical race theory is a destructive ideology; so, why are our tax dollars promoting it in the military?

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Biden has had a “disinformation governance board” all along!

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The emails and documents show close collaboration b/w DHS & private sector. Twitter's Vijaya Gadde (fired by @elonmusk last week) met monthly with DHS to discuss censorship plans. Microsoft exec texted DHS: "Platforms have got to get comfortable with gov't"

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The Commerce Department would never cut off corporations’ #CCP cash. National security decisions shouldn’t be up to Commerce, especially when China is involved!

Exclusive - House Republicans Unveil Bill to Block China from Acquiring Sensitive National Security...

House Republicans unveiled legislation that would prevent sensitive national security technology from falling into the hands of China.

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This is dangerous and unAmerican. When we take back the House, Republicans have a duty to hold woke corporations accountable!

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The club had payroll and bills to pay and had to scramble to find funds to meet its obligations in those two weeks. I’ll find out which bank it was. Cc: @Jim_Jordan @RepJimBanks

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Make Twitter Great Again!

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BREAKING: Elon Musk has fired Vijaya Gadde, head of legal policy, trust & safety, who made the decision to permanently suspend Donald Trump.

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essay on our crumbling deterrence from earlier this week in

: wsj.com/articles/anti-

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Coming up: @RepGallagher. I’ll ask him about this latest retreat of American forces in the face of a growing China threat. ft.com/content/271c0c

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House Republicans must make sure the left can never shut down our schools again!

Blame Democrats and union bosses for failing school report card

The Nation's Report Card showed schools recorded the steepest drop in math scores ever recorded, and Democrats are to blame.

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There must be consequences for this unprecedented and illegal leak!

@RepLarryBucshon

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The Biden DOJ’s refusal to prosecute the illegal SCOTUS protesters still stands out as one of its most partisan and shameful decisions.

dailysignal.com

Justice Alito: Roe Leak Made Us 'Targets for Assassination'

The leaked draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade made conservative justices "targets for assassination," Justice Alito said.

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According to Biden’s DOJ, China is illegally trying to steal US tech & threatening our national security and competitiveness. So why did Biden abolish the DOJ’s China initiative?

DOJ outlines charges against 13 Chinese nationals accused in US influence campaigns

Two intelligence officers were accused in an attempt to obstruct a criminal investigation into the Chinese-based telecommunications company Huawei.

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Consequences of the #BidenBorderCrisis will be felt for generations.

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DEFUND ANTI-POLICE DEMOCRATS!

dailycaller.com

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Banks, Sen. Marshall To Introduce Legislation To Defund Far-Left DAs

Rep. Banks and Sen. Marshall plan to introduce legislation to defund far-left district attorneys, as crime has spiked in the U.S.

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@henryrodgersdc

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Banks, Sen. Marshall To Introduce Legislation To Defund Far-Left DAs Read all about it here first:

dailycaller.com

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Banks, Sen. Marshall To Introduce Legislation To Defund Far-Left DAs

Rep. Banks and Sen. Marshall plan to introduce legislation to defund far-left district attorneys, as crime has spiked in the U.S.

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Last week my colleagues and I asked President Biden for a meeting to share the stories of families impacted by the deadly fentanyl crisis. We have not received a response. Apparently, he has other priorities for his time: twitter.com/ClayTravis/sta…

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Last week my colleagues and I asked President Biden for a meeting to share the stories of families impacted by the deadly fentanyl crisis. We have not received a response. Apparently, he has other priorities for his time:

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We don’t let kids get tattoos before they are 18, but @JoeBiden doesn’t think states should be able to ban kids from getting their genitals chopped off. The fact that this position is Democrat orthodoxy now is complete insanity.

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When will Dems pledge to never shut down schools again??

Test scores hit by record plunge for U.S. kids

COVID and the resulting school closures spared no state or region.

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Dems spoke out against Obama’s disastrous nuclear deal just a few years ago. Today, standing up to Iran is a completely partisan issue…

This Bill Would Sanction Iran’s Leaders for Human Rights Crimes. Not a Single Democrat Supports It.

As the Iranian regime violently cracks down on growing nationwide protests, lawmakers’ attention is again on the atrocities committed at the hands of the Iranian regime. Yet not a single House...

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Joe Biden once again claims that he become a professor at UPenn after leaving the vice presidency (where he never taught a class) and then claims three universities offered to make him their president.

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Glad to see legislation introduced by

called #MahsaAmini Act mandating human rights & terrorism sanctions on #Iran's supreme leader, his office, & entities he controls. Democrats should also support. This should have been done years ago. 1/2

This Bill Would Sanction Iran’s Leaders for Human Rights Crimes. Not a Single Democrat Supports It.

As the Iranian regime violently cracks down on growing nationwide protests, lawmakers’ attention is again on the atrocities committed at the hands of the Iranian regime. Yet not a single House...

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Taking an unborn life is not a “human right”

@HouseDemocrats

Democratic lawmakers ask State Department to review whether state abortion laws comply with human...

Two Democratic members of Congress are asking the State Department's top lawyer to remind state and local governments of their human rights commitments and to review how state laws pertaining to...

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is exactly right: Congress needs to prioritize fixing America’s problems first. We can’t lead abroad while we are so weak at home!

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Now 20 days into October, and still no September border numbers released by the federal government.

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We are now 18 days into October & the federal government still has not released border numbers for the month of September, the final month of fiscal year 2022. Sept. numbers are expected to finish FY’22 w/ 2.3 million + migrant encounters, not including 599,000 known gotaways.

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Every GOP governor should follow

@GovRonDeSantis

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@GovRonDeSantis

As long as I am Governor, in Florida there will not be a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for children in our schools.

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This is a political persecution. The Biden DoJ is a corrupt, two-tiered system of justice.

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The Associated Press

BREAKING: Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Trump, sentenced to four months behind bars for defying Jan. 6 committee subpoena. apnews.com/article/capito

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Congressman Troy Nehls

Daily reminder that we are in a recession because of Joe Biden.

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President Trump wanted to refill our Strategic Petroleum Reserve when oil was $24/barrel, but Democrats blocked him. Now, taxpayers will be forced to refill it at nearly TRIPLE the cost.

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Joe Biden has drained our Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help Democrats in the midterms. There is no getting around it: the President is jeopardizing our national security for political gain. Disgraceful and dangerous.

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A Republican-led House will put the needs of America first. We cannot continue with unlimited spending for any foreign nation while our people are struggling to get by here at home.

is 100% right.

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Heard some on MSNBC becoming positively apoplectic about Kevin McCarthy's remark that if GOP takes House, it will not write 'blank check' for Ukraine. Meaning: US aid is not unlimited. Not sure why that is controversial.

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Democrats don't care if gas jumps to $10 a gallon after election day.

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Joe Biden keeps rolling back all the progress made standing up to the #CCP

nationalreview.com

Biden Admin Winds Down Probes into Universities’ Foreign Gifts

The move is likely to trigger a congressional response as Republicans prepare a China-focused legislative onslaught.

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My

@RepublicanStudy

colleagues and I have requested a meeting with President Biden to share the dozens of obituaries we were given by grieving parents from across the country at our fentanyl roundtable last month. This crisis is too deadly to ignore.

Banks, GOP request to meet with Biden to address fentanyl crisis, give him box of victim obituaries

RSC chairman Jim Banks of Indiana led several of his colleagues in a request to meet with President Biden to address the fentanyl crisis plaguing families across America.

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An interest free, forgivable loan is just a bribe…

justthenews.com

Biden's family got 'interest-free,' 'forgivable' loan from China, new evidence reveals

2017 business email and new information released by Sen. Chuck Grassley expose Chinese effort to enrich first family.

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The only acceptable immigration priority is fixing the Biden Border Crisis.

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The Epoch Times

“They are prioritizing wokeness over dividends,”

said. #ESG investing has been a popular trend in recent years. As the #Midterms2022 approach, numerous GOP lawmakers are becoming more vocal in their opposition to ESG.

theepochtimes.com

Is ESG Emerging as the Next CRT in Electoral Politics?

Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) has been one of the most popular investment trends in recent years. ...

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Biden isn't just refusing to crack down on the CCP... He's actively undoing Trump-era efforts to hold the Communist Party accountable. Shameful!

Biden Administration Plans to End Inquiry of Colleges’ Foreign Funds

The Education Department has told higher-ed groups that it would close investigations into disclosure of foreign gifts and contracts.

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Yes.

militarytimes.com

Is the military too ‘woke’ to recruit?

There's a lack of hard information on why propensity to serve is falling, and whether there's an ideological shift in attitude toward military service.

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