The House of Representatives should not be locked down by the decided play of a few in leadership.

By keeping your eye on the ultimate goal, you lean into the mess and try to make the outcome a little better.

We must continue to foster relevant and constructive dialogue among Israeli and Palestinian communities.

I'm proud to be able to represent Bellevue and the Offutt and StratCom communities.

If power lies more and more in the hands of corporations rather than governments, the most effective way to be political is not to cast one's vote at the ballot box, but to do so at the supermarket or at a shareholders' meeting. When provoked, corporations respond.

We stand with our Muslim community as President Trump singles them out for attack and unfairly-targeted policy.

We need to stop illegal immigration totally and reduce legal immigration and end the diversity visas policy pushed hard by President Clinton and allowing many persons from the Middle East to come to this country.

We know that if we're going to remain economically competitive in the world, and viable as a civic democracy, that we're going to have to get more people educated to higher levels.