This Week With Gosar

Weekly Newsletter

September 6, 2026



Keeping the Government Open

This week, Congress took an important step to keep the government open and prevent another unnecessary Democrat government shutdown. With my support, the House passed a funding bill, known as the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027, by a bipartisan vote of 370-48, sending the legislation to President Trump's desk.

This is exactly what Congress should be doing: keeping the government working while continuing the process of completing full-year appropriations. The legislation extends government funding through December 11, protects funding for our national security and military, and ensures critical services continue without interruption. It also contains no partisan riders or so-called "poison pills."

Americans have had enough of the Democrats' shutdown games. A government shutdown disrupts critical services and creates needless uncertainty for families, businesses and our service members. We should not wait until the last minute and manufacture another crisis.

House Republicans acted early to keep the government open and preserve the path toward completing the FY2027 appropriations process. In fact, the House Appropriations Committee has passed all twelve annual funding bills. Sadly, the Senate once again refuses to do its job. As a result of the Senate's inaction, the House of Representatives was forced to pass a continuing resolution. While not ideal, I supported this measure because governing means doing the job we were elected to do-not holding the American people hostage to political brinkmanship.

The Left's Radical Attack on the Supreme Court

Democrats can no longer hide their radical plan to pack the Supreme Court.

This week, 205 House Democrats voted against a constitutional amendment to keep the Supreme Court at nine justices. They had a simple opportunity to take court packing off the table-and they refused.

Their message is clear: Give them the power, and they will add seats to the Court until they get the rulings they want.

That isn't justice. It's political intimidation of the judiciary and a direct assault on the separation of powers.

The American people-not politicians-should decide the future of our Constitution. I will never support packing the Supreme Court to manufacture political outcomes.

A History Lesson on Court Packing

Think Democrats are only bluffing when they talk about changing the Supreme Court? History tells us otherwise.

In 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt-after the Supreme Court had struck down several major pieces of his New Deal agenda-proposed what became known as the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, or the "court-packing plan."

The proposal would have allowed Roosevelt to appoint an additional justice for every sitting Supreme Court justice over age 70 who did not retire. Because six of the nine justices were then over 70, the plan could have expanded the Court from nine justices to as many as 15.

The political implications were obvious: it would have allowed a sitting president the opportunity to reshape the Court after the Court had repeatedly rejected parts of his legislative agenda. Roosevelt's proposal faced fierce opposition-not only from Republicans, but from Democrats as well-and ultimately failed in Congress.

Then came one of the most consequential episodes in Supreme Court history. In the spring of 1937, the Court upheld important New Deal measures, including the National Labor Relations Act and the Social Security Act, in narrow 5-4 decisions. One of the Court's conservative justices, Willis Van Devanter, also retired, allowing Roosevelt an opportunity to make an appointment without expanding the Court. The episode became famously known as "the switch in time that saved nine."

The court-packing proposal was eventually abandoned, but the episode remains an important warning about the consequences of trying to manipulate the size of the Supreme Court for political purposes.

As noted above, Democrats are once again openly strategizing on changing the Supreme Court because they disagree with its rulings. The lesson from 1937 is clear: changing the number of justices to achieve a desired political outcome threatens the independence of the judiciary and the constitutional system of checks and balances.

If Democrats think Americans have forgotten what happened the last time a president tried to reshape the Supreme Court for political purposes, they should think again.

History remembers.

Jobs Rebound Shows America Is Back to Work

Friday's jobs report delivers some welcome news for American workers and families. The economy added 162,000 jobs in August, more than twice what economists expected, while the unemployment rate held steady at a low 4.1 percent. Even better, job gains for June and July were revised upward by a combined 55,000 jobs. Just think, four years ago, during Sleepy Joe Biden's unpresidency, the inflation rate reached 9.1% in June 2022, marking a 40-year high.

This is what happens when Republicans put growth, investment and American workers first. President Trump and Republicans in Congress have been working to cut taxes, roll back burdensome regulations, unleash American energy and bring manufacturing and investment back home. Those policies are giving businesses greater confidence to invest and create jobs.

There is still work to do, particularly on inflation and the cost of living, but this report is a clear sign that the American economy is moving in the right direction. Republican policies are helping rebuild an economy left in shambles by Joe Biden where Americans can work, earn a good living and get ahead.

Securing the Border and Removing Criminals

For years, Arizona has been on the front lines of the border crisis. Communities across our state have paid the price for an open-border agenda that allowed cartels, fentanyl and dangerous criminals to enter our country. That is changing.

The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have made securing the border and enforcing our immigration laws a priority. The results are clear: data released this week note that ICE arrested 50,925 illegals in August, breaking the previous monthly record set just one month earlier. It marks the third consecutive month that ICE has set a record for arrests.

More importantly, these enforcement efforts are targeting the people who pose the greatest threat to our communities. Among those arrested were illegals convicted of murder, sexual assault of minors, child pornography, DUI manslaughter and fentanyl trafficking.

This is what enforcing our laws looks like. President Trump has ended the previous administration's policy of looking the other way and has empowered ICE to find, arrest and deport those who are here illegally-especially those who have committed serious crimes. More than three million lawbreakers have left the United States since President Trump returned to office, according to DHS.

As a border-state Congressman, I have seen firsthand why this matters. Arizona families deserve a secure border, safe communities and an immigration system that puts the interests of American citizens first. The days of an open border and catch-and-release are over. Republicans and President Trump are delivering on the promise to secure our border and remove dangerous criminals from our communities.



Standing With Arizona's Ranchers

Arizona ranchers have spent years dealing with the consequences of federal policies that put predator protection ahead of the people who actually live and work on the land. President Trump is now taking a different approach.

This week, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the federal government to support America's ranchers and specifically ordering the Department of the Interior to determine whether gray wolves and Mexican wolves meet the criteria for delisting. The order also calls for legislative recommendations to delist these wolves, greater coordination with states and improved compensation for livestock losses caused by predators.

For Arizona, this is a big deal.

The Mexican wolf has been protected under the ESA for decades, even as its population has grown well beyond the original federal recovery goals. Meanwhile, Arizona ranchers have watched their cattle and livestock become prey while facing heavy restrictions on how they can respond.

The wolf's growing U.S. population-including hundreds held in captive breeding facilities-is evidence that it is time to move beyond perpetual federal protection.

That is why I introduced HR 4255, the Enhancing Safety for Animals Act. My legislation would remove the Mexican wolf from the Endangered Species Act and separate U.S. wolf management from recovery goals tied to Mexico. It would put management decisions back in the hands of states and local stakeholders who understand the land, the livestock and the challenges facing rural communities.

President Trump's action moves federal policy in the direction I have been fighting for. Arizona ranchers should not have to choose between protecting their livelihoods and complying with Washington bureaucrats. We can conserve wildlife without sacrificing the families, businesses and communities that make rural Arizona strong.



And Finally…

With Halloween just around the corner, have you ever wondered what everyone was dressing up as the year you were born? This week, Reader's Digest put together a fun trip down memory lane, and the answers are a pretty entertaining snapshot of American pop culture.

Depending on your birth year, you might have been welcomed into the world by cowboys, Elvis, The Beatles or Willy Wonka. Later generations had Princess Leia, Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters, Batman and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And if you were born in the 1990s or early 2000s, you might have been surrounded by Barney, Power Rangers, Star Trek, Harry Potter or Spider-Man.

It's a reminder that Halloween costumes have always been about more than candy and creepy decorations-they're a little time capsule of what America was watching, listening to and talking about at the time.

So, what was the most popular Halloween costume the year you were born? Check out the list, settle an argument with your family and see whether your birth year produced a classic-or something you'd rather leave buried in the graveyard!

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Photo of the Week:

Paulette Millspaugh from Prescott, AZ sent in this cool photo of a Cooper's Hawk that flew in and perched on the railing on her deck for a half hour! That's amazing, Paulette. Thanks for sharing.

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Gosar in the News and Other Must-Read Stories:

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Daily Signal: Victor Davis Hanson: The Left Is Dragging America Back to the Dark Ages

Executive Gov: ICE Surpasses Record Monthly Arrests in August

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