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Today, I was honored to recognize a pillar of our community and my friend, John L. Augustine, the recipient of Leadership Northeast’s Distinguished Leadership Alumni Award. Now serving as President and CEO of Penns Northeast, John’s service to Northeastern Pennsylvania has extended over the past 25 years. His commitment to economic development in our region has benefited our communities and improved the quality of life for area residents. John Augustine proves that you don't need to hold elected office to make communities better.

The Biden Administration's censorship of conservatives on social media is undeniable and un-American. Today's Small Business Committee hearing exposed their selective categorization of information and misinformation, almost always targeting conservative groups. Today, the Supreme Court had the opportunity to call this what it is, a violation of the First Amendment, and I was disappointed they failed to do so. Such governmental control over social media content directly infringes upon First Amendment rights and is dangerous to the American people.

It was great to welcome President Trump back to Capitol Hill today. We discussed the policy agenda House Republican's will pursue with unified GOP leadership next year. We will secure the border, rein in spending to address inflation, restore American energy dominance, curb rising crime, and protect our national security. Our agenda will promote prosperity and benefit all Americans.

This week, the House passed a resolution calling for the immediate release of Ryan Corbett. Ryan grew up in Susquehanna County and has been wrongfully detained by the Taliban for the past 672 days. This resolution sends a clear message to the State Department and to the Taliban that the United States Congress takes this issue very seriously. My office will continue to work with the United States and Qatari governments, as well as Anna Corbett and the Corbett family, to secure Ryan's safe return home.

The drug epidemic plaguing communities is the result of the sick social experiment on the part of the Biden Administration and the extreme left running our major cities. The root cause of this problem is the open border, which is benefiting cartels that funnel drugs into our country. Biden’s executive order does nothing to solve the border crisis, and even his former Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, admitted it was issued to address a major “political vulnerability.”

Biden completely overreached, overstepped, & misstated Israel’s position on the so-called peace deal. We cannot undermine Israel in this process; we need to support them. Hamas must release the hostages, & terror groups that call for the destruction of Israel must be eliminated.

It was great to be on the Volpe Report this weekend. We covered the many crises created by the Biden Administration, the unmitigated disaster at our southern border, the rise in violent crime caused by ideological prosecutors, and much more. A big thank you to Chuck Volpe for having me on – always a great conversation.

Check out my interview on Face The State on CBS21NEWS. I joined Joel D. Smith to discuss several critical issues, including DA Alvin Bragg’s attempt to undermine democracy by bringing a frivolous case against President Trump, the crisis at our southern border, and my legislation to honor fallen police officer Lt. William Lebo.