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Gosar Introduces Joint Resolution to Terminate the COVID-19 Emergency…

For Immediate ReleaseContact: Jessica LycosDate: May 20, 2021jessica.lycos@mail.house.gov

Gosar Introduces Joint Resolution to Terminate the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04), along with Representatives Matt Rosendale (MT at-large), Thomas Massie (KY-4), Chip Roy (TX-21), Ralph Norman (SC-5), Brian Mast (FL-18) and Randy Weber (TX-14) introduced a joint resolution to terminate the COVID-19 emergency declared under the National Emergencies Act (NEA). After over a year of living under an emergency declaration with Congress failing to do its due diligence to decide if the emergency should continue, this resolution will force Congress to debate and vote on termination. 

Emergency powers were created to give the executive branch flexibility to respond to a range of issues our nation may face. The NEA, like all other emergency powers, adheres to a system of checks and balances by requiring that Congress meet every six months to consider whether the emergency should be terminated. Unfortunately, Congress has been asleep at the wheel, failing to meet and consider the merit of granting the executive power it normally would not have.

“Over a year later, with cases falling, vaccine rates rising, and states reopening, it is prudent for Congress to consider the merit of the emergency continuation. I have always said, good process, makes good policy, which makes good politics. Ensuring Congress adheres to good process is the foundation for an effective government, and I am proud to introduce this resolution to restore Congressional role in emergency powers” said Rep. Paul Gosar.

“Too often, government policy and basic reality don’t align.  The vaccine is here, it is available, and the emergency is over, but on paper, the emergency continues.  It’s time for the Congress to step up as a equal branch of government, make the paper match up with the facts, and vote formally to end the emergency powers that have impeded the freedoms of so many Americans in the name of fighting the pandemic” said Rep. Matt Rosendale.  

“The National Emergencies Act was never intended to give the President endless and unlimited authority over Americans’ lives.  There are times and places for emergency declarations, but the COVID-19 pandemic at its peak was far from the COVID-19 pandemic we see in the United States today.  It is unacceptable for President Biden to continue to extend this emergency in order to increase his own power over the American people – crushing businesses, keeping kids from school, instituting mandates and continuing to fear monger.  It is time for Congress to step in to end this National Emergency” said Rep. Chip Roy.

Background
The NEA was passed in 1974 to reign in presidential emergency powers which are activated when a formal emergency is declared. Congress must enforce checks and balances on these unique powers by determining whether or not to terminate the emergency six months after it is declared, and every six months after that. Over a year later, Congress still has not met to consider whether the COVID-19 emergency should continue.

This is because Congress has lazily interpreted the law to mean that if no member motions to terminate the emergency, then there is no opposition to it. This blatantly ignores good process, keeping representatives from debating and voting on the merits of continuing the emergency and the unusual powers it gives the President.

COVID cases are down and states are reopening, meaning it is responsible process for representatives to debate and vote on the merits of extending these emergency powers. This debate needs to happen to ensure Congress is restoring its role in national emergencies and bringing the voice of the American people to the national COVID-19 debate.  

Short stories that make us think twice about the…

1.  Today, I interviewed my grandmother for part of a research paper I’m working on for my Psychology class.  When I asked her to define success in her own words, she said;

“Success is when you look back at your life and the memories make you smile.” 

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2.  Today, after my 72-hour shift at the fire station, a woman ran up to me at the grocery Store and gave me a hug.  When I tensed up, she realized I didn’t recognize her.  She let go with tears of joy in her eyes and the most sincere smile and said;

“On 9-11-2001, you carried me out of the World Trade Center.”

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3.  Today, after I watched my dog get run over by a car, I sat on the side of the road holding him and crying.  And just before he died;

he licked the tears off my face.

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4.  Today at 7AM, I woke up feeling ill, but decided I needed the money, so I went into work.

At 3PM I got laid off.  On my drive home I got a flat tire.  When I went into the trunk for the spare, it was flat too.

A man in a BMW pulled over, gave me a ride, we chatted, and then he offered me a job.

I start tomorrow. 

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5.  Today, as my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around my mother’s hospital bed, my mother uttered her last coherent words before she   died.

She simply said, “I feel so loved right now.  We should have gotten together like this more often.”

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6.  Today, I kissed my dad on the forehead as he passed away in a small hospital bed.  About 5 seconds after he passed.

I realized it was the first time I had given him a kiss since I was a little boy.

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7.  Today, in the cutest voice, my 8-year-old daughter asked me to start recycling.  I chuckled and asked, “Why?”  She replied, “So you can help me save the planet.”  I chuckled again and asked, “And why do you want to save the planet?”

Because that’s where I keep all my stuff,” she said.

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8.  Today, when I witnessed a 27-year-old breast cancer patient laughing hysterically at her 2- year-old daughter’s antics, I suddenly realized that, 

I need to stop complaining about my life and start celebrating it again.

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9.  Today, a boy in a wheelchair saw me desperately struggling on crutches with my broken leg and offered to carry my backpack and books for me.  He helped me all the way across campus to my class and as he was leaving he   said,

“I hope you feel better soon.”

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10.  Today, I was feeling down because the results of a biopsy came back malignant.  When I got home, I opened an e-mail that said, “Thinking of you today.   If you need me, I’m a phone call away.” 

It was from a high school friend I hadn’t seen in 10 years.

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11.  Today, I was traveling in Kenya and I met a refugee from Zimbabwe  He said he hadn’t eaten anything in over 3 days and looked extremely skinny and unhealthy.  Then my friend offered him the rest of the sandwich he was eating.

The first thing the man said was, “We can share it.”

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The best sermons are lived, not preached.

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I am glad I have ‘you’ to send these to.

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These are worth passing on…hope you enjoy them as much as I did!

No matter how big a hammer you use, you can’t pound common sense into stupid people.