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The coming incompetence crisis in Washington

I just read that the Trump administration has filled only 22 of the 553 key positions that require Senate confirmation. This makes me worry that the administration will not have enough manpo...

DATE: Apr 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Karma, precedent and now we have the nuclear option

WASHINGTON – For euphemism, dissimulation and outright hypocrisy, there is nothing quite as entertaining as the periodic Senate dust-ups over Supreme Court appointments and the filibuster. T...

DATE: Apr 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Walkers using the Animas River Trail should be wary of proposed e-bike plan

The Animas River Trail is a prime recreational venue. People use it to walk, cycle, exercise their dogs, spend time with friends and family, skateboard and stroll with children in buggies an...

DATE: Apr 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Monument status may damage Bears Ears

I’m not a native-born Utahn, but I came here 40 years ago and made it my home. One of my first views of this remarkable land was of the Bears Ears area of southern Utah. It is sacred territo...

DATE: Apr 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Administration should face opium addiction despair

The health care bill failed. The odds of successful tax reform are remote, and in any case an actual proposal is months away. If we lived in a normal country our president would use the curr...

DATE: Apr 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

200 years of public health has doubled our life expectancy

With National Public Health Week taking place April 3-9, I ask you to take a trip back in time and imagine yourself living 200 years ago in 1817. Living conditions then were vastly different...

DATE: Apr 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Opinion pieces on grazing are misleading

Our business and livelihood depend on responsible shepherding

DATE: Apr 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Michael Gerson: This presidency is failing – and stunningly

WASHINGTON – In the aftermath of the GOP health care debacle came a revealing act of candor. House Speaker Paul Ryan admitted that his party, which controls the House, Senate and White House...

DATE: Apr 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Efforts to end grazing are shortsighted

As the bighorn/domestic sheep conflict continues to be an issue, I felt it was important to attend the Sheep in Montana – Domestic and Wild – The State of Things and What We Know About Disea...

DATE: Apr 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Gail Collins: Trump remembers the ladies

Women’s History Month is coming to an end. Donald Trump must be absolutely exhausted. “... the White House has been hosting events all throughout March,” press secretary Sean Spic...

DATE: Apr 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

State grant funds plan for Ewing Mesa event center

One of the things that we get kind of excited about at La Plata County is leveraging partnerships to benefit our community. We do this all the time: Energy impact grants from the ...

DATE: Apr 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Charles Krauthammer: The road to single-payer health care has been paved

WASHINGTON – Repeal-and-replace (for Obamacare) is not quite dead. It has been declared so, but what that means is that, for now, the president has (apparently) washed his hands of it and th...

DATE: Mar 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman