Category: Editorial

Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman Four hundred years ago this month, a group of just over 100 people arrived off the shores of Cape Cod after a two-month sail from England. They were dissenters from the Church of England like the Puritans but went further by formally separating from the established church they considered to be corrupt beyond repair. We call them “Pilgrims” although there is only one instance when any…

Not sure I could write more about these unusual times than has been written. The uncertainty caused by the pandemic continues as cases are spiking around the country. Families and friends are rethinking Thanksgiving traditions, changing plans, in some cases sacrificing this year in order to hopefully have many more in the future. Veterans Day was different this year. While some schools usually have programs and ceremonies to honor our…

Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman Congress returns to Washington this week after a six-week hiatus for the election. Since the end of July, we have only met for a few weeks, and the work we need to complete has piled up. This Congress ends at noon on Sunday, January 3 when the new Congress will be sworn in and start all over again as any bills pending from the old Congress…

Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman Election Day has come and gone. Despite the fact that multiple national news sites have “called” the presidential election, court cases and recounts are going forward in several states where the margin is less than 1 percent, and we don’t yet “know” who was elected president. By Federal law, all election disputes must be resolved by December 8 and presidential electors must meet and cast their…

Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman I’ll never forget sitting in the US House Chamber in January of 2017 watching the counting of the Electoral College votes from the 2016 presidential election. Under the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution, the sitting Vice President opens and counts the votes as submitted and certified by the electors chosen from each state, and the Vice President must do so “in the presence of the Senate…