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November 9, 2018
Washington, DC
Congress returns to work after the elections for a lame duck session that already has numerous items on its agenda. Government funding expires on December 7, several statutes must be reauthorized or extended, and House and Senate leaders have committed to funding President Trump’s border wall.
We ask that the Congress focus on four very specific action items.
Fully fund a border wall. For two years, Congress has failed to address the crisis at the border – one made all the more urgent as thousands of migrants surge toward the U.S. with the intent to cross. House and Senate leaders have made encouraging comments about considering a border wall as part of a funding package in December, and we urge them to follow through. Specifically, they should provide $25 billion for a border wall system, ports of entry/exit, northern border improvements and enhancements, and end “catch-and-release.”
Do not provide amnesty as part of a border wall deal. Conservatives have long opposed amnesty for illegal immigrations out of respect for the rule of law, respect for legal immigrants, and the incentive it provides for further illegal immigration. Our opposition will not be muted simply because Congress funds a border wall. Moreover, it is nonsensical to pass wall funding to deter illegal immigration while agreeing to an amnesty that will only incentivize it. This lame duck Congress should not pass amnesty.
No deal on spending caps. This Congress has managed to spend far and above the spending caps conservatives passed in 2011, and well above what President Trump requested in his budget submission. Any attempt to cut a caps deal in the lame duck which enshrines higher spending into law is firmly opposed by conservatives.
Confirm the remaining judges before adjournment. The Senate Republican leadership has done yeoman’s work in confirming two Supreme Court justices and a host of appellate judges. However, over one hundred vacancies still exist on the federal courts, and 72 judges are still pending confirmation in the Senate. We urge the Republican majority to confirm these judges before closing out the session in December.
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan
(1985-1988)
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.
Rod D. Martin
Founder & CEO
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Haley E. Martin
President
The Martin Foundation
Nicholas Stehle
Campaign for the American Future
C. Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman,
Conservative Action Project
Executive Director
Senate Steering Committee (2003-2012)
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
William L. Walton
Chairman
CNP Action, Inc.
Rebecca Hagelin
Secretary
Council for National Policy
Lee A. Beaman
CEO
Beaman Automotive Group
Floyd Brown
Chairman
America Fighting Back PAC
James L. Martin
Founder / Chairman
60 Plus Association
David Bozell
President
ForAmerica
William W. Pascoe, III
Board Member
Tea Party Patriots Action
The Honorable Tom DeLay
Former Majority Leader
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Bob McEwen
Member, Ohio
U.S. House of Representatives (1981 – 1993)
Willes K. Lee
President
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
Craig Dance
President / CEO
Champion Coach Inc.
Jeremy Cerone
CEO
Elite Safe Inc.
Tim Macy
Chairman
Gun Owners of America
Allen Hebert
President / Chairman
American – Chinese
Fellowship of Houston
Nick Logan
CEO
Cornerstone Payment Systems
The Honorable Michael R. Long
State Chairman
NYS
Conservative Party
Dr. Richard K. Rounsavelle
Trustee
Media Research Center
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
Rachel Bovard
Policy Director
Senate Steering Committee (2014 – 2015)
Wesley Denton
Communications Director
Senator Jim DeMint (SC)
(2005 – 2013)
Tim Chapman
Executive Director
Heritage Action for America
Brian Brown
President
National Organization for Marriage
Roxanne Phillips
Member, Executive Committee
Council for National Policy
Ron Pearson
President
Conservative Victory Fund
The Honorable Terrence Scanlon
Retired Chairman and President
Capital Research Center
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
William Mills
President
MPW Exploration
James Clymer
Former National Chairman
Constitution Party
National Committee
Jack Park
Conservative
Activist and Donor
The Honorable Donald P. Hodel
Former Secretary of Energy
Former Secretary of Interior
Jenna Ellis
Director of Public Policy
James Dobson Family Institute
Sal Russo
Co-Founder and Chief Strategist
Tea Party Express
Richard D. Hayes
Partner
Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP
Dr. Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO
CorsiNation.com
Jim Backlin
Vice President of Legislative Affairs
Christian Coalition of America
Dr. Virginia Armstrong
National Chairman, Court Watch
National Eagle Forum
Kirk Uhler
Executive Director
National Tax Limitation Committee
The Honorable George K. Rasley, Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
Ladeine Thompson
Member
Montana Republican Women
James C. Dobson Ph.D.
Founder & President
James Dobson Family Institute
Sean Noble
President
American Encore
Richard A. Viguerie
Chairman
ConservativeHQ
Susan A. Carleson
Chairman / CEO
American Civil Rights Union
Sandy Rios
Director of Governmental Affairs
American Family Association
The Honorable Morton Blackwell
Chairman
The Weyrich Lunch
J. Keet Lewis
Co-Founder
Lewis Group Intl.
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor,
President Ronald Reagan
(1981-1985)
The Honorable Colin A. Hanna
President
Let Freedom Ring, Inc.
Sherri R. Martin
Executive Vice President
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
Hugh Maclellan
Retired
Rob Chambers
Vice President
AFA Action
Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman,
Conservative Action Project
Chairman,
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
The Honorable Tony Perkins
President, Family Research Council
President, Council for National Policy
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987 – 1988)
Paavo Ensio
Board
FRC
Donald Woodsmall
President
Perfect Man Truth Campaign
Randy M. Long
CEO
Long Business Advisors, LLC
The Honorable Belden Bell
Co-Chairman Legacy Society
The Heritage Foundation
Saulius “Saul” Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association
Bob Adams
President
Revive America PAC
Charlie Copeland
President
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
Caroline C. Lewis
Owner
Percipio Communications
Peggy Dau
Representative
Iran Alive
The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
American Values
Bob Carlstrom
President
The Carlstrom Group, LLC
The Honorable Jim DeMint
Member, South Carolina
United States Senate
(2005-2013)
Ron Robinson
President
Young America’s Foundation
Rebekah Gantner
Executive Director,
Eagle Forum Education &
Legal Defense Fund
Kevin Freeman
Founder
NSIC Institute
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
Robert K. Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
Michelle Easton
President,
Clare Boothe Luce
Center for Conservative Women
The Honorable Mike Spence
Founding President
Conservative Republicans of California
Jerry Melvin
Former Dean
Florida House of Representatives
Ed Martin
President
Phyllis Schlafly Eagles
Mat Staver
Founder & Chairman
Liberty Counsel
Donna Hearne
CEO
The Constitutional Coalition
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
Joan Lindsey
President
Lindsey Communications
The Honorable Charles J. Cooper
Former Assistant Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Partner
Foley & Larder LLP
Matthew Tyrmand
Principal
Matthew Tyrmand LLC
Col Francis X. De Luca USMC (R)
President Emeritus
Civitas Institute
The Honorable Roy Moore
President Emeritus
Foundation for Moral Law
George C. Landrith
President
Frontiers of Freedom
Craig Shirley
Reagan Biographer
Presidential Historian
Kayla Moore
President
Foundation for Moral Law
Tim LeFever
Chairman
Capitol Resource Institute
Richard H. Wright
CEO
Andrews Group
Steve Berger
Pastor
Grace Chapel
Khadine Ritter
President
Eagle Forum of Ohio
James Hansberger
Chairman
Legal Immigrants for America
The Honorable Diana Denman
President
Reagan Legacy Forum
The Honorable Penny Pullen
President
Life Advocacy Resource Project
Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D.
Board Chair
Institute on Religion and Democracy
Father Frank Pavone
National Director
Priests for Life
Dr. Richard Lee
President
There’s Hope America
Malcolm Morris
Attorney
Stewart Title Guaranty Company
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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.
Rod Martin and [former Howard Dean campaign manager] Joe Trippi are America’s two foremost experts on online politics.
Rod Martin is a Reaganite-Thatcherite conservative…[and] a man who has spent much of his life ministering to and working for the benefit of others. I know Rod as an advocate for freedom, a leader who understands the real changes we need in Washington, and who has the drive and ability to make those changes happen.
Rod Martin is the kind of dynamic leader who has the knowledge, ability and experience to lead us successfully into the 21st Century. His vision for America is compelling.
Rod Martin literally wrote the book on excellence. Humble yet brilliant, a man of love and compassion, with penetrating clarity he illuminates the world around us, and we are both stirred and enlightened.
Rod Martin is a born leader and an outstanding political mind. Anyone who takes him on is going to have a serious fight on their hands.
Rod Martin is a man of uncommon vision and character. Ever since I first worked alongside Rod in the early days of PayPal, I’ve been struck by his powerful vision for the future. Rod understands the intersection of technology, politics and culture in a way that few others do.
Rod Martin wears with uncommon grace an uncanny ability to link his vigorous faith to the practical challenges of both the business world and the political arena. Yet the respect he shows for others carries a warmth and modesty that are both too rare among those who are strong advocates of feisty positions.
America badly needs more leaders who really get the future. We need more Rod Martins.
Rod Martin is a modern day philosopher-statesman. He is a capitalist intellectual, a conservative iconoclast, a gentle adversary and a kind prophet. He inspires us towards a fresh national vision built upon the original founding principles.
Rod Martin is not only effective and efficient, but he is also perceptive, wise and gracious. He gets things done. He is a great friend and a great ally.
Rod is one of the sharpest, most gracious men I know, and one of the most gifted political thinkers today. His ability to analyze issues and communicate thoughtful insights on them have earned him the respect of people across the political spectrum.
I am proud to have been Rod Martin’s friend for a quarter century, and I can tell you that he is one of the finest men and most outstanding leaders in our church and in our country today. He has a knack for turning everything he touches to success.
Rod Martin is a cornucopian entrepreneur and eutropic thinker whose influence radiates through an array of companies, institutions, movements and churches. A renaissance American, he is also a prolific friend of freedom and faith around the globe.
If Rod Martin represents the next generation of leaders, America has nothing to worry about.
A leader and a servant, in public life and in private, Rod Martin strides at the top of his profession, and has nowhere to go but up. He is in the truest sense of the word ‘outstanding’.
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.
