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
Cathy McMorris Rodgers quotes about
pacific-northwest energy dams
The Pacific Northwest depends on inexpensive renewable energy from our dams.
reality obscure
You can be so dignified that you obscure the reality of what is going on.
land healthy environmental
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.
numbers fire restoration
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.
limits defined
We are not defined by our limits, but by our potential,
lying home heart
The true state of the union lies in your heart, and in your home.
years cost lines
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.
government land knowing
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.
school math chinese
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.
prosperity ownership private-property
Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity.
elected expect officials tough understand
The American people, in their own families, they understand that you have to do that. You have to make the tough decisions. You have to get your budget. You have got to put it in order. And they expect their elected officials and their leaders to do likewise.
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Women oftentimes are the ones making those economic decisions, sitting around the kitchen table and trying to figure out how to pay for rising gas prices or food prices or the health insurance costs. And I think that they see where they expect their leaders in Congress to also make those tough decisions.
countries longer rely
No longer should we rely on oil from countries that are not necessarily friendly or democratic.
conception life platform
The Republicans have long had a platform of being pro-life. And I'm someone that believes life begins at conception and should be protected.