These funds are expected to modernize facilities and technology while deploying innovative care models to bring high-quality health services to rural communities throughout the Nation.
On December 29, 2025, the White House announcedCongressional Bill H.R. 1043 Signed into Lawauthorizing the release of 3,400 acres of federally-managed land at fair market value to La Paz County, Arizona.
HR1043- La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act was introduced by Paul A Gosar (R-AZ-9) on February 6, 2025 to sell 3,400 acres of Federal land to La Paz County, Arizona to be used to construct a solar energy farm. La Paz County entered into an agreement with 174 Power Globalprior to 2020 for the solar farm. This agreement was fostered through Congressional Bill S47 the John D Dingell Jr Conservation, Management, and Recreation Actsigned into law on March 12, 2019 by President Trump. The project is also supported by the Colorado River Indian Tribes because they think it will create sustainable jobs. Also, it looks like this acreage will become part of tribal land according to the BLM 2020 press release. I tried to find the 2023 BLM map of the area; but, was unsuccessful (only maps through 2022 are currently available in the search engine they provide). So, I went to my standby: google maps (click to enlarge):
I note that the BLM land is not being granted to La Paz County - it is being sold at fair market value. In addition, the solar project is an agreement between a solar company and the county involved - no Federal government money involved. I wonder if an AI facility will be created nearby with as much electrical energy as they anticipate this solar farm will produce; but, then again, I think the AI facilities are anticipated to use nuclear power as it is more reliable.
HR504 - Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act was introduced by Carlos A Gimenez (R-FL-28) on January 16, 2025 to authorize expansion of the Miccosukee Reserved Area to incorporate a portion of the Everglades National Park known as the Osceola Camp from flooding.
In the disapproval notice, President Trump noted that the original Miccosukee Reserved Area Act authorized the Miccosukee Tribe to permanently occupy an area within the Everglades National Park. The Tribe expanded their occupation to the area known as Osceola Camp without Congressional approval. They created a residential community complete with wastewater treatment and a fresh water supply, unfortunately, the area floods.
President Trump points out that the camp was constructed in 1935 without authorization. The area was raised with fill material and a gift shop and single family residence was built. The structures currently in the area are less than 50 years old and do not meet the criterion for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The prior plan to protect the unauthorized encampment would cost upwards of $14,000,000. In addition, the Tribe actively seeks to obstruct Immigration Law.
President Trump considers this bill a "special interest" project. In addition, President Trump writes:
Ending the massive cost of taxpayer handouts and restoring fiscal sanity is vital to economic growth and the fiscal health of the Nation. This principle carries especially heavy weight here; it is not the Federal Governments responsibility to pay to fix problems in an area that the Tribe has never been authorized to occupy.
I agree with President Trump's decision in this matter. We should not use taxpayer funds to enable squatters who occupy Federal land without Congressional approval. I also note this bill passed Congress through a voice-only vote. Now that it has been vetoed, Congress critters will have to put their name to their vote on this issue (see info below on Article 1, Section 7 of the US Constitution).
HR131 - Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act was introduced by Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4) on January 3, 2025 to modify the repayment for the Arkansas Valley Conduit by removing interest payments and extending the repayment period to 100 years. This conduit is a 130-mile pipeline for delivery water from the Pueblo Reservoir to 39 communities in the Arkansas River Valley. This pipeline was originally authorized through the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project Act in 1962. It was amended in 2009 featuring a cost-sharing of 65% Federal and 35% local funding. The project finally began on April 28, 2023 with a groundbreaking attended by about 150 people. This bill extends repayment for 75 years and halves the interest rate being paid on the loan.
In the disapproval notice, President Trump cited the fact that more than $249,000,000 has already been spent on this project and total costs are estimated to be $1,300,000,000 by the time the project is finished and will service approximately 60,000 people. That's about $21,667 per person receiving benefit from the project. HR131 would force taxpayers to pay even more of this massive cost when the original project allocated payment for the project to the localities using it. He ended the notice with:
For these reasons, I cannot support the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act. Therefore, it is my duty to return H.R. 131 to the House of Representatives without my approval.
Newsweek has implied that this veto is because Tina Peters is still imprisoned in Colorado. However, I do not think President Trump is that petty. He was very clear that extending the repayment to the Federal government over 75 years with the interest rate cut in 1/2 when the entire project was supposed to be financed by the specific localities receiving the benefit places an unreasonable burden on the US Taxpayer. I agree with this decision.
Plus, just because it has been vetoed by the President does not mean that Congress can't enact the bill into law. This bill passed both the House and the Senate in a voice vote. Now that President Trump has vetoed the bill, it returns for a full Congressional vote where 2/3 of the Congress has to approve the bill. Historically:
. . . 38 of 45 Presidents have exercised their veto authority a total of 2,576 times. Congress has overridden these vetoes on 111 occasions (4.3%). Presidents have vetoed 83 appropriations bills, and Congress has overridden 12 (14.5%) of these vetoes . . .
The US Constitution, in Article 1, Section 7 (discussed in my October 2, 2025 ANP Article) has a remedy for when a President vetoes a bill, returning it to Congress:
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.
Remember the bill originally passed both houses with a verbal vote. In order to override the Veto, Congress critters will now have to put their name on their vote. We shall see if they still have 2/3 of the vote to override the veto once they have to attach their name to this very expensive boondoggle.
Those are some of the exact words used by Googles censors, aka 'Orwelliancontent police,' in describing many of our controversial stories.Stories later proven to be truthful and light years ahead of the mainstream media. But because we reported those 'inconvenient truths' they're trying to bankrupt ANP.
