Op-Eds

Last Thursday, I stood in the Oval Office with my House colleagues Mike Kelly and Dan Meuser. President Trump had invited us to discuss the proposed partnership between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel. As the President weighed his choices, I repeated what I’ve been saying...

If you asked people on the street at random what they see when they think of energy production, you’d probably get answers ranging from oil rigs in West Texas and wind turbines across the Midwest to solar panels in California and coal mines in West...

Agriculture is the largest industry in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The state is home to nearly 53,000 farms, with agriculture employing 600,000 Pennsylvanians and generating $132.5 billion in economic impact each year. Pennsylvania is also a major hub for food and beverage manufacturing and employs...

George Washington could have held onto power for the rest of his life. Instead, he decided to forgo a third term in the presidency and return to his beloved Mt. Vernon. Washington’s two-term precedent held for almost 150 years and is now enshrined in the...

This past weekend marked my one hundredth day as a United States Senator. It still feels surreal to say that sometimes. For me, these past few months have been 100 days of firsts.  My first time walking onto the Senate floor with my wife Dina,...

Shapiro is a Democrat. I’m a Republican who supports President Donald Trump. No side has a monopoly on the political violence rising in our country. When Governor Josh Shapiro and I spoke on Saturday afternoon about a potential data center investment in Pennsylvania, he ended...

America’s best college wrestlers will square off this weekend in Philadelphia at the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships. You’ll find me in the front row cheering them on alongside President Trump. I grew up wrestling across Pennsylvania, from Shikellamy to Shickshinny and from Selinsgrove to...

Following President Donald Trump’s freeze on aid to Ukraine and as he prepares to address a joint session of Congress tonight, America finds itself at a hinge point for foreign policy.  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s lack of gratitude and grace in the Oval Office on Friday must not derail peace talks that are in...