September 6, 2022
Washington, DC
As the fiscal year comes to a close, conservatives urge Congress to adopt substantive red lines for government-funding measures that elevate the needs and well-being of the American people above the self-interested priorities of well-connected powerbrokers and lobbyists within the Beltway. Millions of our fellow citizens are suffering from historic inflation and energy prices driven by far-left ideologues in the Biden administration.
The United States is now in the middle of the Biden Economic Recession because of misguided and harmful policies inflicted upon the American people by an administration in thrall to progressive orthodoxy. It is imperative that Congress be the voice of working men and women, families, and the long-suffering taxpayers bearing the brunt of Washington’s destructive decision-making.
Congressional lawmakers should ensure that any government-funding measures or omnibus spending bills:
- Freeze Discretionary Spending Levels: The House recently passed a $1.6 trillion deeming resolution to permit a $132 billion increase in baseline discretionary spending. Since then, year-over-year inflation has risen to an astounding 9.1 percent. Working and middle-class Americans are struggling to pay for basic necessities driven in large part by profligate federal spending. At a minimum, Congress must freeze discretionary spending at current FY2022 levels.
- Reject A Lame Duck Omnibus: Lawmakers should reject any attempt to pass FY2023 omnibus spending bills during a lame duck session of Congress. This would only enable the passage of costly progressive policies inflicting additional and unnecessary pain on American workers, taxpayers, and consumers. Deferring FY2023 appropriations to the 118th Congress increases opportunities to enact fiscal restraints and slow inflation.
- Unleash American Energy: Congress must leverage appropriations measures to secure policy changes that unleash American energy and provide relief to the American consumer. This includes repealing harmful renewable subsidies, dismantling costly and unreliable green energy initiatives in federal agencies, initiating rapid deployment of baseload powerplants, and statutorily overturning regulations that inhibit reliable energy production, consumption, and development.
- Prohibit Taxpayer-Funded Abortion: Congress should ensure that taxpayer funding of abortion remains prohibited and the conscience rights of healthcare professionals maintained. Federal taxpayers must not be required to subsidize abortion, especially in the aftermath of the Dobbs decision. The Biden administration has signaled its radical intentions through the creation of a Department of Justice abortion task force designed to target pregnancy care centers while attacking states that pass laws that protect women and unborn children. Congress must not support any spending measure that funds this authoritarian task force and should instead ensure that such efforts are shut down.
- Secure the Southern Border: With some 71,000 Americans dead from fentanyl overdoses in just the last year, nearly 900,000 “got-a-ways” that have entered the United States and disappeared since FY 2021, and apprehensions equivalent to the entire population of Wales in just the last year, Congress must refuse to advance any appropriations measure that fails to enact the policies necessary to secure the southern border. This includes requiring the installation of border barriers, requiring ICE to remove illegal immigrants through interior enforcement, and statutorily reinstating Trump-era border protocols such as Title 42 removal authority and the Remain in Mexico program.
- End Destructive COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates: Medical providers and the U.S. military are facing critical labor and recruiting shortages with thousands of our best and brightest terminated or facing discharge for refusing to receive a vaccine in violation of their conscience. This is compounded by recent admissions from top health officials that the vaccine has shown diminished effectiveness at preventing COVID-19 transmission. The hypocrisy must end. Congress should overturn these tyrannical and self-destructive mandates in any funding measure.
- Dismantle and Defund Recent IRS Spending Authority: The Biden administration’s recent $80 billion spending binge to hire roughly 87,000 new agents (perhaps even more if the 2021 Treasury Report plan is followed) is just another burden stacked on top of hardworking Americans. It is reprehensible that Congress would compound record inflation and $30 trillion in national debt by forcing middle-class Americans to fund the very bureaucrats who will target them. This new power and funding must be dismantled.
Conservatives encourage lawmakers to make use of every opportunity to fight for the American people.
Congress should not fund government policies that brazenly harm American workers and families. Mandates that curb the freedoms of our selfless first responders and punish the very servicemembers who swore an oath to defend us must also be abolished. We urge congressional lawmakers to stand firm in the funding battles on the horizon and fight for the very people who have entrusted them to lead us out of this cascading policy nightmare.
| The Honorable Edwin Meese III Attorney General President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988) |
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell Chairman, Conservative Action Project Chairman, CNP Action, Inc. |
| Jenny Beth Martin Chairman Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund |
The Honorable Paul S. Teller, Ph.D. Executive Director Advancing American Freedom |
| Thomas E. McClusky Principal Greenlight Strategies, LLC |
Myron Ebell Director, Center for Energy and Environment Competitive Enterprise Institute |
| The Honorable Mary Vought Executive Director Senate Conservatives Fund |
Chad Connelly Founder and President Faith Wins |
| Star Parker Founder and President Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE) |
Marty Dannenfelser Vice President for Government Relations and Coalitions Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE) |
| The Honorable Bob McEwen U.S. House of Representatives Former Member, Ohio |
Lisa B. Nelson |
| L. Brent Bozell III Founder and President Media Research Center |
David Bozell President ForAmerica |
| The Honorable Jim DeMint Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013) |
Adam Brandon President FreedomWorks |
| Ed Corrigan Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute |
Noah Wall Executive Vice President FreedomWorks |
| The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell President The Leadership Institute |
Scott T. Parkinson |
| The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr. Chief Domestic Advisor President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988) |
David N. Bossie President Citizens United |
| Wesley Denton Chief Operating Officer Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) |
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop White House Advisor President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985) |
| Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.) Executive Vice President Family Research Council |
Tom Jones Co-Founder American Accountability Foundation |
| Terry Schilling President American Principles Project |
Steve Moore Co-Chair Committee to Unleash Prosperity |
| The Honorable Ken Cuccinelli Former A.Dep.Sect. DHS Former AG of Virginia |
Alfred S. Regnery President Republic Book Publishers |
| Penny Y. Nance President & CEO Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee |
The Honorable Jake Hoffman Representative Arizona House of Representatives |
| The Honorable James C. Miller III Budget Director for President Reagan, 1985-1988 |
Judson Phillips Founder Tea Party Nation |
| Dr. Paige Patterson President Sandy Creek Foundation |
Jay Mount President MDS Communications Corporation |
| Robert Chambers Executive Vice President AFA Action |
Nancy Schulze Founder RCW Speakers |
| Seton Motley President Less Government |
The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr. Managing Editor ConservativeHQ.com |
| E.C. Sykes General Partner – Aslan Ventures Republican Nominee – NC Senate District 18 |
Kay R. Daly President Coalition for a Fair Judiciary |
| C. Preston Noell III President Tradition, Family, Property, Inc. |
David B. Kullberg President Christians for A Sound Economy |
| Michelle Easton President Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women |
Gerard Kassar State Chairman NYS Conservative Party |
| Amy Kremer Chairwoman Women for America First |
Don Woodsmall Interim President Center for Security Policy |
| Tim Throckmorton President Lifepointe Mininstry |
Floyd Brown Founder The Western Journal |
| Lee Beaman CEO Beaman Ventures |
Thomas Pyle President American Energy Alliance |
| Randy M. Long Founder Long Business Advisors, LLC |
The Honorable Mike Hill Former Member Florida State House |
| Mario Navarro da Costa Director, Washington Bureau Tradition, Family, Property |
Robert K. Fischer Meeting Coordinator Conservatives of Faith |
| Joseph A. Morris Partner, Morris & De La Rosa Chairman, The Heartland Institute |
Martha Boneta Fain President VAF |
| The Honorable Stanley Jason Rapert Founder & President National Association of Christian Lawmakers, Inc. |
Allen J. Hebert Chairman American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston |
| Richard D. Hayes Partner Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP |
Sal Russo Co-Founder and Chief Strategist Tea Party Express |
| The Honorable Peter J. Thomas Chairman Consrevative Caucus |
Ron Pearson Executive Director Conservative Victory Fund |
| Ashley Baker Director of Public Policy The Committee for Justice |
Joan Holt Lindsey President Lindsey Communications |
| Anne Schlafly Cori Chairman Eagle Forum |
Eunie Smith President Emeritus Eagle Forum |
| Peggy Dau Co-Founder Nationsnet.org |
Melvin Adams President Noah Webster Educational Foundation |
| Elaine Donnelly President Center for Military Readiness |
Saulius “Saul” Anuzis President 60 Plus Association |
| James L. Martin Founder/Chairman 60 Plus Association |
Dr. Jerome Robert Corsi Founder and CEO DrJeromeCorsi.com |
| William W. Pascoe, III Our Man in Washington Tea Party Patriots Action |
Dr. Teryn Clarke Neurologist Clarke Neurology |
| Paul Gessing President Rio Grande Foundation |
Michael Lunsford Executive Director Citizens for a New Louisiana |
| Richard Rounsavelle Trustee Media Research Center |
The Honorable Terrence Scanlon Retired Chairman and President Capital Research Center |
| Paavo Ensio Chairman Universal Minerals Group |
The Honorable Stephen Stockman U.S. House of Representatives Former Member, Texas |
| Jack Park Conservative Activist and Donor |
The Honorable James Gilmore 68th Governor of Virginia (1998-2002) |
| Kathleen Patten President and CEO American Target Advertising |
James C. Dobson, Ph.D. Founder & President Dr. James Dobson Family Institute |
| Andrew Roth President State Freedom Caucus Network |
Brooke Powell Illinois State Director State Freedom Caucus Network |
| Steven Utroska Mississipi State Director State Freedom Caucus Network |
Evan Newman South Carolina State Director State Freedom Caucus Network |
| The Honorable RJ May III Vice Chairman, South Carolina Freedom Caucus State Representative, South Carolina |
The Honorable Adam Morgan Chairman, SC Freedom Caucus Member, SC House of Representatives |
| Blake Bassham Arizona State Director State Freedom Caucus Network |
The Honorable Philip Singleton Georgia State Representative State Freedom Caucus Network |
| Daniel Honchariw Nevada State Director State Freedom Caucus Network |
Jordan Davis Mason South Dakota Director State Freedom Caucus Network |
| The Honorable Dana Criswell Chairman Mississippi Freedom Caucus |
Art Ally President Timothy Partners |
| The Honorable Peter Hoekstra Former Congressman and Ambassador (Ret.) Hoekstra Global Strategies |
Kevin Freeman Founder NSIC Institute |
| The Honorable Briscoe Cain Texas State Representative, House District 128 Texas House of Representatives |
Charles J. Cooper Assistant Attorney General, President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988) Cooper & Kirk, PLLC |
| The Honorable Rick Green Founder & President Patriot Academy |
Grace-Marie Turner Executive Director Galen Institute |
| Peter Roff Senior Media Fellow Trans-Atlantic Leadership Network |
Andrew Langer President Institute for Liberty |
| Ambassador Henry F. Cooper President Reagan’s Chief Defense and Space Negotiator Former SDI Director |
Carey Woodruff Executive Vice President Foundaiton for American Christian Education |
| Carolee Adams State President Eagle Forum of New Jersey |
Penna Dexter Co-host Point of View Radio |
| Jill Dickman Nevada Freedom Caucus Vice-Chair Nevada State Assembly |
The Honorable Peter Thomas Chairman The Conservative Caucus |
| Bart Marcois Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Dept. of Energy |
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