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Restoring order at the border

Restoring order at the border

Chaos is the one word that accurately describes the current situation at the southern border. The present state of affairs that has gone on for more than two years as a direct result of reckless and thoughtless policy decisions by the Biden Administration is endangering lives and U.S. security. It cannot continue as is. However, last week House Republicans advanced legislation to restore order and alleviate this national security and humanitarian crisis of unprecedented proportions. 05/25/2023 05:00 AM

Mental Health Awareness month in May

Mental Health Awareness month in May

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to come together as a community to shift from stigma associated with mental health issues, raise awareness of resources available for those dealing with mental health issues and to start conversations encouraging those in need to seek support and treatment. 05/25/2023 05:00 AM

Uplifting Oklahomans in foster care

Uplifting Oklahomans in foster care

Please join me in recognizing and honoring May as National Foster Care Awareness Month. God has blessed Christie and me with six wonderful children who are the pride and joy of our lives. We often say when it comes to our kids, ‘three came natural, and three we chose,’ meaning that three of our children came into our family through the blessing of adoption. Our hearts have only gotten bigger with the addition of Jayce, and our twin girls, Ivy and Lynette. 05/25/2023 05:00 AM

Quiet time

My life is busy. From sun up to sun down, I am always running as fast as I can. It can be very overwhelming, and of course tiring at times. In fact, every person I meet seems to be living a busy life too. I do not think I have ever spoken with someone who said, “I really wish I had more things to do.” If that person exists, I would like to meet them and find out their secret. 05/18/2023 05:00 AM

Haws, Lawson nominated to commissions

Haws, Lawson nominated to commissions

Two weeks and counting until we gavel out of the 2023 legislative session. While it started out promising with historic revenues to appropriate, the process has gotten bogged down in education funding and policy disagreements. 05/18/2023 05:00 AM

Countering coercion

Countering coercion

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. 05/18/2023 05:00 AM

Supporting state’s military installations

Supporting state’s military installations

May is Military Appreciation Month, and there is no better place to celebrate our nation’s active-duty service members and veterans than right here in Oklahoma. 05/18/2023 05:00 AM

Bill on seniors caught in education battle

Bill on seniors caught in education battle

The countdown is on as the final month of session gets underway. 05/11/2023 05:00 AM

Library Book Sale, Craft Show, blood drive planned June 3

Library Book Sale, Craft Show, blood drive planned June 3

Friends of the Newcastle Public Library will host their annual Book Sale and Craft show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 3 at the library, 705 N.W. 10th Street. 05/11/2023 05:00 AM

Bringing critical supply chains home

Bringing critical supply chains home

The House of Representatives passed two critical pieces of legislation recently. While the more widely known bill addressed the debt ceiling, we also passed a consequential bipartisan and bicameral resolution to hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for its illegal trade subsidies and return critical manufacturing capacity to the United States where it belongs. 05/11/2023 05:00 AM

Passing the buck

Passing the buck

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. 05/04/2023 05:00 AM