Weekly Columns and Op-Eds
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July 19, 2022
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.
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July 12, 2022
This week marked the conclusion of the public comment period for Governor Inslee and Senator Murray’s recently released draft Lower Snake River Dams Benefit Replacement Report.
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July 5, 2022
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.
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June 28, 2022
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.
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June 22, 2022
The Biden Administration must be held accountable for failing to serve Central Washington’s veterans.
Issues:Veterans
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June 14, 2022
A year and a half ago, when President Biden was sworn into office, gas prices were $2.39 a gallon. Today, gas prices have more than doubled, averaging $5.01 per gallon.
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June 7, 2022
China has been buying up American farmland, and, for some reason, people aren’t worried about it.
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June 1, 2022
In the United States, we produce energy cleaner and safer than anywhere else in the world, for traditional resources like oil and natural gas as well as for emerging resources and innovative technologies.
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May 24, 2022
As Memorial Day approaches each year, I reflect on the debt that each and every American owes to the heroes who have fought to preserve our freedoms. Throughout our history, more than one million Americans, in Lincoln’s words, “gave their last full measure of devotion” in our nation’s defense.
Issues:Veterans
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May 17, 2022
The vulnerability of our nation’s food supply chain is plaguing every single community across America. Our producers and our consumers are struggling to keep up with rising costs and supply chain delays.
Issues:Agriculture