Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced alarming new plans to set carbon standards for existing power plants as the agency simultaneously pursues a reckless agenda of taking reliable, affordable power offline in Arizona and across the country. Read more »

After the tragic deaths of the fallen heroes in Yarnell, I joined Vice-President Biden and thousands in Prescott, Arizona at a memorial service for the 19 elite firefighters, known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots. The outpouring of support at the memorial service, and the prior memorials attended by thousands, made one thing certain: the entire nation shares in this loss. Read more »

Osama bin Laden. Saddam Hussein. John Dillinger. Bonnie and Clyde. These terrorists, mass murderers, bank robbers and professional criminals at one point in our nation’s history were Public Enemy Number One. The Obama Administration has added more and more names and now, finally, the American people are all on the wanted list. Read more »

Recently Salt River Project, the operator of the Navajo Generating Station, announced it would shut down about 33 percent of the plant in short order, with an agreement that will likely shut the entire plant by 2044. Read more »

It is no surprise that America has lost faith in its chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. The high-profile scandals at Mr. Holder’s Department of Justice are serious enough to warrant firing the attorney general. Read more »

People throughout Arizona and across the nation are suffering from the effects of our down economy. Prices at the pump continue to rise and electric bills are increasing as we enter the heat of the summer. Read more »

In a blog published Wednesday on azcentral.com, “Gosar: No more presidential monuments,” columnist Linda Valdez implied that I was against all land monument designations. This could not be further from the truth. Read more »

Obamacare: It's not about your health By REP. PAUL GOSAR Although Americans were told there was a medical crisis that only nationalized health care could solve, Obamacare was never truly about your health. Indeed, putting a bureaucrat between you and your doctor is not good for your health. Obamacare was about government control over a large sector of the economy, and intrusion… Read more »

From the cover-up of the failures of the Benghazi attack to the IRS targeting conservative groups to the Department of Justice secretly seizing phone records from the Associated Press, the public’s faith in government diminished — and rightfully so. Read more »

Skim the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s weekly fishing report and you can see — spring is here and fishing is back. This is great news for anglers. But it is also good news for our economy, and underscores the importance of common-sense policies and public-private partnerships that sustain public lands and provide opportunities for sportsmen and all of us to access and enjoy the outdoors. Read more »