| THIS WEEK, SENATOR BRAUN called out Speaker Pelosi for playing politics with Hoosier farmers’ livelihoods by letting USMCA collect dust on her desk, explained from a small businessman’s perspective how President Trump’s strong economy is built to last longer than the media claims, and reflected on what he heard from Hoosiers about his plans on healthcare, the opioid crisis, and the national debt on his August Solutions Tour.
Senator Braun joined BloombergTV’s David Westin on Balance of Power to discuss the future for the economy, saying that in his experience building a business over 38 years, President Trump’s economic policies of tax cuts and deregulation have created an business climate that is both better than it has ever been and  built to last longer than the media wants to believe.
Senator Braun joined David Asman on Fox Business’s Varney & Co. to call on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to put partisanship aside and approve the USMCA for Hoosier farmers who need it. “Nancy Pelosi singly holds the responsibility for getting USMCA across the finish line.”Â
Senator Braun spoke with the DC Herald  about the $1.1 billion of mainland U.S. military projects of the $750 billion defense budget being deferred to pay for desperately-needed border security measures after Democrats in Congress failed to adequately fund the humanitarian and national security disaster on the southern border. “I know it needs a lot of work because of all the illegal crossings we have,†he said. “I think it’s sad that this is how we have to finance putting that border security in place.
Senator Braun penned an op-ed for the Pharos Tribune and other publications around Indiana discussing what he learned on his Solutions Tour last month and the solutions he’s fighting for in Washington on lowering prescription drug prices, fighting the opioid epidemic, and cutting down wasteful government spending. “This August, I set out on my Summer of Solutions tour, traveling Indiana and visiting over 50 communities to speak with businesses and Hoosiers to discuss what’s most important to them and to discuss solutions for the issues affecting Hoosiers every day, like healthcare, opioid addiction, jobs, education, and the national debt. If you didn’t get a chance to catch me on my tour this time around, I’d like to share with you some of the solutions I’ve been working on for Hoosiers in the Senate, specifically on the issues of healthcare, the opioid crisis, gun safety, and the economy.”
Click here for the Ripon Society’s full profile of Senator Braun, excerpted below. How has your background in the private sector affected your work in the Senate: In the private sector, we need to achieve real results for the customer or you go out of business. While Congress is more gummed up than I ever imagined, we need solutions and that’s why I’ve worked on separate legislation with Republican Senator Rick Scott and Democrat Senator Tammy Baldwin that lowers the cost of healthcare. Finish this sentence: “If I could change one thing about American politics, it would be…â€: How polarized and dysfunctional our political process has become. When President Obama was in office, Democrats supported border security but now oppose efforts by President Trump to address the humanitarian and security crisis on our southern border. Likewise, Republicans claim they’re for free market principals, but when it comes to the healthcare we’ve become apologists for an industry that is opaque and cloaked in secrecy.
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