Op/Ed from House Speaker McCarthy

Today, the American People witnessed the monumental signing of two very important bills. The first of these bills, "The Special Olympics Funding Act", works to increase funding for one of our nation's great programs, the Special Olympics, which has stood to improve the lives of those with mental disabilities for over 45 years. This was a bipartisan bill, written by my great friend across the aisle, Steny Hoyer, and passed with unanimous support on the floor of the house.


Our second bill, written by myself with support from other House Republicans, is the "Helping our American Heroes Act". This bill strengthens our support for veteran's mental health. We care about our nation's Veterans, and they deserve our full support both when they are serving abroad and at home. Again, this bill was bipartisan, with unanimous agreement, and demonstrates our congress' ability to work together.


Unfortunately, today also demonstrated our President's obstructionist desire to prevent the work of our Congress. Today President Knecht vetoed the "State Education Administering Act", citing the legislation as, "redundant". We as a congress do not appreciate such mockery of the bills we pass on behalf of the American people, and we hope our President does not continue to destructively limit our ability to work together as a nation.

House Speaker McCarthy