Letters to the Editor

US Senate call to action

Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri is calling on Patty Murray, our member of the US Senate, to step up and cast a vote on Biden’s nominees for the Department of State and the Department of Defense instead of allowing those nominees to be “waived through” without a vote by the Senate.

In other words, Mr. Hawley is asking Sen. Murray and her colleagues in the Senate to do her job in representing the people, her constituency, which I count myself as one of her constituents of Washington State.

Referencing the Afghanistan withdrawal debacle, I concur with Sen. Hawley, who is not...