I am an active member and leader within the House Freedom Caucus, an organization comprised of roughly 40 conservatives dedicated to changing Washington and holding Republican leadership accountable.  As Politico reports, we are focused on "allowing legislation and amendments to flow through committees in a deliberative way, and giving individual members a chance to offer amendments and to have their ideas voted on on the House floor. Instead of waiting until right before the latest legislative crisis erupts, then twisting members’ arms for votes, they argue, leadership must empower the rank and file on the front end and let the process work its will."

Richard Viguerie of ConservativeHQ said, "Rep. Gosar’s reputation as a fighter for the conservative agenda has left him as one of the few reliable full spectrum conservatives in the House...The Washington establishment is not happy with Rep. Gosar, and the House Freedom Caucus to which he belongs, and they are behind the efforts to defeat Gosar.  They want a stooge to vote the way they demand and they think…Rep. Paul Gosar, who like millions of other Americans has said enough is enough, and is willing to tenaciously fight every battle to preserve our liberty."

Daniel Horowitz of Conservative Review wrote, “Since 2012, [Gosar] has not only been a reliable conservative vote, but a conservative voice for so many initiatives on immigration. He joined in the fight against John Boehner and is always a reliable vote whenever conservatives need to take down a rule on bad legislation. In short, Gosar has become one of the most conservative members and a model for improvement in the House.”

Breitbart News reported, “Gosar has been one of the few members of Congress who has fought for conservative values in Washington. With the help of other conservative leaders, Gosar worked to oust former House Speaker John Boehner. He has also been a vocal critic of President Obama’s unlawful amnesty policies and the Obama administration’s botched Fast and Furious operation.

The American Conservative Union (ACU) named Dr. Gosar its inaugural “Conservative in the Spotlight. “Congressman Gosar fights relentlessly against the unlawful EPA and for limiting the growth of government,” said ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp. “We are proud of Congressman Gosar’s leadership and how he identifies misconduct, pushes back against it, and defends Americans from government overreach.”

I have challenged the status quo my entire life and always call a spade a spade. Our country needs more bold, conservative leaders that will actually do what they promised to do prior to coming to Washington D.C.  I will continue to do everything I can to fight the status quo and change Washington, even if it costs me my own reelection.  There is too much at stake to let this madness continue.

One thing is clear, when I took office the tone on Capitol Hill was that of embracing business as usual.  Politicians were more concerned about getting reelected than making the tough decisions necessary to get our country back on track. Particularly, the Senate and the White House did not want to make any spending cuts and were actively supporting budgets that actually increased spending.

I refuse to go along with the status quo of more wasteful federal spending and have done my part to change the flawed culture in Washington.  The House of Representatives has the power of the purse and must stop spending money we simply do not have. I have passed 84 amendments through the House, most of which were focused on cutting wasteful government spending or blocking job-killing regulations. In three fiscal years alone, my amendments cut and prevented more than $1.6 billion in wasteful federal spending. Some of these successes include cutting the IRS budget by $350 million, preventing $440 million from going to terrorist organizations like ISIS and prohibiting bonuses for IRS bureaucrats.

I refused to let the Obama Administration force their misguided ideology through regulatory overreach and led the charge in blocking job-killing new regulations.  I fought WOTUS since the beginning and introduced legislation, inserted funding riders into appropriations bills, blocked a democrat amendment that tried to strip one of my riders, and voted at least five different times for legislation that has passed the House to block WOTUS.  I introduced legislation to block the EPA’s new ozone regulation. Nearly 700 stakeholders throughout the country called on Congress to stop the overreaching new ozone rule that many believe is “the most expensive regulation in history.” 

I led the charge in seeking to remove Obama’s henchmen, introducing articles of impeachment against EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and IRS Commissioner John Koskinen as well as leading the charge against Attorney General Eric Holder.  I spearhaded the effort opposing Obama's new housing regulation, one of Obama's most far-reaching attempts yet to punish communities that don’t submit to his liberal ideology.