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Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

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Pack of Bacon on the Shelf with price tag of $6.99
December 14, 2021
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

On Friday, the Labor Department announced that consumer prices increased by 6.8 percent in November compared to last year, the largest annual increase in over 39 years. If that doesn't make apparent the impacts President Biden's policies are having on American families to my progressive colleagues, I don't know what will.

Issues:Spending and Economy

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Ritzville Tractor
December 8, 2021
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

Ensuring the voices of Central Washington are heard in our nation's capital has always been my priority. Under the progressive stranglehold the far left has on the Biden Administration, protecting rural communities is more critical than ever before.

Issues:AgricultureEnergyHydropower and Water RightsWildfires and Forest Management

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Afghanistan Withdrawal
November 30, 2021
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

It has been three months since the Biden-Harris Administration finalized the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan on August 30th, and Americans are still stranded, waiting to be rescued from the Taliban-controlled region.


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Police Officer with Badge Visible
November 24, 2021
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

As talks of defunding the police ring through the halls of Congress, West-side legislators in Olympia continue to push through policies that are negatively impacting our communities, and this time, the consequences could be dangerous.

Issues:Law Enforcement

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Closed Sign
November 16, 2021
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

President Biden is so focused on passing the so-called "Build Back Better" Act that he has completely missed multiple warning signs that his failed policies are leading our economy straight toward disaster.

Inflation? Check. Supply chain crisis? Check. Energy shortage? Check. Labor? Nowhere to be found.

Issues:Spending and Economy

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Dan Newhouse with Veterans
November 9, 2021
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

103 years ago, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, an armistice between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect and ended "the war to end all wars."

Issues:Veterans

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Pres. Joe Biden speaking at a podium
November 2, 2021
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

President Biden is more concerned about government control than the safety of our workforce or the protection of our individual rights.

On September 9, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order requiring all federal employees and contractors be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 22, 2021 and December 8, 2021, respectively. The alternative? Termination.

Issues:Health Care

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Snake River Boat
October 26, 2021
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

For more than 20 years, a group of plaintiffs led by a litigious special interest environmental group have held our region hostage, threatening to breach our dams and drain the lifeblood of our region.

Issues:Hydropower and Water Rights

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gas pump
October 19, 2021
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

This month, gas prices nationwide are the highest they've been since October 2014, and President Biden's failed energy policies are directly responsible.

Issues:Energy