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-continued- • As Robert Hubbell says in a recent newsletter, “Virtually every executive order signed by Trump in his second term has violated a congressional statute or the Constitution. Every dollar of congressionally appropriated funding that Trump has withheld violates the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution or the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Trump’s actions in impounding funds justify impeachment, conviction, and removal from office” (Today’s Edition Newsletter, 7/22/2025). So, our question is: How do you justify, as a sitting member of the U.S. Congress, allowing the head of the Executive Branch to repeatedly violate his oath of office to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States”? • Finally, the astonishing assault on the Capitol by partisans of the outgoing Republican President on January 6, 2021 stunned us all.  Shortly afterward, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stated the obvious: “There’s no question – none – that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.  No question about it.  The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president.”  He then disgraced himself as a partisan equivocator by claiming that “we have no power to convict and disqualify a former office holder who is now a private citizen,” thus eliding the fact that Trump was the sitting President between January 6 and January 20, during which time a responsible leader of the Republican Party would have taken immediate action, as was done by responsible Republican leaders when the lawlessness of the Nixon administration became obvious to everyone. So, our question is: You have publicly stated your belief that Former President Biden was duly and fairly elected in 2020.  How can you continue to support and even praise President Trump when the whole premise of his claim to legitimacy is based on an outrageous lie – a lie that he continues to proclaim -- that he actually won the 2020 election?   We would, of course, prefer you to answer these and other questions at a well-advertised live and in-person town hall open to all your constituents in NJ CD-7.  If you are still uncomfortable with such a framework, perhaps you would be willing to meet with us privately at some time during the August recess?

This means people with dangerous histories, like those convicted of violent crimes, domestic abuse, or stalking, could carry a concealed gun in states that wouldn't otherwise let them. It means that out-of-state visitors with no firearm safety training, no permit, and no background check would be allowed to carry hidden, loaded handguns within our borders.  Further, police often have no way to verify if an out-of-state permit is valid - - meaning they would be unable to confirm if a person showing a carry permit is a law-abiding gun owner. And because the legislation would even allow concealed carry by some people with no permit at all, out-of-state visitors could be armed without being screened by a background check, and law enforcement would have no permit to evaluate. It is vital to block this mandate. We must put pressure on Tom Kean Jr. to vote against this mandate.