As someone who reads every bill before I vote for it, let alone any bill I introduce myself, I would not endorse a bill before it is even written.
So I was puzzled to learn that Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) had endorsed a bill called the BREATHE Act, which has yet to be introduced (not to be confused with an unrelated bill with the same name, H.R. 585,… Read more »
July 4 is an important date in our country’s history. It was also an important date in the lives of two notable Founding Fathers who were friends and rivals.
On July 4, 1776, both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were in Philadelphia as the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. The Massachusetts lawyer Adams had been an outspoken advocate for independence… Read more »
Energy production in the United States had soared to new heights in recent years. Unfortunately, while vast swathes of the economy were devastated by the impact of the coronavirus, few have been hit as hard as the energy sector.
Consumption of energy plummeted as businesses closed their doors and stay at home orders kept cars off the roads and planes on the ground. This month, the U.S.… Read more »
Make Sure You’ve Been Counted in the Census
Every ten years, the Census counts the number of people living in our country. The Constitution obligates this count, and although the 2020 Census ran into the extraordinary circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic, the count continues with adjustments.
It began with an invitation to complete the Census, mailed to most households in… Read more »
June 6 was the 76th anniversary of the D-Day landings, when Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe who oversaw the landings, called D-Day a “great and noble undertaking.” Indeed, it was among the greatest undertakings in history, an enormous and complex operation of men and machinery moving toward the goal of freeing… Read more »
George Floyd
Like many Americans, I am appalled by what happened to George Floyd. The officers involved in his death did not recognize his constitutional rights to due process or even his dignity as a human being.
I am glad the Department of Justice is investigating. It is right and proper, and the actions by these particular police officers was disgraceful.
FISA
All Americans fall… Read more »
On Memorial Day, we remember those whom we see no more.
They are the men and women who died in war while serving our country. As our fellow citizens, they were family, friends, neighbors, members of the community. When our country called, they answered, and they number over a million in all from 1775 to today.
Memorial Day was officially declared a national holiday in 1971 by Congress,… Read more »
During the coronavirus outbreak, we have witnessed the heroic work of health care professionals. Doctors and nurses have been on the front lines, treating patients and attending to their health care needs under the trying circumstances of a pandemic.
May 17 through 23 of this year is Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week, and the contributions of EMS personnel have been vital as well. As… Read more »
Don’t Redefine “Flattening the Curve”
I recently spent a day with the New River Public Health Task Force, meeting with its members and touring facilities. The task force has guided the New River region’s response to the coronavirus, and I appreciated the opportunity to learn more firsthand about their important work.
Virginia as a whole, unfortunately, has lagged in testing for… Read more »
As we continue to address the coronavirus outbreak, it is important also to plan for what comes next.
To slow the spread of the virus, states, including Virginia, imposed restrictions on gatherings, shuttered non-essential businesses, ordered citizens to stay at home, and generally curtailed many activities that make up our daily lives.
The intent behind these orders was to “flatten the… Read more »
