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During my 24 years as an orthopedic surgeon in Casper, I served as President of the WY Medical Society and was named Physician of the Year. I’ve had decades of experience caring for our families and patients.
Before serving in the U.S. Senate, I represented Natrona County in the WY State Senate. The Legislature trained me to effectively represent our interests and issues that matter most to our state.
In the U.S. Senate, I’m proud of my strong, conservative record that puts WY first. I serve on committees that directly impact our energy industry, public lands, national parks, and trade. I’ve successfully promoted WY’s economy and natural resources, strengthened our national security, cut wasteful DC spending, while cutting back regulations
Whether it is coal, oil, or natural gas, Wyoming’s energy powers the nation. The current administration has declared war on American energy. President Biden has put in place barriers and restrictions to stop energy production and development. It is hurting our economy and jobs in Wyoming. I support federal legislation to strike Washington’s stifling energy regulations and to expedite the federal permitting process.
First and foremost, we need a president who will actually enforce the immigration laws already on the books. The open border policies of the Biden administration have turned every state into a border state, including Wyoming. Increased drug trafficking has contributed to fentanyl overdose deaths in Wyoming – doubling the number from five years ago. It’s unacceptable.
We need to focus on solutions that will stop the flood of illegal immigrants and make our communities safer. That starts with building the wall, ending the outrageous catch-and-release program, and bringing back the Remain in Mexico policy.
In Wyoming, our livelihoods depend on preserving the health of our federal lands. We don’t need the Bureau of Land Management to mandate conservation – it’s always been a big part of everything we do. Wyoming landowners and leaseholders have proven to be the best stewards of the land. Despite our incredible track record, the Biden administration continues to roll out rules and plans aimed at turning Wyoming’s federal lands from “multiple-use” to “non-use.” The people of Wyoming depend on access to these lands for our livelihoods – including energy and mineral production, grazing, and recreation. I continue to lead the fight to stop this attack on our Wyoming way of life.
Our nation has a long history of supporting democracy and freedom around the world. Over the past few years, we have seen brutal dictators in Iran, Russia and China violently suppress the freedoms and rights of its citizens. We must continue to advocate for the American values that are the foundation of our country. I am committed to advancing the principles of democracy, protecting religious freedom and safeguarding liberty.
My current constituency is members of the largest Retiree Chapter chartered by the American Postal Workers Union where I serve as President.
My educational background after High School was working towards a degree in Liberal Arts and mathematics. I continue this endeavor today and currently have a GPA of 3.85.
I have served as President and Director of Industrial Relations with the ninth largest local in the USA in the 1990's.
I work as President of the Retiree Chapter, EEOC Rep, MSPB rep, SSDI rep, ADA rep and Medicare Appeals Advocate without charge and have been involved in these forums for over 40 years.
I have worked closely with my Legislative Director and contacted ALL my WY Congressional members on a weekly basis.
I have advocated for and supported both HR 82 in the US House and S 597 in the US Senate. The social security fairness act is a bill I have supported for decades.
After 66 calls, Representative at Large, Harriet Hageman, did finally co-sponsor HR 82. Through my efforts and the efforts of others, there are currently over 300 co-sponsors of the social security fairness act in the House and over 51 co-sponsors of S 597 in the US Senate. Senators Barrasso and Lummis refuse to co-sponsor social security fairness despite my multiple pleas for them to do so.
This legislation would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provisions and the Government Offset Provisions of the 1986 amendments to Social Security enacted during the Reagan Administration.
I fully support the current bipartisan legislation in the US Senate, "Secure the Border Act" S 2824. NOT because it is perfect but because it meets my two top priorities.
1. More Border Patrol Agents (BPA). It is insurmountable to patrol our borders without adequate BPA staffing.
2. It is also very challenging to process asylum requests without enough judges to do so. The United States has a legal responsibility to adjudicate ALL asylum requests under domestic and international law.
HR 2 that passed the House in this 118th Congress fails to meet these two top priorities of mine and focuses too much on "the wall". Unfortunately, folks who want to enter the USA illegally can go over or under any wall, as they do today.
The Bureau of Land Management has issued its final rule for federal lands, putting conservation on equal footing with other uses such as mining and grazing in April of this year.
Every American had the opportunity to express their opinions on this rule during the comment period provided prior to the final rule.
My comments supported conservation being placed on equal footing with other activities like free grazing for factory farms on the backs of the US taxpayer and permits for mining that the taxpayers are asked to fund the clean up for.
These are your lands and should be treated as such in lieu of giving cart blanche to large corporations to to with our lands as the please. Oil and gas companies and others MUST mitigate damages.
The United States of America should continue their centuries long practices of promoting and protecting democracy worldwide.
History has taught us that allowing dictators to invade sovereign countries can lead to the death of innocents, including children, and reek havoc for the entire globe.
We do need to be more consistent in that endeavor since the hypocrisy of supporting dictators in many cases whilst besmirching other dictators in other situations sabotages our efforts to spread democracy.
The funding to help Ukraine is absolutely necessary while allowing genocides to play out (currently in at least five countries) without attempts to stop such crimes against humanity is a sign of moral bankruptcy.
