Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy Anne McMorris Rodgersis an American politician and since 2005 has been the U.S. Representative for Washington's 5th congressional district, which includes Spokane and the eastern third of the state...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 May 1969
CountryUnited States of America
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This year I hope to introduce legislation that would require Power Administrations to list direct and indirect costs associated with ESA compliance as a line item on customer's power bills.
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I've lived the American dream. I was born and raised on the farm, first in my family to graduate from college. I spent 13 years working in our family business.
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We depend on our rivers and dams for energy, transportation, irrigation and recreation and I will continue this year to fight for what's best for the Pacific Northwest.
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Eastern Washington families and businesses should be able to deduct every penny of state and local sales tax they pay throughout the year from their federal tax bill, especially when people in most states are deducting their state income taxes.
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When President Obama was in the Senate, when he was a U.S. senator, he voted against raising the debt ceiling. And he said it was a lack of leadership that had brought us to this point.
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Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity.
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Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of American high school students study the critical foreign languages of Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Russian, combined.
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People in Eastern Washington should be confident in knowing that the government will not come and seize their property or farm land. Legislation is needed to correct this decision and restore the principle of having limited government involvement.
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The true state of the union lies in your heart, and in your home.
jobs people borders
Everywhere I travel throughout Eastern Washington, I hear from people demanding we do a better job of controlling our borders and reducing illegal immigration.
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Eastern Washington has experienced a number of deadly forest fires this season, and it is crucial that we have bipartisan legislation that will expedite the research and restoration process.
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Maintaining healthy forests is essential to those who make a living from the land and for those of us who use them for recreational purposes.
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We need to tap the resource of current and retiring science and math professionals that have both content mastery and the practical experience to serve as effective teachers.
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The Pacific Northwest depends on inexpensive renewable energy from our dams.