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A handshake, hard work, and healthcare access
There is a quiet rhythm in rural America you will not find anywhere else. It is the sound of gravel under your boots instead of the constant hum of a concrete jungle.
In rural America, the road to better health runs through broadband
When people picture the challenges facing rural health care, they tend to picture buildings: the hospital an hour away, the clinic that closed, the specialist who is three counties over.
Healthy rural hospitals are the key to rural health
Decaturville, Tenn., about halfway between Memphis and Nashville, sits 20 miles south of the interstate that connects the state's two largest cities.
The Alzheimer's crisis hits rural America hardest
June is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month - a time dedicated to raising awareness of this disease and building support for the research, care and policy progress that can make a real difference.
Strengthening rural healthcare with the 2026 Farm Bill
Earlier this year, the House of Representatives passed the 2026 Farm Bill, delivering much-needed certainty for farmers and rural communities across southern Minnesota and the country.
Texas is ready to meet the moment for rural healthcare
Growing up in rural Texas, I have seen firsthand both the strengths and challenges of rural healthcare.
In rural America, prevention is the prescription we can't afford to skip
I've spent most of my life on the front lines of healthcare in East Tennessee - first as a community pharmacist, and now as a member of Congress serving one of the most rural districts in the country.
Improving home dialysis for rural Americans
My home state of West Virginia is one of the most rural in our country. Its rolling hills, beautiful streams, and forests stretch for miles.
Holding broadband providers accountable in rural America
Rural America is a special and unique place, filled by a collection of small towns united by their desire for freedom and determination to take care of one another.
America's specialty crop farmers face major challenges. We can help
When people think of Maine, one of the first things that probably springs to mind is lobster. And rightly so. We have the bar-none best in the world, after all!
It's the right time for the Rural Health Transformation Program
Compared to urban and suburban areas, rural communities have fewer inpatient and outpatient clinics to provide care for individuals and families.
Rural communities deserve the same high-quality healthcare access, opportunities
In Washington, healthcare debates often focus on insurance plans, reimbursement rates and federal spending. In rural America, the conversation is often much simpler: Will there be a hospital nearby when you need one?
Graduates' AI fears fueled by universities
Commencement ceremonies traditionally inspire hope and excitement about the future -- from both the graduates and the older generations sending the younger ones out into the world.
A $580 billion reason why bipartisanship still works
In Washington, bipartisanship has fallen out of fashion.
Railroad merger will streamline freight, power America's economy and create jobs
On April 30, our companies, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, submitted an amended application to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to merge our two railroads and create America's first transcontinental railroad.
American businesses and families can't afford a freight rail Goliath
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern -- already two of the largest railroads in the country -- are trying to merge. Wall Street values the deal, first announced last summer, at $85 billion.
Rail merger threatens America's future
The story of America's climb to the summit of the global economy is inseparable from the story of railroads.
Why we need a new surface transportation reauthorization bill now
As a nation, we travel 3.3 trillion miles each year using our road and bridge infrastructure, which is also used to move a significant portion of the $28.5 trillion worth of commodities annually shipped across the country.
Secondhand smog is killing us. It's time we treated it that way
Nurses have held the hand of a child struggling to breathe. Nurses have watched a grandmother's oxygen levels drop during an air quality alert.
Paying air traffic controllers and TSA during shutdowns is good for America
Thanks to a downpayment in the One Big Beautiful Bill, America is on its way to becoming the most technologically advanced and efficient air traffic control system in the world.