March 23, 2025

Mr Crank;

I see that the Republican Administration has begun to close off public access to data that has been collected with public monies by public agencies. These include NOAA, CDC, and EPA.

These data have been used to establish historical trends and to project future trends, both by federal agencies and by interested members of the general public. All of this helps to promote the general welfare, as mandated by the founding fathers.

Even worse is the idea that these data are no longer going to be collected, thereby corrupting decades of public good, because some in the Republican Administration don’t want the data to tear down their belief system.

Please work to ensure that the data collected by our public agencies remains available to the public for future analysis and interpretation.

Jack Heneghan

Another note to my representative, March 6, 2025:

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Mr. Crank;

I notice, with interest, that the Republican Administration is looking to put up lot of Federal office space up for sale in the near future, all of this to save $400M+ in annual operational costs.

I think it would behoove Congress to pass a bill forbidding the Federal government from leasing back (or buying back for more money) any of the sold-off office space in the next 25 years, just to prevent the appearance of profiteering and corruption.

Jack Heneghan

Again, response to another missive I didn’t copy. I think this response came about 3 weeks later.

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Another response from my Representative. He doesn’t seem to be opposing the Republican Regime. I notice that DOGE has been tasked to provide recommendations, but not to implement changes. This seems contrary to what I see being reported.

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Jeff Crank

5th District, Colorado

Congress of the United States. House of Representatives. Washington, DC 20515

February 28, 2025

Hello Jack,

Thank you for contacting me regarding the review of federal spending and reorganization of the executive branch. I appreciate hearing from you and welcome the opportunity to respond.

As you may know, on his first day in office President Trump renamed the U.S. Digital Service as the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Service. DOGE is a temporary organization that will terminate on July 4, 2026—per the President’s order. The President has directed DOGE to provide recommendations on how to reduce federal spending, reorganize certain agencies, and improve interoperability between agencies. Changes to agency operations or policies must be approved and ordered by the head of each relevant agency or department, which is traditionally a Secretary appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Congressional approval is also required for some decisions.

I support President Trump’s efforts to reduce federal spending and eliminate fraud. The national debt is well over $36 trillion and increases by over $1.8 trillion every year. The Government Accountability Office estimates that the federal government loses over half a trillion dollars a year to fraud. The national debt has grown to the point where we now spend more simply paying off interest on the debt than we spend on national defense. This is unsustainable. Without serious course correction, essential government services like Social Security will become insolvent by 2033. There is no way to save these programs without serious cuts to federal spending.

Please know that I will keep your views in mind should legislation related to this topic come to the House floor for a vote.

Again, thank you for contacting me. If you would like more information, or to request help with a federal agency, please visit my website at crank.house.gov. There you can sign up for my newsletter or keep in touch with me through my social media.

Sincerely,

Jeff Crank Signature.

Jeff Crank

Member of Congress

This is from an earlier post I didn’t copy. I believe it was about why Congress is letting the Executive Branch cancel programs and monies that Congress has appropriated.

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Well, I got a response for my query about Congress holding the power of the purse. Seems to be a bit wishy-washy about doing anything in Congress, which is where it should be addressed.

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Jeff Crank

5th District, Colorado

Congress of the United States. House of Representatives. Washington, DC 20515

February 25, 2025

Hello Jack,

Thank you for contacting me regarding the budget. I appreciate hearing from you and welcome the opportunity to respond.

As you may know, Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the authority to create and appropriate a budget for the federal government. Over the years, excess and out of control spending by Congress has put our country into a staggering amount of debt. This bloated and unaccounted for spending has put our nation’s financial future into question.

The national debt is well over $36 trillion and increases by over $1.8 trillion every year. The Government Accountability Office estimates that the federal government loses over half a trillion dollars a year to fraud. The national debt has grown to the point where we now spend more simply paying off interest on the debt than we spend on national defense. This is unsustainable. Without serious course correction, essential government services like Social Security will become insolvent by 2033. There is no way to save these programs without serious cuts to federal spending.

I support President Trump’s efforts to reduce federal spending and eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse. Congress must find responsible and aggressive measures to balance our budget while staying true to our commitments to the American people.

Please know that I will keep your views in mind should any legislation related to this topic come to the House floor for a vote.

Again, thank you for contacting me. If you would like more information, or to request help with a federal agency, please visit my website at crank.house.gov. There you can sign up for my newsletter or keep in touch with me through my social media.

Sincerely,

Jeff Crank Signature.

Jeff Crank

Member of Congress

I have started to sent missives to my Representative in Congress, Jeff Crank. I missed copying the first few, not realizing that once they were sent they disappeared. I have since figured to copy them before I sent them so I could have a copy at hand.

February 21, 2025:

Mr. Crank,

Why is the Republican Administration firing IRS workers now, before Tax Day? It was hard enough to reach an IRS agent before this latest round of firings and layoffs to answer tax questions.

Jack Heneghan