April 29 marked 100 days of promises kept under President Trump. Like he pledged on the campaign trail, he has mobilized every tool at his disposal to make America strong again and reverse the failed policies pushed by the Biden administration. From border security and energy dominance to government efficiency and economic investment, Trump has delivered real results for the American people and has worked around the clock to put our families, farmers, workers and small businesses first.
The clearest example of Trump’s decisive leadership is his complete and total lockdown of our southern border. Illegal border crossings have plummeted by 95% and illegal immigrant “gotaways” have fallen by 99%. Drug traffickers, criminals, sex traffickers, and violent MS-13 and Tren de Aragua gang members have been quickly removed from our country. After former President Biden halted construction of the border wall, Trump immediately restarted this vital national security initiative and reiterated his unwavering support for our border patrol agents who were treated so poorly under the Biden administration. Trump was absolutely right when he remarked during his joint address to Congress on March 4 that “it turned out that all we really needed was a new President” to secure our border.
Strengthening his work to close the border, Trump honored families who have lost loved ones to illegal immigrant crime by signing the Laken Riley Act – the first piece of legislation to become law this year. The Laken Riley Act also included Sarah’s Law, in honor of 21-year-old Iowan Sarah Root, who was senselessly killed by a drunk driving illegal immigrant in 2016. Instead of answering for his crimes, this criminal posted bail, was released from jail and fled our country, never to be seen again. Sarah’s Law – now the law of the land thanks to Trump – ensures that illegal immigrants who murder or seriously injure American citizens are detained without bail and held accountable for their actions. Fortunately, the illegal immigrant who killed Root was recently arrested in Honduras, and the Trump administration worked quickly with Honduran authorities to extradite this criminal back to the United States to face justice. This is the action that the American people wanted to see, and Trump is delivering.
Upon his return to the White House, Trump also announced that he would do everything in his power to restore American energy dominance – and that he did. He created the National Energy Dominance Council to determine every avenue available to increase energy production, lower gas prices and make the United States the world’s energy powerhouse. He rescinded countless Biden executive orders that promoted the Green New Deal over affordable gas and electricity prices and cut needless red tape that prevented American energy producers from reaching their full production capacity. He overturned the Biden administration’s ban on liquefied natural gas exports, signed a resolution – that I voted for – to completely repeal Biden’s costly tax on natural gas production and stopped the Biden administration’s ridiculous electric-vehicle mandates on American families. Under Trump’s watch, we will use the energy resources abundantly available in our own country and reduce our dependence on our foreign adversaries for our energy needs.
Government efficiency is another bright spot of Trump’s America First agenda. The Biden administration exploded our national debt with trillions of dollars of wasteful spending that fueled inflation and made life more expensive for Americans. As promised, the Trump administration uncovered example after example of waste, fraud and abuse in our federal government. DEI positions in federal agencies have been cut, spending on liberal initiatives has been slashed and welfare for illegal immigrants has been suspended. Eliminating this type of waste ensures that programs like Medicare and Social Security – intended for American citizens only – can remain solvent now and well into the future. With Trump in the White House, taxpayer dollars are being treated with the care that they deserve.
Additionally, because of Trump’s mission to hold our trading partners accountable to our laws and protect our farmers, workers, manufacturers and businesses from unfair and unlawful trade practices, business investment is accelerating in our country. More than $5 trillion in new investments in America have been announced, which will create over 451,000 new jobs in American communities. This impressive figure does not even include pledges that other countries have made to bring manufacturing and jobs to the United States, spurring additional economic growth. To complement these investments, my Republican colleagues and I are working hard to extend Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to deliver tax relief for our families, farmers, workers and businesses. While Democrats want Americans to see the highest tax hike in U.S. history, Trump and Republicans are committed to lowering taxes and unleashing U.S. economic prosperity. The American workforce and American industry will no longer be taken advantage of by foreign nations, and American citizens will rightfully keep more of their hard-earned money.
This is not an exhaustive list of the amazing achievements that Trump has delivered in just 100 days, but it does prove that he is working harder than ever to serve the American people. I know that Trump will take this same aggressive and results-oriented approach to his next four years in office.
