Russell Vought

national sovereignty and borders, but the Bible also has profound principles for thoughtful, limited immigration and emphasizing assimilation.

The loss of impoundment authority, which 200 years of presidents enjoyed, was the original sin in eliminating the ability from a branch on branch to control spending. And we're going to need to bring that back.

Growing up as the son of an electrician and a schoolteacher, I saw firsthand the sacrifices my parents made to balance their budget and save for the future. They are a reminder of the burden government spending can place on everyday Americans.

Nationalism is not just patriotic love for one's country, but a commitment to prioritize the needs and interests of one's own country over others, not unlike how a parent prioritizes their family over others, or a pastor who prioritizes their church over others.

So we talk about being a nation that's for God. That's a consensus that we want to renew in this country, that we have religious liberty. But it cannot come from this notion that A country isn't understanding the reality that it has to obey God and there is only one true God and that is Jesus Christ our Lord.

And we've got to take measure and be ready to put ourselves in uncomfortable, difficult spots and trust that duty is ours, results are God's.

We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work. because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down so that the EPA can't do all of the rules against our energy industry because they have no bandwidth financially to do so. We want to put them in trauma.

He had the most pro-life record ever. I've never seen him take it to stand in the way of a pro-life initiative that actually was real.

The president ran on the notion that the Impoundment Control Act is unconstitutional. I agree with that.