Petersburg Pilot -

If you believed everything in the news about the dysfunctional U.S. Senate, you’d agree it can’t get anything done. I certainly share the frustrations of most Alaskans and Americans that Washington, D.C., is broken and must be fixed.

That’s why I ran for the Senate four years ago – to get things done for our state and nation.

If you look beyond the headlines, the Senate and occasionally even the U.S. House have passed significant legislation to create millions of jobs for Americans and address some of our nation’s serious problems.

Just last week, after months of negotiation, the...