Timothy E. Wirth and Samuel A. Worthington
| May 25, 2012, 11:29 a.m.
The world is at an urgent crossroads in public health. With only a few more than 50 cases worldwide so far in 2012, we are closer than ever to eradicating polio. But progress might not hold with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative facing a nearly $1 billion funding gap.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney
| May 24, 2012, Midnight
No action by House Republicans more confirms they have driven themselves off the ideological cliff than their recent vote to label the Constitution itself as “unconstitutional.”
Boyd Patterson
| May 24, 2012, Midnight
Late last year, a deaf man was held in a Colorado jail for 25 days because he was not given access to a sign-language interpreter. And once he was given access and was able to communicate with officials, the charges against him were dropped. He spent nearly a month in jail in a violation of his basic rights to a fair and speedy trial simply because he wasn’t given a timely opportunity to communicate with authorities.
Emily Woglom
| May 24, 2012, Midnight
The gross overreaction by critics of the National Ocean Policy has now moved beyond baseless criticism.
Tim Ryan
| May 23, 2012, 12:01 a.m.
Over the past week, some in Washington and the media have seized on headlines to further their philosophical views devoid of the facts and irrespective of the current legal and regulatory framework. Before calling for broad and sweeping prescriptions that could have long-term negative effects on economic growth, we first need to find out exactly what happened.
Michael Shank
| May 23, 2012, Midnight
Recent Istanbul negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 and this week’s Baghdad negotiations have tempered, albeit temporarily, the cry for war.
John Engler
| May 23, 2012, Midnight
This year’s World Trade Week sees welcome action on several fronts. The U.S.-Colombia free-trade agreement is taking effect and the United States is negotiating with eight other countries from the Asia-Pacific region to advance our Trans-Pacific Partnership. Also, the United States and European Union are working hard on a new and dynamic Transatlantic Partnership.
Dan Epstein
| May 22, 2012, Midnight
Hollywood glorifies them, the media lauds them as heroes, and Members of Congress wave bills around asserting to protect them, but are federal whistle-blowers being retaliated against by their own agencies?
Cheryl M. McNair
| May 21, 2012, Midnight
By the age of 35, my late husband, Ronald E. McNair, had earned his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, became an accomplished physicist and gone on to serve as the second African-American astronaut in our nation’s history.
Tim Glaeser
| May 21, 2012, Midnight
Last week, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress that China is assisting North Korea with its missile program. The secretary’s admission came on the heels of the hermit nation’s internationally condemned test rocket launch.
Christopher Conover and Jerry Ellig
| May 21, 2012, Midnight
Some consumers and businesses might see a little extra cash this summer as a result of the 2010 health care law. The Kaiser Family Foundation recently reported an estimated $1.3 billion in rebates will be delivered from health insurers who spent more than the law allotted on administrative expenses and profits.
Gen. James Jones
| May 18, 2012, Midnight
For a half century, the NATO alliance has been the cornerstone of the United States’ and Europe’s shared security. The alliance’s enlargement has been a priority at each major meeting of NATO heads of state since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Rep. Fred Upton
| May 17, 2012, Midnight
Despite some easing over the past month, buying a tank of gas still takes a big bite out of the monthly budget — money that could be used for life’s other necessities.
Rep. Michael Burgess
| May 17, 2012, Midnight
As a physician working in Congress to help guide public policies that support American innovation, I see few things more promising than the tremendous strides in the development of personalized medicine.
David M. Walker
| May 16, 2012, 12:38 p.m.
Sen. Dick Lugar’s loss in the Indiana GOP primary is another indication that moderates are an endangered species in Washington, D.C.
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner
| May 16, 2012, 10:43 a.m.
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and we welcome motorcyclists from across the country to Washington for “Bikers Inside the Beltway” week. During this week, Congress should be reminded that effective motorcycle safety can help keep all of us safer on the road, but efforts to expand a government program that arbitrarily roadblocks law-abiding motorcyclists are a misguided, ineffective use of taxpayer funds.
Michael A. Needham and Tim Chapman
| May 16, 2012, Midnight
Four years ago, a young Senator from Illinois promised to change Washington, D.C. As it turns out, his version of change meant doing the same thing, albeit with a bit more flare and a lot more bureaucrats. That was not the change Americans expected or deserved.
Reps. Pete Stark and Bill Cassidy
| May 16, 2012, Midnight
As parents of children with dyslexia, we understand firsthand the struggle that millions of Americans with the condition face as they try to reach their full potential.
Elizabeth L. Grayer
| May 15, 2012, 11:56 a.m.
Few issues can claim as much bipartisan support in Congress as the Violence Against Women Act. This year, as in the past, lawmakers from across the political spectrum have joined forces to renew and, in some areas, improve the 1994 law.
Stephen Young
| May 15, 2012, Midnight
One might think a nuclear maelstrom is brewing in Congress given some of the rhetoric, but the reality is closer to the proverbial tempest in a teapot.
