200 days of Progress: Republican Wins for America’s Future
We recently reached the 200-day mark of the new congressional session, and I am proud to reflect on Republicans’ remarkable progress in delivering results for the American people.
Our agenda is clear: prioritize economic growth, unleash American energy, secure our borders, and protect the freedoms that make this country exceptional.
Thanks to the hard work of the House, Senate, and President Trump, these goals are becoming a reality.
One of our landmark achievements is the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB).
This sweeping piece of legislation represents a major victory for taxpayers, hardworking families, our communities, and our country.
It prevents the largest tax hike in history for middle- and working-class families, protecting over $10,000 in more take-home pay for hardworking Americans.
Whether it is nurses, first responders, restaurant workers, or seniors on Social Security, this bill eliminates taxes on overtime, tips, and retirement benefits retroactive to the beginning of 2025, allowing families to keep more of their hard-earned money.
The so-called Inflation Reduction Act was designed to choke off the viability of our traditional energy sectors by raising the cost of doing business now and into the future.
The OBBB, in contrast, is designed to foster energy development and repeals the IRA’s onshore oil and gas royalty rates of 16.67%, restoring the rates to12.5%. This change provides crucial relief to our producers operating on federal lands and helps preserve the competitiveness of Wyoming’s energy sector.
The OBBB also revitalizes Wyoming’s coal sector by cutting the federal coal royalty rate from 12.5% back to 7%, restoring pre-IRA levels, thereby reducing the cost burden on coal producers and helping to keep our coal mines operating.
Just one of our all-important coal companies in Wyoming has reported that this change will save them upwards of $15,000,000 to reinvest in our communities. I am especially grateful to the Wyoming Energy Authority, the Wyoming Mining Association, and countless producers who helped shape this victory.
By requiring the Department of the Interior to make at least 4 million acres of known recoverable coal resources available for lease, we are taking a crucial step toward securing long-term energy infrastructure that will allow Wyoming’s economy to flourish and pushing back on the harmful Buffalo RMP amendment.
We also delivered for our forests and rural communities. This legislation expands timber production through long-term forest management contracts, the first time ever accomplished through the reconciliation process, an overdue measure to reduce catastrophic wildfires and insect infestations, while also providing certainty to our timber and sawmill companies.
To provide the resources needed for President Trump’s border security agenda, we will be completing 701 miles of the wall, expanding detention capacity, recruiting thousands of new border patrol agents, and facilitating at least one million removals per year. For the first time, we are shifting the cost of immigration services away from taxpayers and onto the foreign nationals who use them.
The OBBB is also designed to save over $ 1.5 trillion dollars in federal spending, remove illegal aliens from Medicaid, and provide additional funding for our military (among other things).
In addition to the OBBB, House Republicans have already passed and had signed into law targeted legislation addressing some of America’s most pressing challenges:
· The Laken Riley Act wasnamed after a Georgia nursing student who was murdered by an illegal alien with numerous previous criminal offenses. This legislation ensures criminal illegal aliens are detained, deported, and no longer released into our communities.
· The Take It Down Act protects victims from AI-generated deepfake abuse by criminalizing the non-consensual distribution of intimate images and requiring social media platforms to promptly remove such harmful content. This bipartisan legislation creates a safer digital future and protects our children from deepfake exploitation.
· The HALT Fentanyl Act takes a decisive stand against the deadly opioid crisis by permanently classifying fentanyl and its analogues as Schedule I drugs. By giving law enforcement stronger tools, we are fighting back against the fentanyl trafficking that has devastated communities nationwide.
· With the GENIUS Act, we established a national framework to regulate stablecoins. This first of a kind legislation protects consumers and ensures the United States leads in the innovation and stability of digital currencies.
· The Rescissions Act of 2025 revives the use of this authority for the first time in the 21st century, cutting $9 billion in wasteful federal spending that finally achieves the decades long conservative goal of ending funding for NPR, PBS, and USAID.
These bills reflect our America first agenda, one that secures our borders, strengthens our economy, protects American families, and modernizes key industries.
By delivering on our promises, we are helping American workers keep more of their money, empowering small businesses to thrive, safeguarding rural healthcare and agriculture, and enhancing national security through investments in our military and border enforcement.
As we look ahead to the remainder of this congressional session, I remain committed to advancing policies that put American families first and uphold the values that make our nation great.
The progress we have made in just 200 days demonstrates that when Republicans work together with a clear vision and determination, real, lasting results follow. I am proud to stand with my colleagues in delivering on our promises and building a stronger, safer, and more prosperous future for all Americans.