Posted on Monday, January 27, 2025

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Less than one full month into 2025, AMAC members are already making their voices heard at the state and federal level.

So far this year, AMAC Action has sent letters of support to Congress on six pieces of legislation, including: the American Energy Independence Act, which ends the Biden administration’s war on domestic energy production and sets the country back on a path to energy dominance; the POLICE Act, which ensures that assaulting a law enforcement officer becomes a deportable offense; the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, which makes aliens convicted of sex offenses or domestic violence inadmissible to the United States and mandates the deportation of those convicted of such heinous crimes; the No Bailouts for Sanctuary Cities Act, which prohibits federal funding for resources such as food, shelter, healthcare, legal services, and transportation for migrants in these jurisdictions; the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which protects women’s sports as a space for athletes to compete, excel, and grow; and the HALT Fentanyl Act, which provides vital tools to combat the ongoing tragedy of addiction and overdose deaths.

Upon request from the Chairman of the Veterans Administration, AMAC Action also threw our support behind the Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act, which ensures that our veterans’ due process and Second Amendment rights are fully protected. Congressman Chip Roy’s (TX-21) office reached out to AMAC Action for our support for the Personalized Care Act, a bill that expands Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and gives patients more control over their healthcare. AMAC Action’s support was again sought by Congressman Barry Loudermilk’s (GA-11) office for his Modern Employment Reform, Improvement, and Transformation (MERIT) Act, which calls for more accountability amongst the federal workforce.  AMAC Action Chairwoman Rebecca Weber was quoted in the bill’s press release upon its introduction.

In addition, one AMAC Action-supported bill, the Laken Riley Act, has already passed both the House and the Senate and is poised to become President Trump’s first bill signed into law during his second term. This legislation requires Immigration authorities to arrest illegal aliens charged with, convicted of, or admitting to theft, burglary, larceny, or shoplifting offenses and mandates that these individuals remain in federal custody until their removal from the United States. Importantly, the Laken Riley Act also addresses systemic failures in federal immigration enforcement by providing states with standing to bring civil actions against federal officials who refuse to enforce key immigration statutes.

Another AMAC-supported bill, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, has also passed the House of Representatives and is on to the Senate. As the title suggests, this bill enshrines federal protections for babies who are born alive as a result of botched abortions. House Speaker Mike Johnson called this bill “a matter of common sense and human dignity.”

At the state level, AMAC members flooded the California state legislature with more than 1,000 messages urging lawmakers and Governor Gavin Newsom to set aside petty partisan politics and prioritize delivering aid to wildfire victims. The legislature responded by unanimously passing a $2.5 billion relief package.

Meanwhile, AMAC Action Senior Vice President Andy Mangione also submitted written testimony in support of SB 6 in Kansas, a measure that bans ranked-choice voting, to the Kansas Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs. As Mangione noted in his testimony, “time and again, the evidence shows that ranked-choice voting hurts the democratic process, especially those over age 50 who have spent more than 30 years using the simple and effective one-person, one-vote system.”

With a number of other high-profile legislative battles brewing on the horizon, AMAC Action and AMAC members look set for a banner year in 2025. We will continue to keep you updated on all the latest developments.