Washington, DC—U.S. Representative John Rose announced his support for a bill that would defund the Biden Administration’s “Ministry of Truth” which was originally introduced by House Republican Conference Vice Chairman Mike Johnson (LA-04).
The bill follows Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ announcement that DHS will convene a “Disinformation Governance Board.”
U.S. Representative John Rose released the following statement:
“After reading Orwell’s 1984, I would have never thought I would live to see the day when our government created a similar governmental department. President Biden and deep state liberals should never be allowed to control Americans’ free speech,” said Rep. Rose. “President Biden should immediately dissolve this unconstitutional board before it is undoubtedly struck down in the courts.”
Background on the legislation:
- The legislation bars federal funding for DHS’ recently announced “Disinformation Governance Board” to be headed by Executive Director Nina Jankowicz.
- Jankowicz, who refers to herself as the “Mary Poppins of Disinformation,” is a frequent purveyor of falsehoods, and appears sympathetic to the cause of censoring Americans.
- Recent falsehoods peddled by the Biden Administration include: the falsehood that Secretary Mayorkas has done an effective job managing the border crisis; the falsehood that economic contraction in Q1 of 2022 is actually hidingbroad economic resiliency; the falsehood that Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending bill costs zero dollars; the falsehood that inflation is a “high-class problem”; and the falsehood that 70% of our current inflation is actually being caused by Vladimir Putin.
U.S. Representative John Rose is currently serving his second term representing Tennessee's Sixth Congressional District and resides in Cookeville with his wife, Chelsea, and their two sons, Guy and Sam. The Sixth District includes Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, White, and Wilson counties as well as portions of Cheatham and Van Buren counties. Representative Rose is an eighth-generation farmer, small business owner, and attorney, and currently serves on the Financial Services Committee.
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