Serving on the POLSC 202 Senate was one of the best experiences of my life. I was able to serve my district, District 15, and work for the betterment of our society at larger. I worked hard every time I entered the Senate chambers, drafting legislation, debating with my colleagues, and working to craft a better America for my constituents. During this session I had the privilege of sitting on two committees. I chaired the Veterans Affairs, Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs (VAFR) committee, and sat on the Rules, Budget, Finance, and Appropriations (Rules) committee. During my tenure on both committees I was able to work on legislation and have a successful and productive session.

During my time on the VAFR committee I worked on two key …show more content…
The first bill that the Senate floor saw was S. 3856 which was a bill that increased funding to defense manufacturing which is something that my district strongly supports. After voting on S.3856 the Senate floor saw S.1001 which, as I mentioned before was an appropriations bill from the Rules committee. As I previously mentioned, I voted in favor of this bill because of the decrease in the income tax and the increase in the corporate tax. S.010, my bill, was the next bill to see the floor which passed 16 to 1. The Senate then saw S.0420 which was one of the most contested bills of this senate. Personally, I voted in favor of this bill after all of the amendments. Given that District 15 is a more socially liberal district I believed that this bill would be inline the best with the opinions held there. Shortly after the passing of the passing of the bill I wrote an opinion editorial explaining why I voted the way I did, and why I believed that the Presidents threats to veto were uncalled for. During the next general assembly, the Senate saw S.1010 which was a bill that attempted to provide better security for the prevention of gun violence. After reading S.1010 I felt as though it was far too aggressive. I believed that S.1010 took away too many rights that are granted to United States citizens by restricting their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Furthermore, I argued that section 3 of the bill was in direct violation of D.C. v. Heller a court case from 2008 which established that storage requirements on fire arms are unconstitutional. I voted against this bill on the floor, but unfortunately it passed in a 10-8 vote. S.4693 was the next bill to be seen on the Senate floor, which was a bill that I supported. My close colleague and fellow Republican Sen. Stevenson wrote the bill which mandated parameters for