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On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., reflected on the 118th Congress, her first as a senator. In the 119th Congress, Senator Britt will serve on the Judiciary, Appropriations, Banking, and Rules committees.
“Each and every day I serve as U.S. Senator for the great state of Alabama, I fight to grow opportunity for hardworking families and preserve the American Dream for generations to come. As I reflect on my first Congress, I’m proud to say that I’ve kept my promise to put Alabama first throughout the past two years, and I look forward to building on our important work in the 119th Congress,” Britt said in an official press release.
“From being a responsible steward of Alabamians’ taxpayer dollars and returning them home to invest in our state; to pushing back on the Biden Administration’s reckless agenda; to introducing bipartisan solutions addressing child care, maternal health, and youth mental health; to combating America’s border crisis and strengthening interior immigration enforcement; to ensuring our warfighters remain the best equipped, trained, and prepared in the world and their families have the support they need; to fighting for Main Street America—I have made sure Alabamians’ voices are heard,” Britt continued. “Our people, values, and interests have a strong seat at the table in the Senate, and we are just getting started.”
“Heading into this next Congress, I am excited and ready to accomplish even more and deliver long-lasting wins for Alabamians. With Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress and President Trump back in the White House, we have a generational opportunity to implement the America First agenda voters overwhelmingly supported in November. Together, we will secure the border, grow opportunity and prosperity for hardworking Americans, unleash American energy dominance, restore peace through strength, and put our families back in the driver’s seat,” she concluded.
In just two years, Britt has quickly gained prominence among Senate Republicans for her conservative agenda. Britt received CPAC’s Award for Conservative Achievement, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America’s Champion of Youth Award, the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Friend of the Family Award, and the Salvation Army’s Fight for Good Award. She also received an A+ rating from the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America’s Candidate Fund for her anti-abortion policy stances, and an A rating from NumbersUSA, the second-highest score among all U.S. Senators, for her anti-immigrant policy.
Meanwhile, Britt scores 0 percent on the AFL-CIO’s legislative scorecard for supporting American labor, a 6 percent on the League of Conservation Voters National Environmental Scorecard, and remains an opponent of common sense gun reform.
Britt’s Tuesday press release touts all of the legislative actions which Britt took during the 118th Congress, including those which returned “Alabamians’ hard-earned taxpayer dollars back to Alabama.”
On the Senate Appropriations Committee, “Britt brought more than $6.9 billion back to the state in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) appropriations process, $1.232 billion of which she directly secured.” Among the money which Britt secured for the state is funding for military infrastructure, healthcare, construction, transportation, and law enforcement. Britt also secured an amendment which delivers “$1 million in funding for research into how peanut farmers in Alabama and nationwide can best combat drought conditions.”
Britt also played a role in passing the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024, which “supports critical improvements in Alabama’s water infrastructure,” according to her press release.
Much of Britt’s work in the 118th Congress was also focused on pushing anti-immigrant policy, as xenophobic conspiracy theories took hold in Alabama and across the country.
“Weeks into her first term, Senator Britt introduced a package of four pieces of legislation… [including] the Keep Our Communities Safe Act, to stop the Biden-Harris catch-and-release agenda, and the WALL Act, to complete building the wall on the southern border,” reads the press release.
Britt “introduced the Laken Riley Act, which would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest illegal aliens who commit theft, burglary, larceny, or shoplifting offenses and would mandate that these aliens are detained until they are removed from the United States so they cannot reoffend and commit further crimes.” Riley’s family has decried the politicization of her murder.
Britt supported a slew of other bills aimed at limiting immigration as outlined in her official press release.
Additionally, the senator was involved in various pieces of healthcare legislation, focusing on “addressing rural health care needs, prioritizing child care affordability and accessibility, supporting moms throughout all seasons of motherhood, building a comprehensive culture of life, and putting tools in the hands of parents to combat the negative impacts of social media on children and teens.”
Britt introduced the IVF Protection Act in an attempt to legislate protections for in vitro fertilization (IVF) services following the Alabama Supreme Court’s controversial ruling in February that declared frozen embryos to be legal human beings. However, Britt and other Senate Republicans blocked a bill in September that would have codified IVF protections into law and mandated insurance coverage of related procedures.
Britt also introduced and supported various pieces of legislation to increase child care affordability and accessibility, “to provide critical support for women during challenging phases of motherhood,” to expand access to urgent obstetric care, to “eliminate copays and other out-of-pocket expenses for breast cancer diagnostic tests,” and to address youth mental health.
Economically, Britt opposed federal financial regulations, claiming that they would harm “Main Street America,” small businesses, and consumers in Alabama.
And lastly, Britt’s press release boasts that the senator “fought for [national security] legislation to implement a peace through strength doctrine to once again prioritize America First policies.”
Last month, Senator Britt’s bipartisan DHS Better Ballistic Body Armor Act passed the Senate. The bill would require all Department of Homeland Security agencies to provide ballistic body armor to law enforcement officers.
Britt also claims to have “supported several pieces of legislation holding foreign adversaries accountable and standing up for hardworking Americans,” citing the Foreign Adversary Risk Management (FARM), Protect Our Bases, and Not One More Inch or Acre Acts.
Britt has also repeatedly acted as an outspoken supporter of Israel as the country continues to perpetuate a humanitarian crisis in Gaza and as multiple international organizations have accused the Israeli military of committing genocide against the Palestinian people. Despite this, Britt boasts traveling to Israel with a bipartisan group of senators to “meet with leaders across the region and emphasize the United States’ unequivocal support for Israel.”
In relation to her support of Israel, Britt has repeatedly pushed for sanctions against Iran “and their financial networks that fund terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.”
Britt’s influence in the Senate will likely only grow in the 119th Congress, as she joins the influential Senate Judiciary Committee.
