Op-Eds and Blogs

Op-eds 04/12/2021
Spending Blowout Imposes Costs Beyond the Enormous Price Tag
I left the private sector in 2010 to campaign for the U.S. Senate. I began serving in 2011, when the country’s total national debt was $14 trillion. At $28 trillion, it is now double that, with trillions more guaranteed to be added over the next few years. Where has all the money gone? Where will all the money go? No one really knows. Few seem to care.
Op-eds 04/11/2021
Investigate Good, Existing Covid Therapies
We already have evidence for generics reducing Covid death rates.
Op-eds 03/29/2021
Biden's border crisis – here are tragedies I saw during tour of Texas migrant facilities
During Friday’s tour of the Rio Grande with 18 of my Republican Senate colleagues, our boat slowed down to prevent its wake from disturbing a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol craft stationed near the shoreline. The Texas Department of Public Safety officer commanding our boat pointed out a dead body floating in the water that the CBP boat was responding to. That corpse was just one of many tragic things we witnessed during our two-day trip to the border near McAllen, Texas.
Op-eds 03/15/2021
I Won’t Be Silenced by the Left
They twisted what I said about Jan. 6 because they want Americans to forget last summer’s violence and destruction. I’m amazed but not surprised. Those who seek political advantage by dividing the nation hurl the worst possible accusations to silence anyone who challenges their left-wing agenda.
Op-eds 02/2/2021
YouTube Cancels the U.S. Senate
Google’s YouTube has ratcheted up censorship to a new level by removing two videos from a U.S. Senate committee. They were from a Dec. 8 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on early treatment of Covid-19. One was a 30-minute summary; the other was the opening statement of critical-care specialist Pierre Kory.
In the News: Blog 01/29/2021
NIH Response to Senator Johnson on COVID-19 Treatments
Op-eds 01/21/2021
Mainstream Media Drops All Pretense of Objectivity
The mainstream media have dropped all pretense of objectivity and can no longer be trusted. It’s well past time for the media to look in the mirror and acknowledge the role their bias has played in widening our national divide and exacerbating the problem.
In the News: Blog 01/19/2021
Eligibility Rule Letter to Senator Johnson
In the News: Blog 01/15/2021
FDA Response Letter to Senator Johnson
In the News: Blog 01/4/2021
USTR Response Letter