Weekly Columns

Completing Critical Year-End Work

January 4, 2021 Weekly Columns

Although the new Congress is already beginning to take shape, it was just several days ago that lawmakers completed critical legislative work for the American people.

Delivering Safe and Effective Vaccines

December 29, 2020 Weekly Columns

While 2020 has certainly been one of the most challenging years in modern history and recent memory, there is hope on the horizon that better days are ahead.

Issues:

Healthcare

A Vaccine in Record Time

December 21, 2020 Weekly Columns

As we celebrate Christmas this week and look toward 2021, I am grateful that vaccines are already beginning to reach frontline health care workers and the most vulnerable in our communities, providing hope for better days ahead.

Issues:

Healthcare

Evolving Challenges

December 14, 2020 Weekly Columns

Last week, both chambers of Congress passed the same version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2021, sending it to the president’s desk.

Issues:

Defense and National Security

Reflections on Pearl Harbor

December 7, 2020 Weekly Columns

This week marks 79 years since the devastating surprise attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, which former President Franklin D. Roosevelt called “the date which will live in infamy.” It was this event that officially drew the United States into the Second World War.

Issues:

Defense and National Security, Veterans & Military Retirees

Cole Op-Ed in Southwest Ledger: COVID vaccine a triumphant achievement

December 3, 2020 Weekly Columns

When we started this year, none of us expected or would have predicted the hardships coming in 2020, most devastatingly due to the global spread of an awful coronavirus that originated in China.

Issues:

Healthcare

Supporting Small Business

November 30, 2020 Weekly Columns

Over the weekend on Small Business Saturday, we were reminded of how important it is to shop small and shop local during this season.

Issues:

Small Business

We Still Give Thanks

November 23, 2020 Weekly Columns

This has been a very trying year, filled with challenges and difficulties none of us expected to face. While I wish the trials had reached their end, we must hang on and continue to persevere.

Issues:

Healthcare

The Work Left To Do

November 15, 2020 Weekly Columns

As the end of the year draws nearer, unfinished legislative work remains for lawmakers in both chambers of Congress. In the coming days and weeks, it is critically important that members come together to tackle the pressing work left to do.

A Debt of Gratitude

November 9, 2020 Weekly Columns

Throughout American history, millions of brave men and women have selflessly answered the call to protect our freedom and preserve liberty by serving in the military.

Issues:

Veterans & Military Retirees