Brooks cosponsors bill to preserve immigration restrictions until after COVID crisis
This bill preserves restrictions until state and federal lockdowns, stay-at-home orders, curfews and the like end.
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Tuberville has “serious concerns” about Biden halting border wall construction
Biden signed an executive order halting the construction of the controversial border wall between the United States and Mexico.
More than 1,000 Alabamians have died this summer from COVID-19
Through June, July and the first week and a half of August, the state has amassed an additional 1,103 dead from the coronavirus pandemic.
Brooks wants to suspend guest worker programs
Thursday, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) announced that he and five other members of the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump (R). “38+ million Americans have lost their jobs in the last 2 months,” Rep. Brooks wrote on social media. “The April unemployment rate was 14.7%, the highest rate … Continued
Mexico isn’t paying for Trump’s border wall. Alabama is.
Looks like Mexico isn’t paying for that “big, beautiful wall” at the southern border. Alabama is. The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it would be diverting more than $260 million of funds originally slated for a Navy ship building operation located in the Port of Mobile and will instead use those funds to construct … Continued
U.S. economy adds 225,000 jobs in January
Many economists had been expecting an economic slowdown in 2020 after an extremely prosperous 2019. January, however, vastly exceeded expectations. The U.S. added 225,000 jobs in January. Trade tensions were greatly eased after President Donald J. Trump (R) formally signed the United States Mexico Trade Agreement (USMCA) into law and reached a Phase One trade … Continued
Rogers: USMCA is a “huge win for our country”
Wednesday, Congressman Mike Rogers, R-Saks, said that President Donald J. Trump’s (R) signing of the United States Mexica Canada (USMCA) trade agreement is a huge win for our country.” “I was thrilled today to see President Trump keep a promise to the American people,” Rogers said. “The USMCA will create jobs and help small businesses … Continued
Byrne: Alabama’s economy will take off with signing of USMCA
Wednesday, President Donald J. Trump (R) signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) into law. U.S. Senate candidate Congressman Bradley Byrne, R-Montrose, said that the signing of the USMCA is a “cause for celebration” and that the “Alabama economy is primed to explode.” “Alabamians have cause for celebration with the passage of a new trade deal … Continued
Rogers says he was thrilled to see USMCA pass
Thursday, Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Saks) said that the passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by the U.S. House of Representatives was a win for all Americans. Republicans had asked Democrat leadership for months to bring this bipartisan legislation to the House Floor, but Rogers said that House Democrats have been focused on the impeachment … Continued
Sewell, Byrne applaud passage of U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement
Thursday, Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-Selma) and Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) both praised the House passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA). Sewell was a member of the Democrat Working Group tasked by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California) with improving the deal negotiated by President Donald J. Trump (R) with the governments of … Continued