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Today the U.S. House will vote on House Resolution 30 which was introduced by Congressman Andy Barr and cosponsored by Mississippi Congressman Mike Ezell. The legislation would cancel out a recent Department of Labor rule that encouraged managers of 401ks and pensions to consider companies’ positions on issues like social justice and climate change. Companies would just focus on the… Read more »

Congressman Mike Ezell is back in Washington D.C. after joining other members of the House Committee on Homeland Security on a trip to El Paso, Texas. “As sheriff, I saw the impact of the border crisis on our communities, especially through the flow of fentanyl and other drugs,” he said in a press release Monday. “After seeing the mess at our border firsthand, it’s even more clear that… Read more »

As a Jackson County native, lifelong resident, and sheriff, Mike Ezell had made many visits to Ingalls Shipbuilding, but never as a congressman. That changed Thursday, when Ezell, now a U.S. Representative from Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District, took his first official tour of the Pascagoula shipyard as a member of congress. Ezell spent the day meeting with Ingalls leadership… Read more »

The U.S Military has shot down a spy balloon and three UFOs since February 4th and Congressman Mike Ezell thinks the Biden Administration should share more information on the situation with Congress. Ezell was on the Coast today at Beau Rivage Casino and Resort for the 2023 annual meeting of the Coast Chamber of Commerce. Ezell said Congress needs to be kept better informed about… Read more »

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) has announced the vice chairs for the Committee’s six subcommittees. “I have full confidence that our subcommittee vice chairs will be effective contributors and leaders on their subcommittees, and they will play a crucial role in our active agenda for the 118th Congress,” said Graves. “I look forward… Read more »

The Biden Administration is considering an unprecedented step to help stem the flow of migrants entering the U.S. from the Southern border. Under the proposed policy, many non-Mexican migrants would be deported. Right now, the Biden Administration is still leaning on the Trump-era COVID policy, known as Title 42, which allows authorities to turn away certain migrants at the… Read more »

A bill recently introduced to the United States House of Representatives seeks to reinstate and backpay service members removed from the military for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. On Monday, February 6, 2023, Rep. Ronny Jackson (TX-13) and Rep. Neal Dunn (FL-02) introduced the Troop Return of Overdue Payment Act to Congress. According to a press release from Rep. Jackson,… Read more »

Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) congratulates Rep. Mike Ezell on becoming one of the latest members of Congress to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. As a Pledge signer, Ezell boldly commits in writing to the taxpayers of Mississippi to oppose and vote against income tax hikes. “I applaud Rep. Mike Ezell for signing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge to the people of Mississippi. By… Read more »

A member of the House Committee on Homeland Security says it's a "joke" that the Biden administration allowed the Chinese spy balloon to fly over the continental United States. During a Thursday briefing, a senior defense official said that the U.S. government is "confident" the surveillance balloon is from the People's Republic of China, and said it was seen over Montana.… Read more »

The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has found that many once-defunct, controversial Confucius Institutes have reopened under new names. The Chinese government had sponsored Confucius Institutes -- which are educational and cultural programs -- since 2004 on college and university campuses worldwide, the NAS said. The institutes provided teachers, textbooks and operating… Read more »