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Grijalva: Ryan Zinke is destroying the Interior Department

During his confirmation hearing and throughout his time in office, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has presented himself as an admirer of Teddy Roosevelt and a believer in conservation. But le...

DATE: Dec 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Scarborough: Perfecting the art of the self-deal

The political system is rigged for the richest insiders in America. When we talk about the insider, who are we talking about? It’s the comfortable politician only looking out for ...

DATE: Dec 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Funt: Rural America’s struggle

There are 14,321 Dollar General stores in America. It’s chain that many shoppers have never heard of, yet it has more stores than Starbucks. According to the Wall Street Journal, ...

DATE: Dec 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Marcus: Thank you, Mr. President, for unleashing my patriotism

WASHINGTON – Here, for me at least, is the comforting paradox of the age of Trump: I have never respected a president less, nor loved my country more. This sentiment may startle. ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Olen: As lawmakers rush home, a lot of vulnerable people are in limbo

Last week, President Donald Trump left Washington D.C. for Mar-a-Lago, and members of Congress scattered around the country headed home for the holiday break. But let’s not forget that there...

DATE: Dec 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Kristof: My worst columns of 2017

We journalists like to boast about how many clicks our stories get, or how our columns go viral. Fair enough, but today let me show off my clunkers. These are pieces I wrote that ...

DATE: Dec 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

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DATE: Dec 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Schultz: A timely rescue for a little dog and our family too

Two days after Thanksgiving, our son-in-law left our home to go out for a run and, upon his return, rang our doorbell. This is not his habit when he stays with us. “Why...

DATE: Dec 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Beckwith: Two years in, lopsided progress on the Colorado water plan

On the second anniversary of the release of Colorado’s Water Plan, a few key facts are unchanged: A swelling population is stretching our water supplies, evidence is mounting that climate ch...

DATE: Dec 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Brooks: GOP tax bill a missed opportunity to help workers and the middle class

I am not appalled that the Republican tax bill cuts the corporate tax rate to 21 percent. Some of my liberal friends treat this as a moral horror and trot out all sorts of awful distribution...

DATE: Dec 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Krugman: Passing through to corruption

Unless something drastic happens, this will be the week Republicans ram through a tax cut that adds more than a trillion dollars to federal debt while undermining health care for millions. T...

DATE: Dec 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Parker: Collateral damage of “credibly accused”

WASHINGTON – As the #MeToo movement gained momentum the past several weeks -- and more than a dozen powerful men accused of sexual misconduct were suspended, fired or banished into the outer...

DATE: Dec 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

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