AMERICAN TOWNSHIP, OH (WLIO) - Congressman Jim Jordan is back in the district for the Thanksgiving break but says there is a lot to be done when Congress returns to wrap up the year.
Jordan spoke to local farm bureau members Monday afternoon as they toured Kyle Stockton's new hog operations in American Township. In October, Jordan ran to be the U.S. Speaker of the House but failed to get the support of 217 fellow Republicans in three votes. But he says that Speaker Michael Johnson is a good pick. He doesn't completely agree with how Johnson divided the next appropriations bill for the government into two parts, but Jordan is glad to see that Congress will not be deciding on a massive spending plan before they break for Christmas.
"Mike broke that pattern, which I think is a win in among itself, we will see what happens with these two bills, in January 20th and February 2nd," says Representative Jim Jordan, (R) Ohio's 4th District Congressman. "Hopefully we can get some good policy on there. You know, in a divided government, you are not going to win on everything, but you should be able to win on some things and right now the biggest issue is the border. And we've got to accomplish something on the border."
Jordan would like to see border legislation happen before the end of 2023.
"We got to have a policy that says you are going to have to wait while we evaluate your claim," adds Jordan. "Frankly what we need is a simple one sentence added to the appropriations bill, no money can be used to process or release any new migrant into the country. That should be the first step, no more. But I don't know if we will be able to get that in, but we are going to try."
Jordan says funding for Israel also needs to be approved before the end of the year, and Conservatives would like to look at funding on its own, versus combining it with additional funding for Ukraine.
