I’ve long said that the only thing that unites the Democrat Party is their hatred of Donald Trump. When Democrats in the House last held the majority, they impeached President Trump twice and investigated the President based on a dossier that was created for their own presidential candidate! We’ve seen repeatedly that given the choice between passing policies that benefit working families and investigating and harassing the President, the Democrats will choose the latter.

So it was no surprise to me that every House Democrat voted to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in their first major action since the elections on November 3. Despite repeatedly promising their agenda would be about affordability — something that many families are struggling with — they instead chose to return to a familiar well and immediately started going after the President and his team for political purposes.

It’s already history repeating itself. Regardless of whatever retribution Democrats try to seek over the next two years, Republicans will keep focusing on fighting to bring down the cost of the three things I hear over and over back home: food, fuel, and fertilizer. Farmers are dealing with high input costs that eat away at thin margins, and families continue to grapple with high prices at the pump and the checkout line. Republicans will keep working to lower these costs, because our main priority is making sure fewer families have to live paycheck to paycheck, and that every family has the opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

While Washington Democrats may claim to be focused on the needs of working families, their priorities have always told a different story. The last time they held power, Democrats’ agenda prioritized tax breaks to wealthy environmentalists, out-of-control spending that sent the cost of living through the roof, and a series of sham investigations that wasted millions of taxpayer dollars. Families need Washington to bring down their costs, but the Democrat Party’s answer is just more grandstanding and theater.

I am proud of what Republicans accomplished last Congress, but I know more must be done. Thanks to the Working Families Tax Cuts, which I authored, about 62 million Americans, more than half of all taxpayers, claimed at least one of the new deductions I wrote, and nearly 70% of everyone who received a tax cut earn less than $100,000. Because of that legislation, a waitress can keep her tips, a lineman can keep his overtime, and seniors can keep more of their Social Security. Today, because of our work last year, a family of four earning $73,000 now owes ZERO in federal income tax.

Rather than focus on issues that don’t help hardworking families, I plan to fight to protect the progress we made while bringing down costs and delivering economic opportunity for the folks living in rural Missouri. It’s what I’ve been focused on since I was first elected to Congress, and I’m ready for the challenge ahead.