Pop quiz: Can a U.S. president drop by a local store and fire the manager and the assistant manager, then go fire the gas station attendant, then fire the cook and two wait staff at a restaurant? If you said, “no,” you passed the test. In China, Nor...

When it can often take hours to drive to access the best medical care, rural hospitals are essential. Whether in downstate Illinois or in small-town Oklahoma, rural hospitals are the backbone of our communities. They don’t just provide critical h...

As Oklahomans, we know all too well how to weather a storm. This spring we are experiencing more than hailstones; we are facing a health and economic storm such as we have never faced. We have done what it takes to “flatten the curve” to protect our...

In the wee hours of the morning last Friday, the Senate passed a 2,232-page, $1.3 trillion budget-busting spending bill barely 24 hours after it was introduced to the public. The bill provides funding for the 2018 fiscal year, which began six months...

Just before Christmas, Congress passed and the President signed into law a tax reform bill that makes major improvements to our tax code. It’s only been two months, but tax reform is already working for Oklahomans. Many companies across the nation a...

A recent op-ed in The Hill and New York Times report both bemoaned the loss of the Justice Department’s so-called “Access to Justice” (A2J) office. Despite the office’s stated mission to “deliver outcomes that are fair and accessible to all,” the...

One thing did not change on Tuesday, Nov. 8 – our unsustainable and exploding nearly $20 trillion national debt. While America was focused on an unconventional presidential election season, the federal debt increased $587 billion in fiscal year 2...

When Oklahomans asked me to represent them in Washington, D.C., I knew that I would not win every fight on every policy, but I understood many issues are worth the fight and the stand, even if you do not win. But I can honestly say, I never dreamed...