Are you pleased with your representation in the U.S. House of Representatives? Agree with bills being passed? Too many bills being passed? Are you OK with the omnibus spending bill for an amount we cannot comprehend, certainly can’t relate to? Is everything hunky-dory?

If you’re not satisfied with the performance and direction of the House and our representative, what are you going to do about it? Throw up your hands and say, “That’s just politics.” Or, “There’s nothing I can do.” Or, “Well, it could always be worse.”

If you were manager of a restaurant and had an employee who didn’t follow company rules and guidelines, and who failed to deliver excellent customer service, what would you do? You would replace that employee, would you not?

Why shouldn’t we expect our representatives to follow our wishes in crafting legislation and in voting for various bills? Why shouldn’t we expect excellence from our representative — ask our wishes, keep us updated, vote according to constitutional principles and vote our wishes? We elected our representative to serve us, “We the People.”

Our representative voted to keep John Boehner as House speaker, who caved to the opposition at every turn and did not stand firm on sensible, constitutional principles. Our representative voted for the omnibus spending bill full of provisions that were negotiated behind closed doors.

The omnibus funds Planned Parenthood, spares sanctuary cities, adds no assurances on vetting immigrants, keeps the EPA’s horrendous water rule on wet weather ditches, etc., fails to protect conscience rights, and makes other concessions to the leftist, so-called progressive, party. Find more details at dailysignal.com.

The progressives and Democratic socialists were overjoyed with the passage of the omnibus bill. Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi expressed her heartfelt thanks to all who voted for that bill. Catch the drift?

Those are only two examples where our representative did not vote the wishes of his district but, it seems, voted in self-interest. We can do better than have a go-along-to-get-along type representing us. Instead, we need a government servant. We need a servant of “We The People” who will vote no on any bill for which insufficient time is allowed for reading and studying it, and who will ask these questions before voting on any bill:

1. Does it line up with the word of God

2. Does it line up with the original intent of the Constitution?

3. Do we need it?

4. Can we afford it?

For our 9th District representative, all we have to do is put a check mark by a name other than the incumbent on May 24. Easy enough, huh?

Gary Hulsey
Dahlonega

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