There's been a 15% increase in consumer prices since Biden took office. And the federal Department of Transportation (DOT) has a big role in that.

Big costs for consumers come into play when DOT imposes heavy-handed regulations on America's supply chains.

Now, some members of Congress want to give DOT even more power to slow supply chains and drive up consumer costs.

Their bill would apply the strictest regulations intended for hazardous materials to everyday items like food and household products. It would impose massive new fines that discourage shippers from making investments in smarter and safer transportation. And it would give sweetheart deals to union bosses who have no stake keeping consumer costs low.

America's transportation industry needs to be safer, more efficient and deliver high-quality service to consumers. We won't get there if Congress saddles our supply chains with heavy-handed regulations.

Contact your members of Congress and tell him or her: vote NO on the so-called "Railway Safety Act".

The House Republicans have put forth a border security bill that is actually good! We need to call the House and tell them to pass it! When you call your representative, tell him or her to vote YES on H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023 (read the summary).

H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023 would do the following:

• Force the Biden Administration to restart construction of the border wall
• Deploy technology to the southern and northern border
• Increase the number of Border Patrol agents and provide bonus pay
• Require transparency regarding illegal crossings from the Department of Homeland Security
• Strengthen current law to protect unaccompanied children from human trafficking
• End catch and release
• End abuse of executive immigration authority
• Strengthen and streamline the asylum process

The vote will likely take place this Wednesday. Please call your representative before Wednesday and tell him or her to vote YES on H.R. 2. Once the vote has happened, please also call Republicans to say thank you for voting yes.

President Biden has nominated current Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su to serve as the new Secretary of Labor. That's a disastrous choice, and her nomination should be defeated.

Prior to serving as Deputy Secretary in Biden's Department of Labor, Su served from 2017-2019 as California Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development. During her tenure, she oversaw two terrible labor actions that hurt millions of Californians.

First, as Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, she had oversight of an agency called the Employment Development Department, which was responsible for distributing a large portion of California's Covid assistance funds. On her watch, California scam artists stole more than $32 billion. An investigation later found that the agency had failed to use fraud prevention systems because the systems, which would have cost several million dollars per year, were deemed "too expensive" - and, as a result, tens of BILLIONS of dollars were lost to fraud.

More infuriatingly, it was the most obvious kind of fraud. Single addresses received dozens of checks made out to dozens of different recipients. Forms were filed in the name of, and checks were made out to, "Minnie Mouse" and "Poopy Britches." Su's agency did not crosscheck the names against prison records, either, so thousands of inmates - including convicted murderers - received unemployment benefits fraudulently. Then, when the agency recognized the fraud, it froze benefits for thousands of legitimate recipients.

Remember, the Inspector General of the Department of Labor recently informed Congress that the federal agency has its own fraud problems - it lost at least $191 billion due to fraud during the Covid emergency. Biden has said he wants to clean up Covid fraud. There's no way he's going to be able to make good on that promise if Su is confirmed as Secretary of Labor - it's her department that oversees unemployment insurance, where most of the fraud occurred.

Second, Su also supports California's AB5, a law that uses standards to determine who's an employee or who's an independent contractor that are so complicated that it's made it nearly impossible for independent contractors to operate in California. According to multiple members of California's congressional delegation, this one law, supported by Su, "has cost tens of thousands of freelance workers and independent contractors their economic livelihoods."

Big Labor wants similar regulations put in place at the federal level. Putting similar regulations in place at the federal level would make it easier for union organizers to strong-arm them into joining their unions.

Julie Su's record makes it clear: She is the wrong person to serve as the Secretary of Labor!