Congressman Moran speaks in Atlanta

US House Texas, District 1 Congressman Nathaniel Moran spoke at the Town Hall & Tamales event Monday night sponsored by the Cass County RPT as part of a series of town halls in the area. At the event, he reiterated how important it was to have the town halls because he feels like a more intimate setting where constructive dialog can happen. “What I know first and foremost is I work for you, and I know that because that’s exactly how our republic is set up.

“That’s the very definition of a republic. It is a government that is run by the people through their representatives, elected members, and representatives at the federal and state level. That’s how we define it. We don’t have a monarchy. We also have an unelected executive. That’s what makes us unique and different across the globe.”

“So, I’m happy to be part of that. But I know I work for you. I was at a business earlier today where I was talking about flipping the org chart upside down in his business and saying that he reminds all his executive team that they work to make the lives of all the men and women on the line, that are doing production, all of them easier and better.”

“And he tells his executive team, if you’re not enhancing their job if you’re not making their job better, if you’re not working for them and you’re not useful to me, and you need to get out of this business. And it’s the same way here.”

Moran said his philosophy is when introducing a bill, he considers four things, steadfast principles, effective service, bold action and humility. We think that humility and strength go together.” “We think that you can be bold in the way you go about your business, but you can treat people the way that your parents, my parents, taught us to treat one another. I think that’s really important for us to do because we know that the lessons we learned in Sunday School about how to treat people do not change when we get into this.”

In the world of politics, those principles do not change. “There’s no exception for us to be able to speak to people differently or behave differently. Just because we’re in the political arena. My dad was a pastor, and that’s what got us to East Texas. He helped start a Bible college with my mom and some other families in the early to mid-70s.

“In 1976 when we got here, I lived on that Bible College campus from the age of 2 to 10. Some of you heard me tell the story, but for those of you that I have not met personally, I want to. I want to emphasize this because that heritage, living on a Bible college campus and growing up in that environment taught me that we are appointed for two things in this life: to love and serve God and people, which frankly means to follow in the righteousness of Christ.”

During the meeting, Moran talked about how his faith was a big part of who he was and that others in Washington have encouraged him to tone down the faith message, but he won’t. It plays a big part in how he does his job. He also talked about the principles he works through when considering policy which will be covered in a later article.

At the meeting, he spoke about the urgent need to vote in this coming election cycle to take over the Senate and keep the House, which he believed was a realistic possibility. He also said that the presidential race was looking a lot more challenging now because of the “Kamila Harris Machine”.

“That could be significant for us because our problem right now is we’re passing on some really good legislation in the House, but it’s getting stuck in the Senate, H.R. 2 at the very top of that list.

“I’m proud to be one of the two original co-sponsors. I was the only freshman to be an original co-sponsor. And that’s because part of that bill includes our Visa overstays Penalties Act… which came out of our office and specifically mentioned visa overstays.

And with that is important Moran said because the 9-11 terrorists overstayed their visas.

Moran said we want to have better border security but it will need to have the House, Senate, and the Presidency to do it. It looks good in the Senate. I think most of the polls give us about an 84, 85% chance to take the Senate.

“We have to make sure we get Ted Cruz re-elected in Texas. Don’t be complacent. We’ve got to get out and vote here because we’ve got to outdo Dallas and Austin, and Houston.”

We must get him (Trump) elected in November because the (need for) changes in policy are just getting wider and wider. Kamala Harris falls in line with the Clintons, but really with Bernie Sanders. You’d be surprised how much influence Bernie Sanders has in Washington, DC with the Democrats behind the scenes. And so, he pushes them towards a socialist agenda, and it’s just atrocious.”

“I haven’t talked much since I’ve been back about Supreme Court decisions. But there are some really great Supreme Court decisions out there that are impacting our lives in a very positive way. We have a great Supreme Court. I’m totally against the Supreme Court term limits. I’m totally against lifetime appointments.” Moran then went on to praise some of the recent court decisions including lawsuits dealing with state gender laws.”

Moran then pivoted to country sovereignty rights. “I want you guys to know a few things. I’ve been working in particular; I’ve been pushing back hard on the ICC, trying to get after Netanyahu. I think the International Criminal Court has no business telling other nations what to do” “Another thing we’ve been involved with is the W.H.O., and they’ve been trying to present a new, world health agreement. And we were very active in opposing that as well.”

“And that goes back to the border, the borders, the sovereignty issue for us. We’ve got to get back to a place where we have strong borders. And you guys know this. I’m speaking to the choir. But, you know last year 33,000 Chinese came over our border. What are 33,000 Chinese doing coming through our southern border? Around 500 Iranians, 1200 Russians. What do they do in five years on the border? “