This Week With Gosar

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July 26, 2026

Five Gosar Amendments Included as House Passes Defense Bill

This week, I proudly voted in favor of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to ensure our military remains the strongest fighting force in the world while advancing President Trump's Peace Through Strength agenda. The legislation provides a 5-7 percent pay raise for our servicemembers, invests in military housing, childcare, and education, eliminates nearly $30 billion in wasteful spending, and strengthens America's defense industrial base.

I am especially proud that all five of my amendments were included in the House-passed bill. These provisions will help reduce America's dependence on foreign adversaries by requiring reports on our supply of rare earth elements and the military's use of copper, encourage greater use of American-produced uranium and other critical defense minerals, protect the long-term mission of the Yuma Proving Ground, and express the sense of Congress that a future Navy warship should be named the USS Phoenix in honor of the heroes of Pearl Harbor.

While I had serious concerns with Section 219 of the bill and would have preferred that it be removed entirely, that option was never presented to the House. I would have supported amendments offered by Representatives Thomas Massie and Anna Paulina Luna to strike the provision, but the House Rules Committee refused to make those amendments in order, preventing Members from voting on them.

The House did, however, adopt two amendments offered by Rep. Luna that improved the provision by increasing congressional oversight and narrowing its scope. One requires annual reporting to Congress for as long as the Pentagon's executive agent established under Section 219 remains in place, while the other removes the word "integration" from the section.

A vote on the NDAA is not an endorsement of every provision contained within its more than 1,000 pages. It is a judgment about whether the legislation, taken as a whole, advances our national security and the interests of the American people. In this case, the bill strengthens our military, improves the quality of life for our servicemembers, advances critical conservative priorities, and includes five amendments I authored to bolster America's defense readiness and Arizona's indispensable role in our national security.

Had I voted against the bill, I would have also voted against those important reforms and the authorization needed to support the men and women of our Armed Forces. While I remain disappointed that the House was denied the opportunity to vote on removing Section 219 altogether, I concluded that supporting final passage was the most responsible vote given the significant national security gains and conservative victories secured in the legislation.

Gosar Votes to Ban Congressional Stock Trading

For far too long, the American people have watched politicians come to Washington, gain access to sensitive, market-moving information, and somehow leave office far wealthier than when they arrived. Public office should never be a pathway to personal enrichment.

That's why this week I voted in favor of H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, to prohibit Members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from buying or trading individual stocks while serving in office. If you're elected to represent the American people, your focus should be on fighting for your constituents-not padding your investment portfolio.

This commonsense legislation establishes a clear prohibition on individual stock trading by Members of Congress, creates transparency requirements for the sale of covered securities, and imposes meaningful financial penalties on those who violate the law.

The American people deserve to know that the decisions made in Congress are driven by what's best for the country-not by what's best for a politician's brokerage account. Washington has spent too many years rewarding insider dealing and self-enrichment. It's time to restore accountability, eliminate conflicts of interest, and ensure that serving in Congress is about serving the people-not getting rich.

Gosar Votes to Fund the Government Open and Prevent Another Democrat Shutdown

Last year, congressional Democrats forced the longest full government shutdown in American history by refusing to work with Republicans and holding the American people hostage to their political demands. They chose partisan obstruction over responsible governing, leaving federal workers, military families, and millions of Americans caught in the middle.

I voted this week for H.R. 9770, the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2027, to make sure that doesn't happen again.

This commonsense legislation keeps the federal government operating through the end of the year while Congress completes the annual appropriations process through regular order. It provides continued funding for essential services, including disaster relief, SNAP, WIC, and TANF, preventing a funding lapse on September 30 and protecting Americans from another manufactured shutdown crisis.

The choice was simple: responsible governance or political theater.

Unfortunately, nearly every House Democrat voted for more dysfunction. Rather than work to provide certainty for the American people, they once again chose partisan gamesmanship and positioned themselves to manufacture another shutdown showdown for political leverage.

Government shutdowns should never be used as a political weapon. Congress has a constitutional responsibility to fund the government, support our military, protect critical services, and provide stability for the American people-not create unnecessary crises for campaign talking points.

I voted to keep the government open, protect taxpayers, and ensure Congress continues its work through regular order instead of governing from one self-inflicted crisis to the next. The American people deserve leadership-not political brinkmanship.

Gosar Votes to Remove Job Barriers for Americans with Disabilities

This week, I voted in favor of H.R. 8884, the Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act,to help Americans with disabilities pursue employment opportunities without fear of losing the benefits they depend on. The legislation allows the Social Security Administration to test voluntary return-to-work programs that protect participants from losing income while exploring new pathways to employment.

Every American who is able and wants to work should have the opportunity to do so. This commonsense legislation promotes independence, dignity, and self-sufficiency while ensuring participants can choose whether to take part and may withdraw at any time.

Another Election Failure. Another Reason We Need the SAVE Act.

For years, Democrats ridiculed anyone who questioned the integrity of our elections. They insisted non-citizens weren't registering to vote, dismissed legitimate concerns as "conspiracy theories," and opposed every commonsense effort to verify citizenship before someone is added to the voter rolls.

Then reality intervened.

Just days after the House passed the SAVE Act again-legislation I proudly voted for-New Jersey's Democratic governor admitted that approximately 6,600 illegals were improperly registered to vote, with hundreds casting ballots before the problem was uncovered. State officials blame a software error. Americans should be asking a far more important question: If proof of citizenship had been required in the first place, would any of this have happened?

Let's stop pretending this is just a computer glitch. Computers don't write election laws-politicians do. Democrats created automatic voter registration systems while fighting commonsense safeguards requiring proof of citizenship. When those reckless policies predictably fail, they blame technology instead of taking responsibility.

The SAVE Act offers a simple solution. It requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship before anyone registers to vote in federal elections. That isn't voter suppression-it's election integrity.

Think about how absurd the Democrats' position has become. Today, Americans are asked to verify who they are to board an airplane, enter secure federal buildings, purchase certain products, cash a check-and even to redeem Olive Garden's unlimited pasta promotion. Yet many of the same politicians who support those basic safeguards fight tooth and nail against verifying citizenship before someone is allowed to vote in an American election. If proving your identity is reasonable for endless breadsticks, why is proving your citizenship considered "controversial" before participating in the most sacred right in our Republic?

The New Jersey debacle didn't expose a software failure nearly as much as it exposed a failure of leadership. Democrats have spent years claiming our election system didn't need stronger safeguards. Now they're asking Americans to believe thousands of ineligible voter registrations were simply an unfortunate mistake. The American people have heard enough excuses.

Every ineligible registration is a failure of government. Every unlawful ballot diminishes the vote of a lawful American citizen. Even one is too many.

The House has acted. I have now voted several times to pass the SAVE Act because protecting our elections should never be a partisan issue. The Senate should stop playing politics, pass the bill without delay, and send it to President Trump.

Enough excuses. Secure the voter rolls. Verify citizenship. Protect the vote of every American citizen.

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Maggie Kibbett from Mesa, AZ was hiking at Usery Mountain Regional Park when she spotted this little guy peeking around the saguaro and snapped this amazing photo. Pretty adorable, Maggie. Thanks for sharing!

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