Dum spiro spero
While I breathe, I hope
Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act of 2025
The bill increases contracting access and competition by limiting unnecessary degree requirements and requiring documentation, but it creates additional administrative work, transitional uncertainty, and risks to consistent skill assessment and service quality.
Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025
The bill improves federal vulnerability disclosure and alignment with established cybersecurity standards—boosting coordinated security and transparency—but imposes compliance costs that could raise contract prices and deter some smaller vendors, and includes waivers that limit uniform security gains.
Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
The bill strengthens public safety and enforcement clarity by categorically excluding or removing individuals tied to sex or interpersonal-violence offenses, but it raises substantial civil‑liberties, family‑separation, and cost risks by allowing removals based on admissions and broad definitions that may capture low‑level or ambiguous conduct.
SHRIMP Act of 2026
No Immigration Without Assimilation Act of 2026
No Bailouts for Cashless Bail Jurisdictions Act
American Family Cost-of-Living Relief Act of 2026
Restoring Law and Order on America’s Streets Act
The bill broadens federal criteria for certification and detention to allow earlier confinement and targeted intervention for people deemed dangerous—potentially improving immediate public safety and legal clarity for authorities, but at the cost of criminalizing homelessness, increasing risks of disparate enforcement against marginalized groups, and adding government costs that may divert funds from treatment and community supports.
First-Time Homebuyer Savings Act of 2026
The bill makes saving for a first home materially cheaper for many middle- and lower-income first-time buyers by allowing deductible contributions and tax-free withdrawals, but benefits are limited by contribution caps, eligibility rules, compliance penalties, and a small potential reduction in future Social Security earnings.