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September 26, 2022
Weekly Column: Widespread Inflation Not Under Control, Especially In Idaho
In August, consumer prices rose 8.3 percent relative to a year earlier, rising higher and faster than economists predicted and more than double the historic long-run average... Continue Reading -
September 19, 2022
Weekly Column: Water Resources Development Act--Expanding Collaborative Partnerships In Idaho
Through collaborative processes, we can achieve workable solutions to some of the most challenging issues involving our natural resources that balance the clear need for... Continue Reading -
September 12, 2022
Weekly Column: Homes Are A Foundation For Idaho Families
Housing affordability is a critical issue in Idaho and all across the country. With higher interest rates set by the Fed, higher mortgage rates follow, making it all the... Continue Reading -
September 05, 2022
Weekly Column: Working To Protect Idahoans From Supersized IRS Enforcement
When Congress debated the "American Rescue Plan" in early 2021, Democrats insisted this partisan, $1.9 trillion debt-financed spending spree would not fuel inflation and was... Continue Reading -
August 29, 2022
Weekly Column: We Must Be Careful About Red Flag Laws
Congress recently passed and the President signed into law S. 2938, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Although this law contained some needed solutions to address... Continue Reading -
August 22, 2022
Weekly Column: Strengthening Our Alliances
Former President Ronald Regan said, “Strength is the most persuasive argument we have to convince our adversaries to negotiate seriously and to cease bullying other... Continue Reading -
August 15, 2022
Weekly Column: Federal Bureaucrats Should Not Dictate Social Policy Affecting Idahoans
I have long fought efforts to politicize financial decisions. Sadly, this is something we continue to see at the federal level. For example, look at the U.S.... Continue Reading -
August 08, 2022
Weekly Column: As Idahoans Struggle With Sky-high Inflation, Democrats Plan Tax Hikes
Even as Idahoans are reeling from pain at the pump, shock in the grocery aisles and continued erosion of their paychecks, Democrats continue to advocate for using partisan... Continue Reading -
August 01, 2022
Weekly Column: Well-Earned Retirement Savings
Idahoans work very hard. Some work well beyond a typical retirement age. Having the retirement savings necessary to enable Idahoans to choose whether to work,... Continue Reading -
July 27, 2022
Washington Examiner: Democrats' small business surtax would crush Main Street’s recovery
People are reeling from pain at the pump, shock in the grocery aisles, and the continued erosion of their paychecks. Buying a house is becoming... Continue Reading -
Unemployment fraud during the pandemic has been the greatest theft of taxpayer dollars in American history. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) estimates unemployment... Continue Reading
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July 18, 2022
Weekly Column: Solutions To Mass Shootings
Idahoans deserve to live without fearing for their life--whether at the supermarket, school or home. Incidents of gun violence around the country have rightly focused... Continue Reading -
July 11, 2022
Weekly Column: Gas Tax Gimmicks Distract From Real Solution To High Gas Prices: Unleashing American Energy Production
Taking the family camping did not used to be considered a luxury vacation. However, with the average cost of a gallon of gas hovering around $5 and much higher in many... Continue Reading -
July 04, 2022
Weekly Column: The Wonder Of America Is All Around Us
On the Fourth of July, we celebrate our nation’s independence as a unique country—built on a bedrock of individual liberties and self-governance that we continue... Continue Reading -
Last year’s partisan, nearly $2 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) gave $350 billion to governments of states, localities, territories and Tribes, but lacked any... Continue Reading
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June 20, 2022
Weekly Column: Women's Central Role In Idaho Agriculture
As agriculture production heats up in fields and communities across our great state, it is a good time to spotlight the leadership of Idaho women in feeding a hungry world and... Continue Reading -
Americans spend millions of hours and billions of dollars filing their taxes. At the very least the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should open, read, process and protect... Continue Reading
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We owe it to Idaho veterans to ensure they get proper access to the services they deserve. These include ensuring systems designed to streamline veterans services do not... Continue Reading
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May 30, 2022
Weekly Column: Sad Irony: Now Reportedly Shuttered Disinformation Governance Board lacks Information
Idahoans have been rightfully concerned with the Biden Administration’s brazen attempt to establish a federal propaganda panel under the guise of countering... Continue Reading -
May 23, 2022
Weekly Column: Rise In Police Deaths Nationwide Reinforces Need To Support Idaho Police Officers
I have read with alarm the reports of high national rates of police officers murdered or ambushed by violent criminals. When communities are soft on crime and focused on... Continue Reading
