ABC30 FAKE and LIBERAL "Action News"

I spent the day yesterday in Fresno, where I toured the Producers Dairy Food plant and had several other meetings and events. I'd especially like to thank the Fresno Chamber of Commerce for hosting a roundtable discussion. You can see some slides of my visit by clicking on the picture below: 

Unfortunately, the ABC 30 news network once again sent a reporter to ask me about wild accusations and Russian conspiracy theories that precisely mimicked the talking points of numerous left-wing organizations. Click on the link below to watch an exchange ABC 30 included in its report:

Continuing a remarkable string of similar coincidences, the reporter's appearance was quickly followed by the appearance of about half a dozen liberal protestors, as if they'd been encouraged to show up to provide the right backdrop for ABC 30's reporting.  

I believe Central Valley residents deserve unbiased, straight-forward reporting from local news networks, not political spin coordinated with left-wing groups. ABC 30 should be reporting news stories, not staging them.

Honored to be named Congressman of the Year

I'd like to thank Americans for Limited Government for naming me Congressman of the Year. To read their announcement, click here.

In case you missed it: Fox News interview with Speaker Paul Ryan

This week Republicans published our tax reform blueprint. The plan aims to cut taxes for the middle class, drastically simplify the tax code, kickstart economic growth, and eliminate loopholes, special deals, and special-interest carve-outs. House members, myself included, have been working out many of these reforms for years—the tax code is way too complex, unfair, and punitive for working people and small businesses, and it's been one of my major priorities in Congress to transform the tax code into a tool for driving economic growth instead of blocking it. 

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan described the plan on the Hannity show on Fox News. You can watch the discussion by clicking on the picture below.

Ryan discussed other issues in the second part of the interview below.

 

Fox News video on Nunes unmasking investigation

Yesterday Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier reported on the Obama administration's unmasking of Trump officials in U.S. intelligence reports. Click the picture below to watch the video:

Nunes visits troops in Kosovo

As Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, I have the privilege of traveling throughout the world to visit our troops stationed overseas. Every one of these trips reminds me of the incredible dedication and courage that infuses the U.S. military, and the huge sacrifices our service members make for our nation. My recent visit to Kosovo was no exception, and I’d like to thank these soldiers for their selfless service.   

A snack in honor of global warming alarmists

Yesterday, in an attempt to convince California lawmakers to renew the state's dysfunctional cap and trade program, Governor Jerry Brown called climate change "a threat to human existence." He instructed lawmakers that their vote on cap and trade would be "the most important vote of your life" and warned of a future "horrible situation that you're going to see mass migrations, vector diseases, forest fires, [and] Southern California burning up."

Since the "environmentalists" are forcing California to dump millions of acre-feet of water into the ocean supposedly to benefit the smelt, a three-inch baitfish, I have to wonder whether some of this water might be useful for putting out Brown's cataclysmic fires.

You may be curious what you can do to avoid such a terrible fate. Conveniently, some academics published an article this week recommending four measures people can take to avoid the global warming apocalypse: have less kids, don't drive cars, don't fly on planes, and don't eat meat.

As environmental extremists continue subjecting us to their absurd doomsday predictions and their preposterous "solutions," I'm going to have a bite of a gift sent to my office by Rep. David Valadao: smelt-themed cupcakes.