If there is one thing that Americans can agree on at this moment in our history, it’s that we have an opioid problem. An epidemic that touches every state and county. In fact, we all likely know someone who has become addicted to oxycodone, morphine, fentanyl, or any of the other countless prescription painkillers that […]
After the departure of Optima insurance, large portions of the 9th District will be the “the only places in the U.S. without at least one insurer” who provides coverage under the ACA. This will affect over 70,000 individuals in this area, including thousands in Pulaski County. This issue, according to the insurers is the uncertainty […]
Let’s imagine you’re striking out from home for the first time. Growing up, you felt like your family never really knew how to handle money. So the day you get your first job, you also go out and hire the services of a personal financial advisor. Not just any financial advisor though: a highly qualified […]
Should companies like Comcast be able to sell your internet browsing history without your permission? Most Americans would say “no”, yet the Congress voted to allow just that. Americans have enjoyed a legal right to privacy from your communications provider under Section 222 of the Telecommunications Act for more than twenty years. When Congress made […]
Recently I received a letter from our member of Congress, H. Morgan Griffith, regarding some questions I had for him about broadband access. I appreciate that he noted that “many families and businesses in rural areas of the country, including parts of the Ninth District,… need access to fast and reliable broadband.” Acknowledging there is […]
If Congress were responsible They’d say, “This is too much! Seven hundred thousand people? I feel so out of touch!” Your representative would think, “These voices aren’t all heard! My district is too large! Please cut it to a third.” If Congress were responsible No state would be at large. Five Montanans, three Vermonters, Their […]