Economic opportunities will win the women's vote.

The Pacific Northwest depends on inexpensive renewable energy from our dams.

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.

My top three priorities for my first term in Congress are growing our economy; providing for quality, affordable health care; and keeping our nation and communities safe.

Today, over half of China's undergraduate degrees are in math, science technology and engineering, yet only 16 percent of America's undergraduates pursue these schools.

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.

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.

We are not defined by our limits, but by our potential.

Providing tax relief and reducing regulations leads to job creation and new economic opportunities for our small businesses, which are the backbone of our economy.

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.

Everywhere I travel throughout Eastern Washington, I hear from people demanding we do a better job of controlling our borders and reducing illegal immigration.

Successful revolutions are those which end up by erasing all traces of themselves.

The survival of my own ideas may not be as important as a condition I might create for others’ ideas to be realized.

There wasn't a key moment when I knew I wanted to quit.

You feel touched and honored and alive when you give to someone

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

I don't purchase records. I do enjoy listening to things like Japanese folk music or Indian music.

We all have three characters: the one we really have, the one we try to convince the world we have, and the one we think we have.

Be fearless in trying new things, whether they are physical, mental, or emotional, since being afraid can challenge you to go to the next level.

There is a whole myth about super people. That super people can do everything and they do it on their own.

Judgment without character is expediency... or worse.