“This legislation would close the ‘catch-and-release’ loophole, which puts law abiding citizens, local law enforcement officials and communities at risk. Our bill will ensure that illegal aliens who have been found guilty of violent crimes and aggravated felonies are not able to remain in our communities. As the current law stands, an illegal alien with a criminal record is released back into the United States after six months if no other country accepts them for deportation. This bill is a commonsense solution and it’s time for it to become law.” – Representative Mike Rounds, June 15, 2022

YLTC 2022 will be July 11–15. Students will also tour several historical sites in the Washington, D.C. area, as well as visit their Senators and Representatives. Participation in the Youth Legislative Conference is one of the most rewarding opportunities a politically-minded high school student can experience. – American Association of Christian Schools, retrieved June 12, 2022

“For years, the WHO has undermined American interests and remains one of the most corrupt and ineffective international institutions… The organization has been compromised by China and has sabotaged many public health investigations–including the COVID investigation in Wuhan.” – Congressman Andy Biggs Arizona’s 5th district, June 3, 2022

“The censure of Rep. Gonzales details five such instances on issues such as traditional marriage, second amendment protections, preserving freedom, and border security.” – Republican Party of Texas, March 4, 2022

“Now, over 20 years later, this naivete has cost American companies and innovators an estimated $225 billion to $600 billion per year in intellectual property revenue. This is why I am introducing the Protect American IPR Act. It is time that we start pulling the curtain back to expose China’s brazen and relentless intellectual property theft.” – United States Congressman Louie Gohmert, December 2, 2021

“He and others said, in the declaration, that the best overall way to protect everyone, before the advent of vaccines, was to focus protection on the old and medically compromised, while allowing the young and healthy to continue living life normally.” – The Berkshire Eagle Massachusetts, October 6, 2021

“I am a low-tax Conservative”, she told the Telegraph in May. “The way we’re going to weather the storm is through economic growth, through growing the economy,” she noted of the country’s current economic woes. She revealed more of her cultural beliefs in a 2020 speech in which she called for “a new approach to equality … founded firmly on Conservative values” and took aim at the cultural influence of “post-modern philosophy. Whether it’s ‘affirmative action’, forced training on ‘unconscious bias’ or lectures on ‘lived experience’, the Left are in thrall to ideas that undermine equality at every turn,” she said.” – AFP, September 16, 2021

“In 1977, Proxmire gave an award to the Justice Department for spending $27,000 ($119,938 inflation adjusted) to determine ‘why prisoners want to get out of jail.’ In 1979, the Pentagon was recognized for a $3,000 study ($11,123 inflation adjusted) to determine ‘if members of the military should carry umbrellas in the rain.'” – Forbes, June 30, 2021

“We have the blind leading the blind. I’ve been a Democrat all my life, and all my life I’ve been in poverty… So how may more years do I need to be in poverty before I need to say, ‘wait a minute, wake up, something’s wrong’?” – The Genesee Michigan News, October 23, 2020