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February 8, 2026

Gosar Seeks Answers from DHS Regarding Detention Center in Surprise

This week, I sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security seeking answers about reports that a warehouse facility in Surprise could be converted into a large-scale federal immigration detention center. I strongly support Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the enforcement of our immigration laws. Still, federal actions must be carried out transparently and with proper coordination with state and local officials. Communities deserve clear information about potential impacts on infrastructure, public safety, and emergency services, and my inquiry ensures those common-sense concerns are fully addressed before any decision moves forward.  You can read my letter by clicking here. I will continue to closely monitor this issue and will be sure to report back! 

Gosar Votes to Fund ICE and Reopen the Federal Government

This week, right on cue during Groundhog Day week, Congress relived the same disgraceful failure. Same actors. Same talking points. Same deadly consequences. Another government shutdown, not because Washington can’t fund a museum or rename a post office, but because Democrats deliberately chose not to fund the Department of Homeland Security and are refusing to protect American citizens.

And let’s be brutally clear about what that choice means. This is a sick stunt.  Democrats are perfectly willing to shut down the government to shield violent illegal aliens—people whose crimes have destroyed families, shattered communities, and stolen innocent lives—while showing outright contempt for the victims left behind. They will go to extraordinary lengths to defend criminal illegals who should never have been in this country yet won’t lift a finger for the parents who have buried their sons or daughters. 

Even worse, Democrats won’t even say the victims’ names. They refuse to acknowledge women like Laken Riley, the 22-year-old nursing student brutally attacked and murdered while jogging in Athens, Georgia—and the countless other Americans whose lives were stolen as a direct result of failed border enforcement. They erase the victims because naming them would expose the human cost of their policies. Instead, they demand a government shutdown that defunds DHS and guarantees more tragedy.

That is not compassion. It is grotesque hypocrisy. You cannot prevent the next murder while dismantling the very agency responsible for stopping it.

Look at the parents who have lost their children because thousands of violent illegal aliens were released into their communities across America by Joe Biden and woke judges.  When Democrats refuse to fund Homeland Security, the message to those families is unmistakable and chilling: we care more about the criminals who destroyed your lives than about you.They don’t care about the devastation. They don’t care about the lives lost. And they clearly don’t care if it happens again.

Meanwhile, DHS agents—the men and women standing on the front lines—are being abandoned by the very government they serve. These agents are overwhelmed and stretched to the breaking point, yet Democrats are content to play shutdown games and posture for professional activists. Refusing to fund DHS is a deliberate act of sabotage against law enforcement and border security—and a slap in the face to every agent risking their life to protect American communities.

This isn’t governance. It’s moral cowardice. It’s a perverse set of priorities that elevates violent illegal aliens over innocent Americans and treats shattered families as acceptable collateral damage.

Groundhog Day is supposed to be a joke. This isn’t. Victims don’t get rewinds. Families don’t get second chances. And communities don’t recover because of hollow speeches or staged outrage.Enough excuses. Enough reruns. This week, I voted to reopen the federal government and fund Homeland Security. I stand with the victims, not the criminals. I stand with the families, not the ideologues.  I stand with the DHS agents on the front lines.  My vote was about refusing to let political games further harm American families and law enforcement, and I will continue to push for full DHS funding, border enforcement, and policies that put Americans first—without sacrificing American lives to shutdown theater.

Gosar Votes to Ensure Veterans’ Earned Pensions Are Paid to Families

This week, I voted in support of H.R. 3123, legislation that requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay a “due and unpaid pension” to a veteran’s next of kin when a claim has been approved but the veteran passes away before the first payment is issued. This commonsense measure stands up for veterans and their families, who have already borne the cost of service to our nation.

No veteran who earned a pension should see those benefits vanish because of bureaucratic delay, and no surviving spouse or child should be penalized for the VA’s failure to act promptly. This bill ensures that benefits already approved are rightfully delivered to a veteran’s loved ones, honoring their service and providing families with the dignity and financial security they deserve. It fixes an unjust administrative flaw, holds the VA accountable, and keeps faith with veterans—without creating new entitlements or expanding government—by making sure promises made are promises kept.

Clintons Agree to Testify on Epstein Investigation

Facing the real prospect of contempt and possible jail time for defying a lawfully issued congressional subpoena, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton finally agreed to testify. Their sudden cooperation came only after it became clear that Congress was prepared to enforce its authority—underscoring a troubling pattern of delay and avoidance rather than respect for the law.

As a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, I welcome their eventual decision to appear in the committee’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, but it should never have required the threat of contempt to compel compliance. This episode reinforces exactly why aggressive and unyielding congressional oversight is necessary, especially when powerful political elites are involved.

I have consistently voted for full transparency and accountability concerning the Epstein investigation because the American people deserve the truth. No one—regardless of wealth, status, or political connections—is above the law, and I will continue pressing for a complete and transparent accounting of Epstein’s crimes and anyone who enabled them.

Gosar Applauds Landmark Verdict and Growing Medical Rejection of Child Gender Surgeries

I strongly support the landmark jury verdict this week holding medical providers accountable for approving an irreversible double mastectomy on a minor without meeting the required standard of care. That decision sends a clear and long-overdue message: children cannot consent to life-altering procedures, and medical professionals who fail to protect vulnerable minors will be held responsible under the law.

This ruling is reinforced by a significant new development this week in the medical community. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has formally disavowed so-called gender transition surgeries for minors, citing low-quality evidence and unclear risk-benefit outcomes. This acknowledgment confirms what many parents and physicians have warned for years—that these procedures were pushed as “settled science” despite a lack of credible data and long-term safeguards. Leaders at the Department of Health and Human Services have welcomed this shift, noting it reflects a growing move toward caution as medical organizations reassess these dangerous interventions.

Together, this jury verdict and the growing rejection of pediatric gender surgeries mark a turning point. They affirm that ideology has no place in medicine and that protecting children must come before political or financial interests. My legislative record reflects this same commitment. I have consistently fought to prohibit irreversible transition procedures on minors and to block taxpayer funding for them.  

As a dentist for more than 25 years, informed consent was required before I performed even the most routine procedures. When treating children, that consent came from parents or guardians—not the child alone. In a country where you cannot legally buy a beer until age 21, allowing minors to direct doctors to perform irreversible sexual mutilation falls far below any acceptable standard of care. This verdict is long overdue, and I hope it is the first of many.  I will continue pressing for accountability, medical integrity, and laws that protect children—not experiments on them.

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📸 Don Ehrke from Kingman, AZ shares this amazing photo he snapped while recently hiking in Buckskin Mountain State Park.  Great picture, Don!  Thanks for sharing.

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Gosar in the News and Other Must-Read Stories:

📰 12 News: Rep. Paul Gosar requesting info on possible ICE facility in Surprise

🗞 Cronkite News: Uproar over Surprise ICE facility prompts Gosar to demand transparency from Noem

📰 Surprise Today: Rep. Paul Gosar requests info on proposed ICE facility in Surprise

🗞 New York Post: What possible justification do Dems have for not letting ICE deport a sex offender?

📰 Daily Signal: SEISMIC: A Detransitioner’s $2M Jury Verdict Threatens Child Mutilation Pipeline

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