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“Fentanyl- and synthetic opioid-related deaths are on the rise in certain regions of the U.S. It’s important to keep these drugs entry out of the country by detecting and intercepting them at points of entry.”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Should Homeland Security Establish a Joint Task Force to Stop Opioid Smuggling?

“For better or worse, Congress gave the president the power to declare emergencies and use certain defense funds to address them. This bill is nothing more than an attempt by Democrats to score political points, as they know they won’t have the votes to override President Trump’s veto.”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Should Congress Terminate the Border Security Emergency Declared by President Trump?

“ICE and CBP officers use “police” as a universal language for identifying themselves as law enforcement. This helps prevent confusion as to who they are, which is good for both the officers and the people they’re attempting to apprehend.”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Should ICE & CBP Officers Be Prohibited From Wearing Clothing With the Word 'Police'?

“There are numerous problems with the death penalty, including cases where innocent people have been wrongfully executed, its geographically arbitrary application, and racism in juries’ decisions in capital punishment cases. The federal death penalty should be abolished.”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Should the Federal Government be Banned From Using the Death Penalty?

“The federal government is prohibited by law from creating a gun ownership database, but it’s unclear whether state & local governments can use federal funds to create such databases. This bill would clarify that no federal dollars can be used to fund a gun ownership database.”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Should the Federal Gov’t Be Prohibited From Funding State & Local Gun Ownership Databases?

“The child tax credit helps families better deal with the costs of raising children. Increasing it would help lift millions of children out of poverty and increase their opportunities.”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Should the Child Tax Credit Be Increased & Made Fully Refundable?

“Fetal heartbeat bills are based in faulty science: the so-called “heartbeat” is actually cardiac activity in the fetal pole. This bill is far too restrictive, as it doesn’t provide exceptions for cases of rape and incest in which women would want to abort and would ban abortion too early in the preg…”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Should Abortions Be Banned After a Fetal Heartbeat is Detectable?

“The Trump administration is well within its rights to exercise executive authority to set immigration policy. This includes using executive actions like the Executive Order on Interior Enforcement to set a policy prioritizing the deportation of unauthorized immigrants who commit crimes or carrying o…”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Should Congress Rescind Trump’s Executive Order for ‘Mass Deportations’?

“It’s clear that America’s healthcare system needs significant reform in the future, but one thing that shouldn’t change is that insurers should be required to provide coverage to people with pre-existing conditions.”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Should Health Insurers Be Required to Cover Pre-Existing Conditions?

“A single-payer healthcare system would concentrate too much power in the federal government, creating inefficiencies in the healthcare market. It would reduce physicians’ pay and consequently the quality of care they provide, and lead to long wait lists for patients to see their doctor — all while i…”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Medicare for All: Should the U.S. Adopt a Single-Payer Healthcare System?

“This bill would counteract the negative impacts of Obamacare on workers who have been forced into part-time work because employers want to avoid the employer mandate, and delay the “Cadillac tax” on high cost employer-sponsored coverage. It’d also help small businesses and get rid of the onerous tan…”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Delaying Obamacare’s Employer Mandate & Restoring the Full-Time Work Threshold to 40 Hours

“There isn’t a sufficient basis to justify impeaching the president based on our current knowledge. Trying to impeach President Trump would be a waste of time and political energy, even if it were to succeed in the House it’d go nowhere in the Senate barring a major development.”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Should President Donald Trump Be Impeached?

“For too long, Congress has neglected the security of the Southern border and allowed immigration laws to incentivize illegal immigration. This bill provides full funding for the border wall, funds facilities to detain unauthorized immigrants while their legal claims are processed, and discourage san…”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Should $23 Billion Go to Building the Border Wall and Other Immigration Enforcement Infrastructure?

“Making Election Day a public holiday would make it easier for Americans to participate in democracy by getting out and voting.”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Should Election Day Be a Public Holiday Known As ‘Democracy Day’?

“This bill does not outline any oversight to ensure that the grant funding is actually used for preparing medical facilities and personnel for a national disaster.”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Do U.S. Medical Facilities Need Better Plans For Large-Scale Chemical Or Biological Emergencies?

“DHS, the intelligence community, and local authorities need to be in regular communication about the threat of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear terror attacks. This bill provides greater oversight into that process.”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Sharing Terror Threat Info Between DHS, the Intelligence Community, and Local Agencies

“Staff Sergeant Sky Mote sacrificed his life for the U.S. Putting his name on this mountain, where his friends and family go on an annual hunting trip would be a compassionate tribute to his action.”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Should the Government Name a Mountain After a Marine Corps War Hero?

“Nuclear weapons and other bombs with fissile or radiological material pose a significant threat to national security, and federal research into detecting such devices should focus on closing the gaps in the system.”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Do the Feds Need to Improve Their Technology for Detecting Nuclear Weapons?

“It’s unlikely that anyone would be denied a right as a spouse under current law just because it references “husbands” and “wives,” and if they were courts would overturn it.”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Should References to "Husbands" and "Wives" be Changed to “Spouses” In Federal Law?

“Crimean citizens reportedly voted in favor of joining the Russia Federation. The U.S. shouldn’t condemn an action that was supported by the people who were directly affected.”

- BILLY B

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In Response to: Should the U.S. Refuse To Recognize Russian Sovereignty Over Crimea?