Paul Cook: “I always boil it down to the KISS principle. Keep it simple stupid.”

Yes, we have already been pretty public in stating that, for offshore drilling, we believe very firmly the moratorium should be in place.

There also appears to be a consensus among experts that the trend of high rates of domestic violence against Native women continue despite the enactment of two major Federal laws since 2010 to tackle this problem.

I cannot support legislation that will make it harder for families in my district to heat their homes, put food on their table, and further financially burden the middle class.

Eliminating or sharply curtailing the ability of tribes to carry out resource extraction and development on tribal lands would be the wrong approach.