I hope you are doing well during this prolonged and difficult season we're in. This is a very challenging time for most people in Washington. The COVID-19 situation has resulted in...
With the 60-day session ending March 12, normally I would be providing a final report of the session activities. However, in the days since the session adjourned, the coronavirus (COVID-19) has...
Only 20 days remaining of the scheduled 60-day legislative session. In the past two weeks, we've been working long and late hours debating and passing House bills to the Senate and...
We've not yet reached the halfway point of the scheduled 60-day session, and already we're rapidly approaching our first major deadline — house of origin policy committee cutoff. That's this Friday,...
We are now near the end of the first week of the 2020 legislative session, which began Monday, Jan. 13, and is scheduled for 60 days, with an ending date of...
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, filled with family and friends. Beginning tomorrow, Sunday, Dec. 1, legislators will be under election-year restrictions until Jan. 13, the first day of session....
I sent this information to our local news media today. I wanted to make sure you also know about the new district office opening. Rep. Vicki Kraft opens 17th District legislative...
In his first Inaugural Address on Jan. 20, 1981, President Ronald Reagan noted that growth of government jeopardizes what we as Americans hold to be most precious — our freedoms. “We...
Just a quick reminder as I'd like to encourage you to attend our 17th District town hall meeting with me, Rep. Paul Harris and Sen. Lynda Wilson tomorrow morning (June 1),...
The 105-day session came to a close on Sunday, April 28. In some people's view, it was not soon enough! With large Democratic majorities in both the House and Senate, there...
