Sic semper tyrannis
Thus always to tyrants
AWRC Act of 2025
The bill provides modest, predictable federal funding and statutory support to advance regional water research and wastewater-reuse projects—improving coordination and project readiness—but does so while reserving funds for multi‑state priorities and leaving potential trade-offs in funding scale, local flexibility, legal clarity, and possible industry influence.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12109 New Kent Highway in New Kent, Virginia, as the "Patricia Paige Post Office".
The bill provides local symbolic recognition by naming a federal facility after Patricia Paige at the cost of only minor administrative work and expense for the postal service.
Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act
The bill preserves hunters' access and state authority by blocking a nationwide federal ban on lead ammunition/tackle while allowing targeted, data-driven restrictions, at the cost of ongoing public-health and wildlife lead exposure and slower, potentially contested protections.
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event to unveil the statue of Barbara Rose Johns.
The resolution permits a public statue unveiling that increases cultural recognition and allows safety protections for the Capitol while causing only minor taxpayer costs and a short-term restriction of access to Emancipation Hall.
Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act
The bill increases transparency and speeds FCC data collection to better flag potential national-security risks from foreign-controlled telecom licensees, but does so at the cost of commercial privacy risks, possible reputational labeling, higher compliance costs, and reduced procedural oversight.
SHARKED Act of 2025
The bill boosts coordinated research, guidance, and management to reduce shark depredation and help coastal communities, but it requires public funding, may prompt fishing restrictions, and could spark intergovernmental disputes over priorities.
Earth MRI Reauthorization Act of 2026
The bill improves flood mapping, emergency response, coastal resilience, and resource mapping by integrating USGS 3D hydrography, at the cost of added federal expenses, potential privacy risks for mapped infrastructure, and possible new burdens on state and local governments.
CANS Act of 2026
The bill seeks to boost domestic aluminum recycling, supply resilience, and transparency through regular studies and recommendations, at the potential cost of added taxpayer-funded reporting burdens and risks of higher costs or market disruption if domestic-retention policies affect international scrap flows.
PORCUPINE Act
The bill speeds and regularizes U.S. defense support for Taiwan and increases predictability for allies and defense firms while improving oversight, but does so at the cost of higher geopolitical risk with China, potential strains on DoD and State resources, export‑control/compliance vulnerabilities, and scheduled sunset-driven uncertainty for programs and beneficiaries.
SECURE Minerals Act of 2026
The bill strengthens U.S. supply-chain resilience by creating a federally backed Reserve, domestic production support, and clearer sourcing tools, but does so at the cost of sizable federal spending, potential higher consumer prices, environmental and local impacts, and governance/ transparency trade-offs.