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Today, FreedomWorks sent a letter to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in support of its markup of three smart-on-crime justice reform bills that will receive consideration tomorrow: the COVID-19 Safer Detention Act (S. 312), the Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act (S. 601), and the First Step Implementation Act (S. 1014).

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to oppose the United States Innovation and Competition Act, introduced by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). This bill, filed as a substitute amendment to the Endless Frontier Act, fails to address the rise of China effectively and includes several provisions that seek to fallaciously engineer the American economy.

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to cosponsor the Pandemic Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Act, S. 1001, introduced by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK). This bill would help Congress to amend or repeal regulations that impeded our response to COVID-19 and our subsequent recovery.

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor the Gigabit Opportunity Act, H.R. 3377, introduced by Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.). The Gigabit Opportunity Act would support rural broadband development by amending the tax code to authorize the designation of qualified gigabit opportunity zones in low-income communities, and to provide tax incentives for investments in these zones.

On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to support the Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget Act, H.R. 968. Introduced by Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), the Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget Act would ensure that for every significant regulation created two are eliminated and that the total cost of regulations does not increase.

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to cosponsor the Don’t Weaponize the IRS Act, S. 1777, introduced by Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.). This bill would protect free speech and shield Americans from being targeted due to their political beliefs by codifying the May 2020 Treasury Department rule that eliminated the requirement of 501(c)(4) organizations to disclose donors’ personal information to the IRS.

FreedomWorks is excited to honor Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) as our member of the month for May 2021. Representing North Carolina’s 9th congressional district, encompassing south-central North Carolina, Rep. Bishop has proven himself a champion for limited government in both Congress and the North Carolina General Assembly.