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Owens Co-Sponsors Legislation Bill to Immediately Defund Biden Administration’s “Ministry of Truth”

May 10, 2022
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-sponsored legislation introduced by Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04) to prohibit federal funding for the Department of Homeland Security’s recently announced, “Disinformation Governance Board.” 

“The Biden Administration’s Disinformation Governance Board is a political tool for so-called experts to referee free speech,” said Rep. Owens. “I’m proud to support this commonsense legislation to prevent Utahns’ hard-earned taxpayer dollars from funding the obstruction of their First Amendment rights.” 

The full legislative text is available here. 

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