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It is completely mind-boggling that amidst an energy and supply chain crisis, President Biden would remove a source of power and transportation for an entire region. Yet, just last week, the White House updated their blog with a post about doing just that: breaching the four Lower Snake River Dams.

Issues: Agriculture Energy Hydropower and Water Rights

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March 29, 2022
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds
It is with a heavy heart that I write this. Two weeks ago, Pierce County Sheriff’s Deputy Dominique "Dom" Calata, a 35-year-old Army veteran who had been with the force for the past six and a half years, made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting his community.
Issues: Law Enforcement

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March 23, 2022
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds
One of the biggest misconceptions about Daylight Saving Time is that farmers pushed for it, because “they needed daylight hours to work in their fields”. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Issues: Agriculture

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March 15, 2022
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds
As the Congressman for Washington’s 4th Congressional District, my number one priority is advocating for the people who live and work right here in Central Washington, contributing to our communities and economy.
Issues: Agriculture Spending and Economy Hanford Health Care Hydropower and Water Rights

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President Biden's actions are undermining any positive environmental achievements we have made over the past decade while directly causing an exponential increase in gas prices.
Issues: Energy

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This week, President Biden will stand before a joint session of Congress to give his annual State of the Union Address. He’s likely to talk about Russia’s unprovoked attack against Ukraine spurred by Putin’s desire to recreate the Soviet Union. He’ll probably mention his response through sanctions, and how we stand with our NATO allies.

Issues: Energy

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February 23, 2022
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

The past few years have been tough, confusing, isolating. In a word? Uncertain.

Remember when we were told not to wear masks? Now, it’s mask up, vax up, or get out. 

Issues: Education

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February 15, 2022
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds
If you ask almost any farmer in Central Washington these days what their most pervasive problem is, I can guarantee they’ll say labor.
Issues: Agriculture Immigration and the Southern Border

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February 8, 2022
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

Living in Central Washington means you’re pretty much as far as you can get from the southern border while remaining in the land of the free, so it’s easy to think President Biden’s open-border policies don’t affect us. Unfortunately, that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Issues: Fentanyl Crisis

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February 1, 2022
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

If you’ve been paying any attention to the news over the last year, you’ve probably been hearing more and more about the supply chain issues facing our country. And if you’ve visited the grocery store in the last couple of months, you probably felt those effects in your pocketbook.

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