Now we’re talking!
Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) is already moving to draft a resolution to have Congressman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jamaal-bowman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamaal &#8220;The Fire Alarm Guy&#8221; Bowman</a> (D-NY) expelled from the House of Representatives after he pulled a fire alarm at the Cannon House Office Building ahead of a motion to adjourn on Saturday.
Bowman claims it was a mistake. He said he thought that pulling the alarm would open the door.
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Bowman tells reporters “I thought the alarm would open the door.”
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Malliotakis isn’t having it.
“Rep. Malliotakis (R-NY) is drafting a resolution to have Rep. Bowman expelled, her spox Natalie Baldassarre tells me,” POLITICO’s Olivia Beavers tweeted.
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Newsy: Rep. Malliotakis (R-NY) is drafting a resolution to have Rep. Bowman expelled, her spox Natalie Baldassarre tells me.
Rep. Lisa McClain is also drafting a resolution to censure him, her office confirms.
Bowman’s office said alarm incident bc “confusion”/rushing to vote <a href="https://t.co/2CTjvkzx25">https://t.co/2CTjvkzx25</a>
&mdash; Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1708202132581568954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This is the United States Congress, not a New York City high school,&#8221; Malliotakis also tweeted. &#8220;This action warrants expulsion &amp; I’m introducing a resolution to do just that.&#8221;
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This is the United States Congress, not a New York City high school. This action warrants expulsion &amp; I’m introducing a resolution to do just that. <a href="https://t.co/rfnLDzFHmK">https://t.co/rfnLDzFHmK</a>
&mdash; Office of Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (@RepMalliotakis) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMalliotakis/status/1708211471518138545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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All of this calls into question Bowman’s IQ. He’s pictured pulling the alarm, admitted to doing so, and is a former middle school principal.
His defense is that he’s too dumb to know that pulling a fire alarm would trigger a fire alarm.
The more likely explanation is that he thinks you’re too dumb to not believe him, and that he feels confident he won’t face any discipline for allegedly breaking multiple laws.
As commentator Mary Katherine Ham put it, &#8220;He’s on camera and they don’t say it was unintentional. They said he didn’t understand what intentionally pulling an alarm, as he’s pictured doing, would do. Charge him.” 
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He’s on camera and they don’t say it was unintentional. They said he didn’t understand what intentionally pulling an alarm, as he’s pictured doing, would do. Charge him. <a href="https://t.co/3106NJwI0e">https://t.co/3106NJwI0e</a>
&mdash; Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) <a href="https://twitter.com/mkhammer/status/1708207413911011699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rules-are-rules-jamaal-the-fire-alarm-guy-bowman-is-a-threat-to-democracy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rules Are Rules: Jamaal ‘The Fire Alarm Guy’ Bowman Is A Threat To Democracy</a>

UNITED STATES – JUNE 22: Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., arrives to the U.S. Capitol before the House voted to send an articles of impeachment resolution against President Joe Biden to committees on Thursday, June 22, 2023.

Now We’re Talking: GOP Rep Moves To Expel Jamaal ‘The Fire Alarm Guy’ Bowman From Congress

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city&#8217;s Health Department announced on Tuesday that the first publicly recognized Overdose Prevention Center (OPC) services in the nation have started, a move one New York Republican Congresswoman calls &#8220;unlawful.&#8221;
De Blasio&#8217;s statement said the services come &#8220;at a critical time&#8221; as more than 2,000 people in New York City died from drug overdoses during 2020.
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NOW — <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYCMayor</a> announces first in the nation Overdose Prevention Center services in New York City. <a href="https://t.co/qwopBjrjwR">pic.twitter.com/qwopBjrjwR</a>
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“New York City has led the nation’s battle against COVID-19, and the fight to keep our community safe doesn’t stop there. After exhaustive study, we know the right path forward to protect the most vulnerable people in our city. And we will not hesitate to take it,” de Blasio said in a <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/793-21/mayor-de-blasio-nation-s-first-overdose-prevention-center-services-open-new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
“Overdose Prevention Centers are a safe and effective way to address the opioid crisis. I’m proud to show cities in this country that after decades of failure, a smarter approach is possible,” he added.
Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Melanie Hartzog also celebrated the opening of the new sites.
“Overdose Prevention Centers can turn the tide in the fight against the opioid crisis, and New York City is ready to lead the way,” Hartzog said.
“We have lost too much to rely on the same playbook. It’s time to take bold action to help our most vulnerable neighbors and the communities they call home,” she added.
The city hopes the locations could help save up to 130 lives per year, according to the statement. Similar OPC sites have been started in other nations, including Australia and Canada.
&#8220;Overdose Prevention Centers have proven to be a safe and effective way to combat the opioid crisis,&#8221; de Blasio added in a Twitter post on Tuesday featuring an article on the new locations from <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/nyregion/supervised-injection-sites-nyc.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
&#8220;We’re proud to show the nation that the path forward is through compassionate policies that protect our most vulnerable residents,&#8221; he added.
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Overdose Prevention Centers have proven to be a safe and effective way to combat the opioid crisis.
We’re proud to show the nation that the path forward is through compassionate policies that protect our most vulnerable residents.<a href="https://t.co/yXkN7Gcqg2">https://t.co/yXkN7Gcqg2</a>
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Not everyone agrees with the new OPC program.
&#8220;Democrats have allowed cartels to pour drugs over our Southern border &amp; are releasing career drug dealers back on our streets. Now they’re opening community centers to shoot up,&#8221; New York Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis tweeted, whose district includes Brooklyn and Staten Island.
&#8220;Under Trump, @DOJ promised intervention. We need same commitment now @POTUS!&#8221; she added.
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Democrats have allowed cartels to pour drugs over our Southern border &amp; are releasing career drug dealers back on our streets. Now they’re opening community centers to shoot up. Under Trump, <a href="https://twitter.com/doj?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DOJ</a> promised intervention. We need same commitment now <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>! <a href="https://t.co/9whBp67R4l">https://t.co/9whBp67R4l</a>
— Nicole Malliotakis (@NMalliotakis) <a href="https://twitter.com/NMalliotakis/status/1465702092195000337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
The congresswoman sent a letter Tuesday to urge President Joe Biden&#8217;s Justice Department to intervene against the &#8220;unlawful plans.&#8221;
&#8220;In 2018, the Trump DOJ committed to me that it would intervene if de Blasio moved forward with Supervised Injection Centers. I’m asking Biden&#8217;s DOJ to take the same action,&#8221; Malliotakis wrote.
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In 2018, the Trump DOJ committed to me that it would intervene if de Blasio moved forward with Supervised Injection Centers. I’m asking Biden&#8217;s DOJ to take the same action. <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJusticeDept</a> <a href="https://t.co/8fh1euh2Qf">https://t.co/8fh1euh2Qf</a> <a href="https://t.co/kbQJyefsek">pic.twitter.com/kbQJyefsek</a>
— Office of Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (@RepMalliotakis) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMalliotakis/status/1465724696662585355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2021</a></blockquote>

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Critics of the Biden administration’s $1.75 trillion “Build Back Better” social spending package excoriated what they say is the bill’s myriad hidden costs and the threat of intrusions from the Internal Revenue Service.
Several analyses of the bill have been conducted in recent weeks, concluding that the bill’s stated cost is deceptive because the package contains a number of hidden costs and arbitrary sunsets that could more than double its actual spending over a 10-year period. 
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-chamber-of-commerce-says-accounting-trickery-hiding-true-costs-of-spending-bill">U.S. Chamber of Commerce</a>, citing a study conducted by analysts at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, said in a letter to members of Congress that without those arbitrary sunsets and accounting tricks, the total cost of the bill is more than $4.1 trillion dollars.
Another study by the Wharton School’s Budget model, cited by the New York Post, estimated that the plan would cost up to $4.6 trillion over 10 years if its temporary provisions are made permanent.
The nonpartisan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-1-75-trillion-social-welfare-legislation-may-cost-nearly-5-trillion-if-programs-are-made-permanent">Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget</a> estimated the cost even higher. The committee found that without the gimmicks and sunsets, the plan would cost nearly $5 trillion over ten years.
As highlighted by the <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/11/19/critics-warning-on-hidden-costs-of-bidens-build-back-better-agenda/">New York Post</a>, Republican New York Representative Nicole Malliotakis said of the bill, which <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/us/politics/house-passes-reconciliation-bill.html">passed</a> the House on a completely party-line vote, “It is a destructive bill that will crush the middle class and hard-working Americans.&#8221;
Malliotakis, who notably was one of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/13-republicans-help-nancy-pelosi-and-democrats-pass-bidens-infrastructure-bill">13 House Republicans</a> who voted for the administration’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, ridiculed the prospective legislation, calling it the “Build Back Broke Bill,” and arguing that the bill’s spending was “unsustainable.” “As Margaret Thatcher said, at some point, you run out of other people’s money,” Malliotakis said. She further derided the bill as a “Democratic socialist spending spree.”
“The short-term impacts will be inflation and a higher cost of living — and the longer-term impact will be tax increases on the middle class,” she said.
“Democrats are using every budgetary gimmick available to them and the main budget gimmick they used is to sunset these provisions.” Peter Warren, director of research at the conservative Empire Center for Tax Policy, told the Post. “But if they were to continue those programs the question is: Where will this money come from? And they’d need even more tax increases.”
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, could only speculate on what form those taxes would take. “It could be a carbon tax. It could be income tax rates. It could be corporate tax rates. It could be a surtax on every American,” she told the Post. “We have no idea … which goes to the point that the result of this bill in its current form is a lot of uncertainty.”
The bill also includes $80 billion in funding for the IRS to hire 87,000 more agents, a move that would mean over 1.2 million federal tax audits per year, according to the New York Post. Nearly half would impact Americans making less than $75,000 in annual income.
“These people will be harassed by the IRS and guess who a lot of these people are? Recent immigrants,” said James Lucier, policy analyst at D.C.-based Capital Alpha Partners, noting that many of them are small business owners with “large amounts of non-wage income” — construction workers, landscapers, painters, and even people who sell crafts on sites like Etsy and Pinterest.
The bill is currently in the Senate, where it still faces significant opposition from moderate Democrats Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.

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Two of the Republican Party&#8217;s newest members of the House of Representatives joined CNN on Sunday to discuss the direction of the party and what changes the party made to get more women elected.
Reps. Nancy Mace (SC) and Nicole Malliotakis (NY) appeared on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; with fill-in host Dana Bash where they talked about the recent elections.
When asked why more Republican women were elected this year, Mace said, &#8220;Well, we had more women running this year. And it was an exciting time.&#8221;
&#8220;We saw in 2018 a record number of Democrat women run and win. And if women want to have a seat at the table, then we have got to raise our hand and say, we are going to step into the arena, risk it all, and we are going to run. And we have to have more women run to win,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And, in fact, 26 of the 27 toss-up races here this year were won by women, minorities, combat vets. And, in my case, I was in a lean-Democrat seat that we took back this year. And it&#8217;s just an exciting time to be part of history, with all these great hardworking women.&#8221;
Malliotakis, whose parents are immigrants, was asked about the gains that the GOP made and the future of the party, which some in the party had started to worry about.
&#8220;Well, look, this is what I have always known about the GOP, that we are a big tent party, that we do have people that come from different places from around the world,&#8221; Malliotakis said. &#8220;We do incorporate women. And now we&#8217;re seeing women having a seat at the table, which is tremendous. When you look back in our nation&#8217;s history, the first female member of Congress was a Republican woman, Jeannette Rankin in 1917. And we have come such a long way from then.&#8221;
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s upon people like Nancy and I to now pay it forward, to recruit other women. One of the reasons why you saw so many women take office on the Republican side was because of the efforts of Leader Kevin McCarthy, because of people like Elise Stefanik, Liz Cheney, Steve Scalise, who went out there and recruited qualified women who have something to share with the American people and who have the experience and the background to be productive participants in the legislative process,&#8221; Malliotakis continued. &#8220;And I think one of the reasons why we were so motivated to run is seeing the Democratic women being elected in 2018 that don&#8217;t necessarily reflect our values, particularly those who are self- described socialists. Somebody like me, the daughter of a Cuban refugee, I want to be there to be a part of the discussion and the debate and provide a counterview.&#8221;
Mace later added that she thinks that the Republican Party needs to get better at communicating its message to the public.
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New York City’s Mayor De Blasio Announces Opening of First Drug Injection Sites; GOP Congresswoman Calls Move ‘Unlawful’

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