Kansas deserves the gift of President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill

Polling data shows that the majority of Americans believe our country is on the right track. President Donald Trump has spent the first four months of his second term bringing down everyday costs, reining in federal spending, rolling back burdensome and senseless regulations, and strengthening our nation’s border security. It is time for Congress to help him codify his agenda.

I recently voted in the U.S. House of Representatives to advance the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would provide working- and middle-class Americans with the largest tax cuts in history and make long overdue investments into our nation’s border security by funding the completion of the border wall. The legislation would equip Customs and Border Patrol with modern technology to assist with intercepting drug and human smuggling while increasing detention capacity for Immigration and Customs Enforcement as it works to deport violent criminals and gang members who are in the country illegally.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act supports agriculture and industry across Kansas by strengthening the farm safety net, expanding crop insurance and updating reference prices. We permanently expand the death tax exemption, saving two million family farms and allowing farm families to keep more than $10 billion of their hard-earned money. Our proposal fulfills President Trump and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy’s request to make long overdue investments into the Federal Aviation Administration to modernize our air traffic control technology and infrastructure and to uphold the gold standard of American aviation.

The bill advanced by House Republicans fulfills some of President Trump’s most popular campaign promises, such as making the 2017 tax cuts permanent, eliminating tax on tips and overtime pay and rolling back wasteful, fraudulent and abusive federal spending.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act also strengthens the nation’s social safety net while better stewarding the tax dollars of hardworking Americans. Americans are generous people, but we cannot allow the government to abuse that generosity. Programs such as Medicaid and SNAP were intended for the most vulnerable among us — pregnant women, single parents with kids too young for school, disabled individuals and older adults. Over the years, those programs have been exploited and expanded beyond their initial intent, causing their cost to skyrocket exponentially.

Kansans understand the value of the dignity of work, and it is not just inefficient and fiscally irresponsible, but morally wrong for the single mom working multiple jobs to have her benefits put at risk because far left activists want to foot the bill for someone who is able-bodied without dependents but isn’t willing to join the workforce. Our bill simply requires that these able-bodied adults without dependents too young for school work or volunteer at least 20 hours a week. This includes volunteering at a food pantry, a local church or giving back to their community. Twenty hours — that’s what some Congressional Democrats are so upset about. Every single Democrat in the House voted against these commonsense requirements.

These members have been clear they are dedicated to spreading fear among our fellow Americans and would prefer for the safety net of government assistance to be a permanent destination. House Republicans and President Trump reject that notion and are continuing to embrace a pro-growth, pro-family agenda that empowers these families to pursue their American dream and return to the ladder of opportunity.

This agenda is why 77 million Americans voted for President Trump and Republican majorities in the House and Senate this past November. House Republicans have shown once again that we are the only party in Washington, D.C., that can be trusted to enact commonsense policies and get our country back on track. I am hopeful that the Senate will move quickly to get our bill over the finish line and to the president’s desk by July 4.

Lower taxes, more money in the pockets of American families, secure borders, and accountability for taxpayer dollars sound like the perfect gift for America’s 249th birthday.

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