Featured Editorials

Above: Rep. Kelly meets with The Meadville Tribune in 2022.

Below you will find some of my recent opinion & editorial articles published in local, regional, and national newspapers and digital news outlets.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Rep. Mike Kelly: One Big Beautiful Bill a gamechanger for Western Pa. (July 5, 2025)

American Spectator: It's the 'Art of the Deal' in Action. Trump Addresses the Northern Border. (May 4, 2025)

FoxNews.com: REP. MIKE KELLY, SEN. TIM SCOTT AND SECRETARY SCOTT TURNER: Save the Opportunity Zones before it’s too late (April 30, 2025)

The Hill: Unlocking homeownership: A bipartisan approach to building affordable housing (April 29, 2025)

Erie Times-News: Mike Kelly -- DOGE, Trump tariffs will right-size government, put America first (April 27, 2025)

Butler Eagle's Business Matters: Tax cuts will help families, small businesses (April 1, 2025)

Butler Eagle: Marc Fogel's safe return home providential(February 15, 2025)

Newsweek: Trump is right about the Panama Canal (January 10, 2025)

Newsweek: GOP Rep: Trump Was Shot in My District. We Need a Task Force To Investigate (July 26, 2024)

Newsweek: Why Russia's Warships in Cuba Matter to the United States (June 27, 2024)

Erie Times-News: How did a 2017 tax reform law enable EDDC projects in downtown Erie? (June 16, 2024)

The Hill: Biden’s LNG ‘pause’ threatens Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry (April 3, 2024)

FoxNews.com: Don't forget about Marc Fogel, another American wrongfully detained in Russia (March 15, 2024)

USA Today: Biden admits US border isn't secure. But president has done little to solve migration problem. (January 25, 2024)

New Castle News: Column by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly: New year, same commitment to western Pennsylvania (January 17, 2024)

Meadville Tribune: New year, same commitment to Western Pennsylvania (January 17, 2024)

Sharon Herald: Kelly outlines House accomplishments in 2023 (January 17, 2024)_

FoxNews.com: Biden fought for Brittney Griner but forgot about Fogel (December 8, 2023)

Erie Times-News: Rep. Mike Kelly: Erie’s Bayfront Parkway project showcases what good government can do (Sept. 22, 2023)

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review/TribLive: Rep. Mike Kelly: Here is the budget Congress is — and is not — actually debating (Sept. 14, 2023)

Butler Eagle: Butler County’s Route 228 project showcases what good government can do (September 9, 2023)

FoxNews.com: Teddy Roosevelt’s model to combat Communist China (July 28, 2023)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Mike Kelly: Government is an invasive species (July 22, 2023)

Erie Times-News: Kelly: Forget about being 'woke.' Wake up -- runaway spending is ruining our nation's future (May 24, 2023)

Butler Eagle: Red, white & blue issue: Controlling the national debt (May 23, 2023)

FoxNews.com: Biden turns the longest border in the world to a largely overexposed border (March 10, 2023)

Erie Times-News: Rep. Mike Kelly: In new Congress, unity, not division, will guarantee our success (February 10, 2023)

Butler Eagle: American people’s check-and-balance back in Congress (February 7, 2023)

The Hill: President Biden’s student loan forgiveness is unconstitutional. Where is the outrage? (September 29, 2022)

The Meadville Tribune: How the real inflation numbers are truly impacting Western Pennsylvanians (August 5, 2022)

Newsweek: "Where There's a Heartbeat, There's a Life Worth Defending" (July 11, 2022)

The Hill: "If history repeats itself, the US must be ready" (April 7, 2022)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly: Energy independence strengthens American foreign policy (March 16, 2022)

Erie Times-News: "Rep. Mike Kelly: Biden’s ‘State of the Union’ fails to address Americans’ real concerns" (March 13, 2022)

Townhall.com: All Life Is Sacred and Worthy of Our Protection (February 9, 2022)

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review/TribLive: Rep. Mike Kelly: Parents deserve — and have earned — a greater voice in children’s education (November 18, 2021)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Mike Kelly: As America moves forward, the law must matter (January 19, 2021)