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From speeches to press conferences to media gaggles, President Joe Biden has requested many times: What are Republicans for?
He claims that we exist solely to impede his agenda and deny him credit score for any accomplishments he may need had throughout his first 12 months in workplace. I feel this reply is disingenuous, and I don’t consider the American individuals are shopping for it.
The usual reply that many Republicans reply with is free enterprise, equal alternative, freedom from massive authorities and the safety of constitutional rights. And whereas I consider this reply could also be correct, I additionally consider it may be significantly simplified.
Mr. President, Republicans are for freedom.
Proof of that assertion may be discovered proper right here in Utah.
If anybody desires to see a authorities of the folks, by the folks, and for the folks, look no additional than Utah. If anybody desires to see one-party rule beneath a authorities that isn't beholden to the folks, look no additional than Washington, D.C.
In a method or one other, we're all nonetheless dealing with the aftereffects of the pandemic. And on this unprecedented time, President Biden repeatedly tells us that we should settle for larger authorities interference in our lives. That is the very factor the Founding Fathers sought to reduce.
Fortunately, our nice state understands that a bit mental elite in a far-distant capital can not plan the lives of Utahns higher than we are able to plan them ourselves.
In a time of nice concern and uncertainty, Utah’s state Legislature has remained steadfast at each flip. I hope the folks of Utah acknowledge that work, in addition to the resolve required to face in opposition to a president who's blindly dedicated to a one-size-fits-all method.
Utah’s state leaders have protected your proper to earn a residing. They've protected your proper to make your individual medical selections. They've saved our faculties open. They've allowed our youngsters to proceed in-person studying. And so they refuse to be bullied into abiding by the philosophy of so many Washington Democrats: Mandate, mandate, mandate.
Whereas many different states trample the rights of people, Utah has been a vanguard of freedom. And whereas many different states proceed to churn out reckless, ineffective insurance policies within the pursuit of a “new regular,” Utah is just being regular.
The state I’m so proud to name dwelling has positioned its religion in “We The Folks.” Utah leaders consider that you simply and I've the flexibility, the dignity and the fitting to make our personal selections. That's the reason Utah is prospering.
For the reason that early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, many have feared that our nation would emerge from the pandemic considerably much less free. I share this concern due to a easy, simple fact: Freedom is fragile. And within the wake of an unprecedented disaster, it has maybe by no means been so near slipping from our grasp.
Nevertheless it’s for that very cause I've by no means been prouder to say I symbolize the nice state of Utah. I've by no means been prouder to face facet by facet with our state legislatures in protection of our constitutional rights. And I've by no means been prouder to do my half in defending our nation’s beliefs of freedom, liberty and alternative for all.
So when the president asks what the Republican Occasion is for, I like to recommend he look towards Utah for a transparent reply: Freedom.
Rep. Chris Stewart, a Republican, represents Utah’s 2nd Congressional District.