This Week With Gosar

The Economy is Strong!

New data released this week by the U.S. Department of Labor shows that 177,000 jobs were added in April, while unemployment held steady at 4.2%, exceeding many economists’ expectations and proving wrong most naysayers and Trump haters who are hoping for the economy to tank.  A deeper look into the numbers reveals further good news: Americans’ wages continue to rise, with real average hourly wages up by nearly 4% over the past year and construction employment increased for the third straight month, adding 11,000 new jobs. This jobs report proves that President Trump is revitalizing the American economy as the workforce grows and more jobs continue onshoring.  It’s a welcome change from the Biden economy that wasted taxpayer dollars hiring more government bureaucrats, spent trillions of dollars and drove up inflation to historic highs. Trump Administration spokesperson Karoline Leavitt rightfully noted that “This is the second month in a row where the jobs report has beat expectations. Wages are continuing to rise and labor force participation is increasing. This is exactly what we want to see. More Americans working for higher wages. More winning is on the way!” Congress is currently finalizing legislation that would extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts, further fueling significant economic growth and prosperity.

Keep in mind this is not President Trump’s first rodeo.  He has a proven track record of success. Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, our economy experienced substantial and record growth. Unemployment rates fell to 3.5% in late 2019, the lowest in approximately 50 years. The stock market reached record highs, and GDP growth was phenomenal.  He can and will do it again.  

Fake News Refused to Report on Trump’s 100 Days of Prosperity

Speaking of naysayers, this week marked the 100^th day since President Trump was sworn into office.  In stark contrast to his predecessor, President Trump has offered bold and decisive leadership.  But you wouldn’t believe it if you listened to the Democrats and their allies in the Fake News.  Since President Trump took office, it has been a nonstop deluge of hoaxes and lies from leftists hoping, praying and dreaming that President Trump fails.  Don’t believe me?  A recent analysis released this week by the Media Research Center has revealed that 92% of the major network media coverage of President Donald Trump during his first 100 days in office was negative.  Want more proof, read this in its entirety:

In no particular order, here are some of the most egregious hoaxes peddled by the usual suspects so far in President Trump’s second term:

• HOAX: Fake News CNN attempted to “fact check” President Trump’s claim that the Biden Administration spent millions on “making mice transgender.”
• FACT: After their so-called “fact check” was thoroughly debunked, they were forced to update it in disgrace and admit the claim was, in fact, true.
• HOAX: The Fake News claimed the Department of Defense removed Gen. Colin Powell’s name from a list of notable Americans buried at Arlington Cemetery.
• FACT: No service members’ names were removed from that section — and Gen. Powell’s name remains among those listed.
• HOAX: Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) and Chicago Public Schools officials claimed, without bothering to verify, that ICE agents had conducted a “raid” at an elementary school — a false claim echoed by media outlets, including the Chicago Tribune.
• FACT: It was actually the U.S. Secret Service investigating a threat unrelated to immigration.
• HOAX: Far-left influencers and other leftist hacks falsely claimed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk were out to “cut Social Security.”
• FACT: They were referencing an interview in which Musk was clearly referring to the tremendous amount of waste, fraud, and abuse within entitlement programs.
• HOAX: NBC’s Peter Alexander peddled the lie that “constituents in some traditionally red districts” were unhappy with President Trump’s effort to cut waste, fraud, and abuse in government.
• FACT: The same “protests” cited by the Fake News were funded and organized by far-left special interest groups.
• HOAX: The Fake News attempted to paint illegal immigrant gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia as an innocent “Maryland father” who was unjustly deported by the Trump Administration — and actively censored the truth about him.
• FACT: Abrego Garcia is a citizen of El Salvador and was deported to his home country amid overwhelming evidence of his gang affiliation.
• HOAX: The Fake News portrayed Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Hamas radical who led violent protests at Columbia, as an innocent graduate student with an absolute right to remain in the U.S.
• FACT: An immigration judge ruled Khalil — who is not a U.S. citizen — can be deported.
• HOAX: A foreign Fake News reporter claimed President Trump referred to European nations as “parasites.”
• FACT: President Trump immediately pushed back on this ridiculous claim — as did the Italian prime minister.
• HOAX: Fake News CNN’s Brianna Keilar implied the Trump Administration was somehow wrong for stopping illegal immigrants from stealing taxpayer dollars in the form of welfare benefits.
• FACT: Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller summarily embarrassed her with the facts: “The federal government will find EVERY illegal alien who is stealing American taxpayer dollars — and that’s what Americans expect to happen. I don’t even fathom the premise of your question.”
• HOAX: A favorite refrain of the Fake News is that Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is “anti-vaccine.”
• FACT: Kennedy debunked the lie in his confirmation hearings: “This has been repeatedly debunked … Bringing this up right now is dishonest.”
• HOAX: Reuters falsely reported that the Trump Administration “stalled a United Nations program in Mexico aimed at stopping imported fentanyl chemicals from reaching the country’s drug cartels.”
• FACT: The Department of State is actually trying to expand the initiative.
• HOAX: Sen. Chris Murphy, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, and media outlets claimed President Trump’s directive to pause radical, wasteful government spending meant an end to Medicaid, food assistance, and other individual assistance programs.
• FACT: Individual assistance programs — Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, etc. — were explicitly excluded, as was made clear by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and the Office of Management and Budget. Only unnecessary spending — DEI, Green New Scam, and NGOs that undermine the national interest — were included in the directive.
• HOAX: Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and other Democrats pushed the lie that DOGE posted “classified information” on their website.
• FACT: That alleged “classified information” was really just an employment headcount — which has been publicly available for years.
• HOAX: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) claimed Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem called all Venezuelan immigrants “dirtbags.”
• FACT: Secretary Noem actually called illegal immigrant members of the vicious Tren de Aragua gang “dirtbags.”
• HOAX: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) repeatedly lied about President Trump “going after” Social Security.
• FACT: President Trump has repeatedly pledged to protect Social Security and make it more robust for American citizens.
• HOAX: Sen. Mark Kelley (D-AZ) attempted to scare veterans by shamelessly claiming their care was in jeopardy due to “layoffs” at VA hospitals.
• FACT: The lie was debunked by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins: “What changes are you talking about? We’ve not had those layoffs… I put $360 million back into community care… It’s concerning to me that a veteran would actually tell stories to veterans that are not true.”
• HOAX: Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) exploited the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport plane crash tragedy by claiming President Trump “froze the hiring” of air traffic controllers.
• FACT: Air traffic controllers were exempt from the federal hiring freeze.
• HOAX: The Washington Post alleged the Trump Administration was setting “quotas” for immigration authorities — and gave the administration just four minutes to comment before publishing.
• FACT: As usual, this was a fake story.
• HOAX: Online liberal activists claimed President Trump “took down” President Obama’s portrait in the White House.
• FACT: Obama’s portrait was not taken down — it was simply moved only feet away from its previous location.
• HOAX: Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) claimed Attorney General Pam Bondi created a “weaponizing task force.”
• FACT: It was a task force to END weaponization at the Department of Justice.
• HOAX: CBS News reported that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a “makeup studio” be installed inside the Pentagon.
• FACT: It was a “totally fake story,” and the alleged studio was really an existing green room with no frills.
• HOAX: Politico reported the Trump Administration was debating lifting sanctions on Russian energy assets, including the Nord Stream pipeline.
• FACT: This was debunked by both Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.
• HOAX: An illegal immigrant in U.S. custody “simply disappeared,” The New York Times reported.
• FACT: The illegal immigrant was a confirmed member of the vicious Tren de Aragua gang. An immigration judge ordered his removal, and he was deported along with other threats to national security.
• HOAX: The Wall Street Journal alleged that Special Envoy Steve Witkoff was receiving sensitive information on a personal phone while in Moscow and that Russian Intelligence must’ve had access to the information.
• FACT: This was a total fabrication. Special Envoy Witkoff did not even have a personal phone with him in Russia. He had only a government phone; a secure line of communication.
• HOAX: The Wall Street Journal claimed the Trump Administration “sought to portray” deported criminal illegal immigrant gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia as “violent.”
• FACT: Abrego Garcia’s own wife filed an order of protection against him and testified that he brutally beat her.
• HOAX: An AP reporter claimed that FAA staff who worked on “radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, among others” were “harassed on Facebook” by DOGE.
• FACT: That was a total lie. DOGE doesn’t have a Facebook page and no professionals who perform critical safety functions were fired.
• HOAX: The Daily Beast claimed Vice President JD Vance “broke one of the most notorious Vatican rules during his Easter weekend visit” by being photographed in the Sistine Chapel.
• FACT: Buried all the way down in the 14th paragraph, The Daily Beast admitted the vice president was given special permission by the Vatican to have photographs taken inside the Sistine Chapel.
• HOAX: Left-wing social media accounts promoted fake, AI-generated audio of Vice President Vance “disparaging Elon Musk in private.”
• FACT: The audio was debunked as fake.
• HOAX: The New York Times reported that funding for the Women’s Health Initiative was being slashed by the Department of Health and Human Services.
• FACT: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., himself declared this Fake News and recognized the project is “mission critical.”
• HOAX: Fox News’s Jennifer Griffin gave legitimacy to a hoax from delusional Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth requested nearly $140,000 in “upgrades” to his government residence.
• FACT: This lie was debunked by Secretary Hegseth — and it was so outrageous, even the AP was forced to admit it was completely fake.
• HOAX: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) and many others claimed the Supreme Court ordered the return of illegal immigrant gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States.
• FACT: Even CNN admitted that’s not what happened: “They did not order the administration to return him to the United States … they could’ve said ‘we order him returned,’ but they didn’t do that.”
• HOAX: Joe Biden accused the Trump Administration of “taking aim at Social Security.”
• FACT: As usual, he was lying — President Trump has repeatedly pledged to protect Social Security.
• HOAX: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) claimed the arrest of a Milwaukee judge who helped an illegal immigrant evade arrest was “unprecedented.”
• FACT: It wasn’t; it has happened before.
• HOAX: Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) called the arrest of a Milwaukee judge who helped an illegal immigrant evade arrest a “gravely serious and drastic move.”
• FACT: The judge violated the law by obstructing an ICE arrest of an illegal immigrant.
• HOAX: Politico claimed the Trump Administration “wipe[d] out firefighter health and safety programs.”
• FACT: The programs remain a top priority for the administration — and will remain intact.
• HOAX: Sen. Elizabeth Warren claimed that President Trump’s policies make it so “no one wants to make investments in the United States.”
• FACT: President Trump has secured more than $5 trillion in investments since taking office, which is expected to create more than 451,000 new jobs — and the list is only expected to grow.
• HOAX: NBC’s Kristen Welker peddled a Fake News hoax that the Trump Administration was deporting children.
• FACT: Secretary of State Marco Rubio shut down her desperate attempt at a hoax by highlighting how the mother, who was in the country illegally, made that choice all on her own.
• HOAX: The New York Times implied President Trump was alone in wearing a blue suit to the funeral of Pope Francis.
• FACT: Photos show dozens of world leaders and other attendees — many situated near President Trump — also wearing blue clothing.
• HOAX: Teachers’ union boss Randi Weingarten accused President Trump of taking teachers’ salaries and giving them to “billionaires” by cutting the Department of Education.
• FACT: President Trump has repeatedly called teachers “the most important people in this country” who should be paid more, not less. The federal government does not pay the salaries of teachers; state and local governments do.
• HOAX: The Fake News and their predictable allies ran with a story that claimed an American citizen was detained by authorities after he informed them he was, in fact, a citizen.
• FACT: That’s not what happened. The individual “approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully … A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family.”
• HOAX: PBS News claimed “DOGE operatives attempted to gain access to secure spaces,” implying they attempted to access classified information without approval.
• FACT: This wasn’t even remotely true.
• HOAX: The AP falsely claimed Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said President Trump is “very good friends” with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
• FACT: The AP was humiliatingly forced to retract its story, admitting they were wrong. Stephanie Ruhle also had to issue a correction. DNI Gabbard was referencing President Trump’s relationship with Indian PM Narendra Modi.
• HOAX: Student visa holders should have unfettered access to do whatever they want in the United States.
• FACT: Wrong. As Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “When you apply to enter the United States and you get a visa, you are a guest… If you tell us when you apply for a visa ‘I’m coming to the U.S. to participate in pro-Hamas events,’ that runs counter to the foreign policy interest of the United States… If you had told us you were going to do that, we never would have given you the visa.”

President Trump Proposed Federal Budget, Slashing $163 Billion

President Trump proposed his fiscal year 2026 budget this week that would make big cuts to wasteful federal spending next year.  The plan outlines the Trump Administration’s fiscal priorities and must undergo debate in Congress before any measures are enacted.  Referred to as a “skinny budget,” the budget proposal provides a roadmap for Congress to continue its commitment to reversing years of runaway spending under Joe Biden and Democratic leadership.

The President proposed a $163 billion cut to federal spending, eliminating more than a fifth of the non-military spending excluding mandatory programs. Federal spending would be reduced to pre-COVID-19 levels, which would be the lowest level since Trump was last in office.  Accordingly, the proposed budget fits the Trump administration’s efforts to drastically shrink the size of the federal government through cutting waste, fraud, abuse and through staffing reductions and office closures. President Trump’s plan ensures every federal taxpayer dollar spent is used to serve the American people, not a bloated bureaucracy or partisan pet projects.

Importantly, the reductions do not impact or affect in any manner Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.  This proposed budget is another promise kept by President Trump.  In my view, it doesn’t go far enough on cutting waste, but it is a great start.

Congress Overturns Biden Regulation Limiting Outdoor Recreation in Arizona and Utah

In the waning days of the Biden administration, the National Park Service

finalized a burdensome, unnecessary regulation banning the use of off-road vehicles and ATVs on 24 miles of road throughout the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, home to Lake Powell in Utah and Arizona.

Visited by more than five million people annually, the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is one of the busiest, most popular tourist destinations for many Arizonans. The Glen Canyon National Recreation Area was explicitly established for the purpose of supporting outdoor recreation, yet the Biden Administration caved to radical environmental groups and issued this senseless regulation limiting off-highway vehicle usage.  Thankfully, Congress voted this week to overturn this regulation and restore recreational usage for those visiting this beautiful area. 🎣

Vote for Your Favorite Congressional Art Competition Artwork

In conjunction with this year’s Congressional Art Competition, I invite you to see all the artwork from this year’s competition and cast your vote for the selection for the 2025 People’s Choice Award.  The People’s Choice Award is given to the high school artist in grades nine through twelve living in the Ninth Congressional District whose artwork receives the most votes cast online.  If you would like to participate in the selection of this year’s recipient of the People’s Choice Award, please click here to cast your vote for your favorite artwork. Voting closes on Thursday, May 8, 2025.

Tweet of the Week:

Photo of the Week:

📸 Laura S. from Buckeye, AZ shares this great photo of a morning sunrise.  Thanks for sharing, Laura. 

Do you want the chance for your photograph to be featured as our “Picture of the Week?”   If so, send your best shots along with a brief description to Anthony.foti@mail.house.gov.  Remember to include your name and where you live.

Gosar in the News and Other Must-Read Stories:

📰 Breitbart: U.S. Added 177,000 Jobs in April, Better Than Expected, As Economy Defies Doomsayers

🗞 New York Post: Chinese factory activity plunges near 2-year low as Trump tariffs hammer trade

📰 Daily Signal: 4 Big Accomplishments of Trump’s First 100 Days

🗞 Newsmax: Poster Child for Liberal Hypocrisy: Letitia James

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