Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (Party of Trump PA-13) spoke on the House floor during the debate on Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act noting that “The President has declared a national emergency. If government is forcing them to shutter their doors, then our responsibility is to help them out.” Other members from the […]

On Friday, March 20th, Minnesota’s First District Congressman Jim Hagedorn sent an email reporting “steps we are taking at the federal level to combat this disease”. A cursory reading of “THE HAGEDORN REPORT:  Response to Coronavirus”  hypes the message that he wants voters to know … that Congressman Hagedorn is “Fighting for Taxpayers”, pressuring President Trump […]

On Tuesday, my bride received an unsolicited email from Minnesota’s First District Congressman Jim Hagedorn marked as “THE HAGEDORN REPORT *SPECIAL EDITION*:  Coronavirus Update” asking her two questions : Is the current Federal response to the coronavirus adequate? Yes No   Do you agree with President Trump prioritizing the development and manufacturing of test kits […]

On Friday, March 6th, MPR’s Kerri Miller featured Minnesota’s Sixth District Congressman Tom Emmer … and it was an interesting session … worthy of every American taking the time to listen since he is also the National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman. The session touched on a number of issues : the coronavirus, healthcare, prescription drugs […]

QUERY : What would you do with $210,668.38 ? The irony of Erik Paulsen proclaiming that “Washington must do more with less” was apparent when the House Administration released the Members Statement of Disbursements, and the taxpayers would see how much money that Congressman Paulsen spent on Franked Mail. { FYI Franked Mail … a […]

There is one thing that Americans can count from Donald Trump … whatever he says one day, can be changed the next. After all, candidate Trump promised that Mexico would pay for a border wall while he rebuilt the military …. now, not only is Mexico not paying for the wall, but earlier this month, […]

“People should fend for themselves.”  That’s the takeaway from Minnesota’s First District Congressman Jim Hagedorn’s Fillmore County townhall event. That comment was in response to a constituent’s question about SNAP and 782 Fillmore County children getting kicked off the hot school lunch program. “We don’t want anyone to starve, we don’t want anybody to live […]

Anyone who watched yesterday’s House debate on H. J. Res. 79 (to remove the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment), had to be impressed by the way that the GOP leadership gave the floor to GOP congresswomen. Debbie Lasko (AZ08), Jackie Walorski (IN02), Kay Granger (TX12), Carol Miller (WV03) and Virginia Foxx […]

My mailbox brought my family another taxpayer-funded mailer from Congressman Jim Hagedorn … the second in just a few weeks (Fun Fact : On September 4, 2019 Congressman Hagedorn paid $41,088.00 to INVOCQ TECHNOLOGIES LLC for printing and reproductions, so you can only imagine how much the latest mailings will cost.) This one, like the […]

Jim Hagedorn must be thinking it is time to pull the old campaign lawn signs out and alert Minnesota’s First District that he will be running again in November. The big difference between his 2020 campaign and his unsuccessful 2010, 2014, and 2016 campaigns (before winning in 2018 when Tim Walz decided to seek the […]