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News from Rep. Tom Price
 Guantanamo Bay
President Obama is trying once again to shut down the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and move many of these dangerous individuals to American soil. Here are the facts: Congress has passed and the president has signed into law specific prohibitions against transferring these terrorist to our homeland and/or building facilities here to house them.
Meanwhile, according to a September 2015 report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, of the 653 Guantanamo Bay terrorist detainees that have left the facility over the years, 117 are "confirmed" and 79 are "suspected of reengaging" in "terrorist or insurgent activities."
The safety of the American people is more important than any political promise the president may have made. Congress has spoken, in a bipartisan manner, on this issue. The president should abide by the laws of this land - particularly when it comes to our national security.
Protecting the Homeland &
2nd Amendment Rights
As ISIS maintains strongholds in the Middle East and continues to threaten America and our allies, the House of Representatives took action last week by passing legislation with strong bipartisan support to help prevent terrorists from executing attacks here at home. We voted to engage the Department of Homeland Security in building a strategy to intercept terrorist travel in the U.S. (H.R. 4408) and develop a list of known instances where individuals have traveled from the United States to conflict zones in Iraq and Syria (H.R. 4402). These common sense, bipartisan solutions will help us prevent terrorist attacks on American soil.
While defending our freedoms against terrorist threats from abroad, we must also reinforce our rights here at home. That is why I was proud to stand with my colleagues in voting in favor of H.R. 2406, the Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act of 2015. Hunting and fishing hold a special and cherished place in our nation's history and the history of many American families. This legislation honors that history by protecting our 2nd Amendment rights and ensuring access to federal lands for outdoor recreational activities.
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New from Sen. David Perdue
Senators Perdue, Tester, Coons Introduce Legislation To Strengthen U.S.-Israel Economic Partnership
Resolution supports innovation and collaboration across multiple sectors in technology sphere
WASHINGTON, D.C.
- U.S. Senators David Perdue (R-GA), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Chris Coons (D-DE) today introduced S. Res. 383, bipartisan legislation to recognize the economic accomplishments of the U.S.-Israel economic partnership and support new agreements for collaboration across a variety of sectors within the technology sphere.
Since the signing of the U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement 30 years ago, Israel has become one of our country's most dynamic economic collaborators in the Middle East and North Africa. Today, individual states are entering into agreements with Israel to deepen cooperation in specific areas of mutual interest, and our joint science and technology research institutions are collaborating on life-changing medical breakthroughs and clean energy technology. The economic impact of this partnership is significant and it deserves our unwavering support.
"The U.S.-Israel strategic alliance helped pave the way for our nations to develop vital economic ties,"
said Senator Perdue. "Israel is a hub for innovation, and together our technology sectors have created jobs and encouraged innovation across the economic spectrum. We must continue working with Prime Minister Netanyahu to explore new opportunities for collaboration to grow economic sectors, increase cybersecurity, and advance medical research."
"For nearly 70 years, the U.S. and Israel have been inseparable allies, and that relationship is strengthened when our economies grow together,"
said Senator Tester. "At a time when some are looking to limit our economic ties to Israel, we should keep building our relationship to tackle the world's biggest challenges."
"I am proud to cosponsor a resolution commemorating the strong economic ties between the U.S. and Israel," said Senator Coons. "I continue to be impressed with the innovative, entrepreneurial spirit of the Israeli people, and I look forward to working to deepen our ties in this area and many others."
"The Israel Allies Foundation is very thankful to Senators Perdue, Tester, and Coons for their sponsorship of Senate Resolution 383," said EJ Kimball, Executive Director of the Israel Allies Foundation. "America's economic ties with Israel are incredibly valuable: U.S. exports to Israel sustain over 250,000 high paying American jobs, and Israel's investment in America is larger than investment from China, India, or
Russia. Yet ties can be deepened, and the Israel Allies Foundation will work with Senators Perdue, Tester, and Coons as their leadership paves the way for even more American jobs through deeper economic engagement with Israel."
Specifically, S. Res. 383 seeks to: (1) affirm the robustness of the economic relationship; (2) recognize that science and technology innovation present new frontiers for economic cooperation; (3) encourage the Administration to expand and regularize existing forums of economic dialogue with Israel; and (4) support the exploration of new agreements, including in the fields of energy, water, agriculture, medicine, neurotechnology and cybersecurity.
David Perdue Pushes for Term Limits at CPAC
Senator David Perdue took to the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday. In true outsider form, he called out the Washington establishment's failure to address the looming debt crisis, among other things.
His solution? Term limits.
"It's finally time that we honestly have an open and straight-forward debate in Congress about bringing term limits to the United States Congress," Perdue said. "We can fix this. These complicated problems are not so complicated that we can't solve them. We can absolutely fix this budget."
Another Georgia speaker who made an appearance at the conservative mega-conference was Rep. Jody Hice, who spoke on the need to care for America's veterans. You can watch his address here.
And while you're at it, you can also watch Senator Perdue's speech here:
Washington's Power Politics Threatens Georgia Water
We all know Washington is dysfunctional. After my first year in the United State Senate, I can tell you it's worse than we realized. Power politics have allowed Washington insiders to push their personal priorities ahead of national interests, and they must be stopped.
With $19 trillion in debt today, and more than $100 trillion in future unfunded liabilities, the United States is on track to hit $30 trillion in debt over the next decade. Yet surprisingly, the one thing I haven't heard anyone say in Washington is: "We cannot afford it."
Last year, Congress continued to pass bills that added to the national debt - including the grand bargain, doc-fix, highway bill - and I voted against each one to try and stop this insanity. Despite my efforts, the rest of Congress continued to ignore its fiscal responsibility.
Given my focus to stop Washington's spending spree, many people have asked why I ultimately voted for the end-of-the-year appropriations package, also known as an "omnibus," which only allocated how this money would ultimately be spent. The answer is simple: we cannot take Georgia's water for granted.
As many Georgians know, there is an ongoing fight between the states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida over water rights. This decades-long debate, often called "water wars," is about protecting Georgia's precious water resources and ensuring there is enough water to sustain our state's growth and support our diverse industries.
Here's what you might not know...
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SEC Primary Day with Sec. of State Brian Kemp
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Supreme Court appears split in abortion arguments
By: Sarah Ferris/The Hill
The Supreme Court's potential swing vote on its pivotal abortion case gave few hints on Wednesday as to whether he would vote to strike down Texas's law, which is considered among the strictest in the country.
Anthony Kennedy, a conservative justice who once ruled in favor of abortion access, revealed little throughout 90 minutes of arguments on whether Texas had created an "undue burden" on women with restrictions on abortion providers that opponents say have closed at least 11 clinics statewide.
The eight-member court appeared deeply divided on the case, making it more likely that the case will end in a 4-4 vote and prevent a ruling from establishing national precedent.
Kennedy suggested the case could be sent back to the lower courts, extending the uncertainty around the 2013 law that has faced legal challenge since its passage.
Much of the debate Wednesday centered on the safety of the abortion procedure and whether the state's restrictions on clinics were necessary. While liberal justices compared the procedure to a colonoscopy, Texas's solicitor general said it was more like brain surgery.
Opponents of the law said they felt hopeful after Kennedy noted that the number of surgical abortions in Texas has increased relative to medical abortions - the opposite of the national trend.
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Democrats draw plan to shatter the GOP
By: Kyle Cheney/Politico
Through a combination of messaging and the ascendance of Donald Trump, Democrats see a path to cutting into the GOP coalition.
Democrats are drawing blueprints for stealing GOP moderates from a rightward-driving Republican Party, saying the heist is key to scoring a White House win in November.
Democracy Corps' Stan Greenberg, a prominent national Democratic pollster,
released data Monday morning that suggest moderate Republicans - nearly a third of the GOP base - are being ignored by their presidential candidates. These Republicans don't revile Planned Parenthood - in fact, many prefer the women's health group to pro-life groups and candidates who take hard-line stances on abortion. They're supportive of same-sex marriage. They're not enamored of the NRA. They have less rigid attitudes about sex. They accept climate science.
"It's mind-boggling," Greenberg said. "They're considered illegitimate within the Republican Party, and no one is speaking to them."
It's a dynamic Greenberg said could drive those moderates toward Democrats this fall, and he wants his party to work to make that happen.
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