A resolute and generous community
I was working on the east coast when I received news of an unprecedented wildfire in southern Lake County. The Valley Fire, as it would come to be known, was...
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Congressman”s Commentary: Time to get on board
The state of our union is getting stronger, but we have more work to do. Whether it''s creating jobs, getting our fiscal house in order, fixing our broken immigration system,...
Congressman”s Commentary
I, along with a bipartisan group of 29 Senators and Representatives sent a letter to President Obama Wednesday calling for Master Limited Partnerships and Real Estate Investment Trusts to be...
Congressman reacts to Romney foreign policy speech at Virginia Military Academy
On Monday Governor Romney again tried to reinvent his stance on foreign policy, advocating for a failed neocon approach and sounding a lot like he wants to wage war on...
Legislation would harm small wineries
A few months ago, I testified before the courts and competition policy subcommittee that the wholesalers'' legislative proposal would seriously harm thousands of American businesses that make wine, beer and...
Legislative action was needed to sustain national economy
In Rick Kennedy''s column (Record-Bee, October 4), he would lead you to believe that the rescue bill passed by Congress last week benefits greedy executives on Wall Street and no...
Fuel crisis needs short- and long-term solutions
American families don''t have to turn on the TV or read a newspaper to know we''re in a fuel crisis. It''s impacting our lives far beyond the strain of $5...
President Bush”s veto of SCHIP is politics of ?worst kind”
Occasionally, an issue comes before Congress that is so clearly aligned with American values that Members across the political spectrum come together to support a solution. Giving uninsured children access...
