Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

Americans today are facing a lot of uncertainty.

Right now, the price of gas, groceries, and just about everything else we buy is rising exponentially and the GDP has decreased for the second quarter in a row, officially entering our economy into a recession.

In Central Washington, we have much to be grateful for. We are surrounded by bountiful farmland, majestic rivers, and a resilient community of families, farmers, small business owners, and veterans.

The cost of gas and groceries has gone through the roof, and it’s hardworking Americans who are—quite literally—paying the price. Fortunately, I have legislation that would tamp down the runaway costs of food: the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.

With three months left in the fiscal year, southern border encounters have already surpassed the record-setting 1,734,686 encounters that occurred in Fiscal Year 2021. So far in 2022, almost double the number of suspected terrorists have crossed the border than during the entire previous Administration.

As Central Washington and the nation at-large gather as a community to celebrate these ideals, we remain grateful for the privilege that life in this nation guarantees and hopeful that, when we unite as one, we will turn the corner to face a better tomorrow.

WOTUS and an overbearing Clean Water Act have the potential to destroy the livelihoods of farmers and ranchers across the United States and hamstring our nation’s food supply. Unfortunately, the ramifications go far beyond food security.