Oval Office Swearing-In

I had the honor of attending the swearing-in ceremony for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after being confirmed Secretary of Health and Human Services.

The ceremony was held in the Oval Office, a unique honor. 

I'm looking forward to working with Secretary Kennedy in his commitment to radical transparency and conquering chronic illness. I believe this is a watershed moment for America. 

The Make American Healthy Again movement held a press conference after RFK Jr's swearing-in. Watch my remarks here, but the entire MAHA press conference with Del Bigtree is well worth watching. Truth is about to be revealed.

Talking Numbers with Elon

The Senate DOGE Caucus met with Elon Musk, and I gave him my variance sheet comparing a reasonable pre-pandemic level of spending to this year’s outrageous $7.3 trillion. In 2019, the federal government spent $4.4 trillion. 

We need to turn Elon’s brilliant DOGE efforts into long-term savings. Here's the chart I shared with Elon. I'm an accountant and I've long been frustrated by how little Washington talks about the actual numbers. Three years ago, I asked my colleagues and the Washington press corps what the federal government spent and no one knew.  

The Ukraine War Has to End

On February 21, I joined the Clay & Buck Show and the discussion turned to Ukraine. I was at Zelensky's inauguration and he told me in 2019 he knew war with Putin was unwinnable. This war never should have started and never should have gone on this long. 

On March 2, I joined The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis to talk about Zelensky's Oval Office meeting. President Trump is dedicated to peace and ending war with out-of-the-box thinking. 

American People Deserve to Know 

The American people deserve a full accounting of Joe Biden's activities. 

I sent another letter to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) highlighting multiple requests — some dating back to June 2021 — for records relating to Joe Biden and his family business dealings. For years, NARA failed to provide the requested records to both Sen. Chuck Grassley and myself. 

Although former President Biden is no longer in office and he pardoned his son Hunter and other family members, we believe it is of importance to review these records so the American people have a full accounting of Joe Biden and his family’s activities while Joe Biden was in government. 

READ: Fox News — Grassley, Johnson demand NARA turn over Biden records relating to email aliases, family business dealings

Senate Page Program

Congratulations to Finn Peterson, a junior at the Prairie School in Racine, for earning a spot in the U.S. Senate Page Program this semester. 

Pages play an important role in the daily operation of the Senate. They live in Washington, D.C. for the semester and attend Page School while working in the U.S. Senate. Pages deliver correspondence and legislative material within the Capitol and Senate office buildings, prepare the Chamber for Senate sessions, and work on the Senate floor.

Contact my office and the Senate Page Coordinator for more information on the program for 16 or 17-year-olds in their junior year of high school.

Wisconsinites in DC

I had the pleasure of meeting Meredith Clark, a senior at Green Lake High School, and her dad. Clark is a national recipient of the Samsung American Legion Scholarship. She plans to attend Ripon College and then veterinary school at Colorado State University. 

Samsung funds these scholarships to show appreciation for U.S. veterans who came to Korea's aid during its struggle against communist forces in the Korean War.

A group from Wisconsin's Disabled American Veterans (DAV) was in Washington. The organization has over 14,000 members in Wisconsin and helps provide resources and fulfill promises made to our nation's Veteran heroes.