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SENATORS – FUND THE TROOPS FIRST
June 11, 2018
Washington, DC
Conservatives want the Senate to work fulltime and overtime starting now until their work is done. Working Americans do this, or they don’t get paid. Eliminating paid leave in August is nice but insufficient.
As we have outlined in previous memos, conservatives now call on the Senate’s leadership to use this critical time to pass all of their appropriations bills, confirm President Trump’s nominees, and work to implement a strong conservative agenda.
Specifically, we call on the Senate to prioritize funding for the troops. Before passing a funding bill for themselves, which the Senate has indicated they are planning to do, the Senate should immediately take up funding bills for the Department of Defense and the Veteran’s Administration. Fund the troops first. Fund Congress last.
Moreover, the substance of these funding bills is important. When Congress passed its $1.3 trillion spending bill in March, it failed to defund sanctuary cities, failed to defund Planned Parenthood and failed to address any part of Obamacare. It also openly blocked President Trump from building his border wall. The Senate should use this current opportunity to address these long-standing campaign promises.
Finally, we ask the Senate to clear the historic backlog of President Trump’s nominees. There remain 156 nominees pending in committee, and 108 available for immediate floor consideration. This Senate has confirmed substantially fewer nominees under this president than at similar times under his last four predecessors. Despite progress on judicial nominees, there are now more judicial vacancies than when Trump took office last year. Given this, we urge the Senate to use the full weight of the Senate’s rules against Democrat obstruction of Trump’s nominees.
The Senate must show it is serious about doing its job by using this canceled recess to accomplish these priorities. We look forward to supporting them in these efforts.
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Former
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan
The Honorable Kenneth J. Blackwell
Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.
Rod D. Martin
Founder & CEO
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Haley E. Martin
President
The Martin Foundation
Martha Boneta
President VCS
Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman,
Conservative Action Project
Chairman, Law Enforcement
Legal Defense Fund
C. Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
Thomas E. McClusky
President
March for Life Action
William L. Walton
Chairman
CNP Action, Inc.
Rebecca Hagelin
Secretary
Council for National Policy
Adam Brandon
President
Freedom Works
Diana Banister
President and Partner
Shirley & Banister Public Affairs
Melvin Adams
Former President
Renewanation
Dr. Richard Scarborough
Founder
Vision America
Nick Logan
CEO
Cornerstone Payment Systems
Larry T. Beasley
President and CEO
The Washington Times
The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio
Willes K. Lee
President
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
Jason S. Jones
Founder
Movie to Movement
Foster Friess
Chairman
PatientsUSA.com
Susan Carleson
Chairman / CEO
American Civil Rights Union
Allen Hebert
Chairman
American – Chinese
Fellowship of Houston
The Honorable Diana Denman
President
The Reagan Legacy Forum
The Honorable Michael R. Long
State Chairman
NYS
Conservative Party
Dr. Richard K. RounsavelleDDS
Trustee
Media Research Center
Barry J. Meguiar
President
Revival Outside the Walls /
Ignite America
Tim LeFever
Chairman
Capitol Resource Institute
Wesley Denton
Former
Communications Director
Senator Jim DeMint (SC)
Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
Roxanne Phillips
Member Executive Committee
Council for National Policy
Ron Pearson
Executive Director
Conservative Victory Fund
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
Michelle Easton
President
Clare Boothe Luce
Center for Conservative Women
Jack Park
Conservative Activist and Donor
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
Former
White House Advisor,
President Ronald Reagan
The Honorable Colin A. Hanna
President
Let Freedom Ring, Inc.
David Bozell
President
ForAmerica
Sherri R. Martin
Executive Vice President
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Evelio Silvera
Campaign for the American Future
Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain
National Federation of
Republican Assemblies
(NFRA)
The Honorable Jim DeMint
U.S. Senate
Former Member, South Carolina
J. Keet Lewis
Co-Founder
Lewis Group International
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Former Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan
Amapola Hansberger
President
Legal Immigrants for America
James Hansberger
Chairman
Legal Immigrants for America
Douglas Napier
Senior Vice President
Alliance Defending Freedom
The Honorable Belden Bell
Legacy Society CoChair
The Heritage Foundation
Charles Copeland
President
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
The Honorable William Owens
President
Coalition of African American Pastors
Richard D. Hayes
Partner
Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP
Caroline Lewis
Owner
Percipio Communications
Mrs. Roy Moore
President
Foundation for Moral Law
Joan Lindsey
President
Lindsey Communications
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
The Honorable Mike Hill
Former Member
Florida State Representative
Christopher Malagisi
Editor in Chief
Conservative
Book Club
Ron Robinson
President
Young America’s Foundation
Ralph A. Rebandt II
Senior Pastor, Chaplain
Oakland Hills Community Church
Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police
Tim Wildmon
President
American Family Association
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for
A Fair Judiciary
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
The Honorable Ken Cuccinelli
President
Senate
Conservative Fund
Dr. Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
Washington Bureau Chief
Infowars.com
Robert K. Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
The Honorable Penny Pullen
President, Life Advocacy
Resource Project
Mike Spence
Founding President
Conservative Republicans of California
Jerry Melvin
Former Dean
Florida
House of Representatives
Richard A. Viguerie
Chairman
Conservative HQ
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Rod is one of our nation’s leading minds. He’s smart, original, and very committed—a combination that one rarely finds.
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America badly needs more leaders who really get the future. We need more Rod Martins.
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If Rod Martin represents the next generation of leaders, America has nothing to worry about.
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Rod Martin is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished thought leaders today. He is a wonderful mentor, a humble role model, and a deep inspiration for the next generation of scientific innovators and entrepreneurs.
Rod’s achievements pale beside his character and his brilliance. He sees what others can’t. He leads when others won’t.
Rod Martin is one of America’s finest young minds.
