Ogles stays right

By Reginald Stuart WASHINGTON, DC — Lawmakers from around the nation gathered on Capitol Hill this week to resume their congressional battles with Middle Tennessee’s freshman Congressman Andy Ogles standing firm championing the causes of conservatives Republicans.& Ogles, a former Mayor, and state lawmaker in middle Tennessee, acknowledges the challenges of turning a traditionally Democratic seat in the House back to Republicans after more than a century. Still, he believes the agendas of progressives has been wrongheaded and he senses he’s on to something. “To date, I have introduced 99 pieces of legislation,” said Rep. Ogles, who boasts of his work to date. “This is not only the highest number of legislative proposals submitted by any freshman member of Congress in several decades but also the second-highest amount of legislation among all current members of the House of Representatives, he said. Of his 99 pieces of legislation proposed, Rep. Ogles said 37 pieces have been passed by the House of Representatives. Three have been signed into law, he said. “This achievement places me in the forefront with the highest number of stand-alone pieces of legislation passed among freshman members of Congress, he said. Rep. Ogles, who tips his hat for...