The problem with executive action

Former Vice President Mike Pence recently unveiled a "Day One Executive Action Plan" highlighting a problem we've had for decades.

Former Vice President Mike Pence in Ankeny, Iowa on August 30, 2023.

Former Vice President Mike Pence was in Iowa last week. I was present for a campaign stop in Ankeny with the Northside Conservative Club and was able to listen in on a press call the day before.

During the press call, he discussed his "Day One Executive Action Plan," which you can read here. 

Here are the bullet points of his plan:

Protect American Security 

• Ensure America’s global military dominance 

• End Department of Defense focus on social and transgender programs 

• Detain and deport illegal immigrants at the border  

• Reinstate the Remain in Mexico policy  

• Instruct federal agencies immediately restart border wall construction 

• Surge resources for law enforcement personnel in higher crime areas 

• Defund district attorneys who put criminals back on the streets  

• End politically motivated Department of Justice investigations  

Protect American Workers  

• Freeze non-defense federal spending  

• Reverse Biden energy Executive Orders to unleash American energy  

• End work from home for federal workers 

• Reinstate rules that protect work for independent contractors in the gig economy 

• Reject Biden rule that requires companies to track emissions through supply chains  

• End Biden’s ESG retirement investment rule  

• Allow liquid natural gas transportation  

• Reverse Biden’s agreement to allow international entities to tax American companies  

Protect American Values   

• Appoint the most conservative cabinet and judiciary ever assembled  

• Repeal Executive Orders that require the government to provide abortive services 

• Drop all federal litigation supporting abortion in states  

• Stop funding for any child transgender reassignment procedures  

• Block funding for schools that promote child sexual reassignment: 

• Reinstate protections for religious groups in federal contracting  

During the press call we had the opportunity to ask questions, but unfortunately, since I was calling through my laptop, the method to alert the conference call operator did not work with the keypad on my computer.