Category: Editorial

Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman The day I was sworn into Congress, a man I had never met before but had heard a lot about and admired approached me to introduce himself and welcome me to the House. His name was John Lewis. He told me he was born and raised in Troy, Alabama, and though he lived and represented a district in Georgia, he still felt a strong connection to…

What does a pandemic do? It changes things. And it cancels things. For the past several years, the fourth Saturday in July has been a busy one for Atmore News and for Myrna and me personally. Usually Don or Ditto – or both – cover the Unity in the Community event at Grace Fellowship. It’s a big to-do with games, activities, information, food, entertainment, school uniforms and supplies. It’s a…

Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman When the House returns to business next Monday, we will take up the National Defense Authorization Act I wrote about last week. Then we will take up appropriations bills for next fiscal year, which begins October 1, and likely another Coronavirus bill. This spring I voted for both of the CARES Acts, which together spent $3 trillion. That was on top of this year’s projected total…

I don’t much like wearing a seatbelt. Sometimes it feels like it’s choking me when it gets near my throat. But I adjust it and keep going. Even if it were not a law, I’d wear my seatbelt because I have a better chance of surviving an accident if I have it on. And if you and I are in a crash, I hope you would have your seatbelt on…

Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman Last week, the House Armed Services Committee, which I’m proud to be a member of, passed and sent to the full House the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. This is the 60th year in a row that we have passed this act out of Committee, and since we passed it unanimously, we are optimistic it will pass the full…