“Speaking nothing of how we often fall short in keeping our promises, we frequently play an unnecessary game of politics with key issues - using must-pass legislation such as disaster relief as a vehicle to sweeten unrelated, contentious bills that may not otherwise pass as stand-alone measures.”

American politician

Mark Randall Meadows is an American politician who served as White House chief of staff from 2020 to 2021 in the first Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, he also represented North Carolina’s 11th congressional district in the U.S. House from 2013 to 2020. Before moving to the White House, Meadows was a House member and chaired the Freedom Caucus from 2017 to 2019. He was regarded as one of Donald Trump’s closest allies in the House of Representatives, a role that helped define his national profile.