Ask one question before you vote this fall should Washington or Americans hold the keys?

Every election eventually becomes noise, a churn of endless polls, ads, debates, arguments about arguments and outrage about outrage.Two years of governing gets flattened into 30-second clips until the people who actually have to live with the decisions can barely tell what’s at stake.For me, it comes down to one question: Who holds the keys, who makes the decisions — Washington or you?When Republicans took control of Congress 20 months ago, families were still feeling the effects of massive inflation.The border was wide open, with hundreds of thousands of illegals jumping the border every month.Parents were fighting to be heard in their own children’s schools.Washington had spent years taking more control over what Americans could earn and build.So Republicans immediately set about cutting government down to size and making it work for you.You can see it in your paycheck.We put more of your money back in your pocket through massive tax cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.We added relief for workers who earn tips and overtime pay.We created a new deduction for seniors and restored incentives for businesses to invest here at home.Americans claimed more than $82 billion in individual tax relief and 97% of filers received a bigger tax cut.Every House Democrat voted against that bill.

To me, that vote represented something bigger than tax policy: a disagreement over who should make the next decision with your money.We think you should.But limiting government’s reach doesn’t mean abandoning its most basic responsibilities; securing the border is one of them.Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, we slammed the border shut, resulting in the most secure border in modern American history.We’ve now gone 16 straight months without a single illegal immigrant being released into the country.That’s a 180-degree turnaround, after Democrats’ dangerous catch-and-release policy flooded the country with foreigners — some, outright criminals — who shouldn...