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Weekly Columns

May 9, 2023
Weekly Columns
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for quite some time has used malign economic coercion tactics to intimidate its neighbors in the Indo-Pacific region and manipulate them to surrender to various types of political, economic and other demands.
Issues:Foreign Affairs

May 1, 2023
Weekly Columns
Last week, the House of Representatives passed two critical pieces of legislation.
Issues:Energy & EnvironmentForeign Affairs

April 24, 2023
Weekly Columns
Established by former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger in 1986, the Month of the Military Child has since been celebrated every April to recognize the 1.6 million children of our men and women in uniform.
Issues:Defense, National Security & Foreign Affairs

April 17, 2023
Weekly Columns
The late, great Democratic President Harry S. Truman once famously placed a sign on his desk which proclaimed, “The Buck Stops Here.” Surely, “Give ‘em Hell Harry” is rolling in his grave on the release of the Biden Administration’s reports on its disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021.
Issues:Defense, National Security & Foreign AffairsForeign Affairs

April 10, 2023
Weekly Columns
Oklahoma has unfortunately already endured a string of disastrous tornadoes this year.

April 3, 2023
Weekly Columns
On his first day in office, President Joe Biden rescinded the permit the Keystone XL pipeline, and followed that up by suspending new oil and gas leasing and drilling on federal lands and waters.
Issues:Energy & Environment

March 27, 2023
Weekly Columns
The deadline for filing your 2022 taxes with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is less than a month away, and it is critical you file your tax returns on or before Tax Day to avoid late penalties.
Issues:Taxes

March 20, 2023
Weekly Columns
Earlier this month, President Joe Biden submitted his fiscal year 2024 budget request to Congress, and to use his own words, “Come on, man.”
Issues:Defense, National Security & Foreign AffairsEconomy & Small BusinessEnergy & Environment

March 13, 2023
Weekly Columns

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has shown the world repeatedly that it cannot be trusted as a global partner. And given its deceptive actions taken at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic when COVID-19 first emerged in China, the CCP has also shown it cannot be trusted as a health partner as well.

Issues:Foreign AffairsHealthcare

March 6, 2023
Weekly Columns
Since assuming office, President Joe Biden has issued an unprecedented number of unchecked executive orders that have undoubtedly hindered the United States’ economy from fully recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.
Issues:Economy & Small Business