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 willing to stand by and look the other way while the Biden Administration systematically endangers our national security, imperils the American people, and disregards the sacrifices of our military without any accountability and without any change in direction.

I urge action on this issue, Sen. Murray. (and Sen. Maria Cantwell).

Jim Harder

– Washtucna