I've lived the American Dream, but, sadly, for too many, the American Dream is fading.

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.

We shouldn’t think about ourselves and how weak we are. Instead, we should think about God and how strong He is.

None of us have true freedom because every one of us has to conform.

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.

The Mac defined 'personal technology', and the iPhone defines 'intimate technology' as a convergence of communications, content and location.

Galileo called doubt the father of invention; it is certainly the pioneer.

Maybe, just maybe, I would like to become a real spiritual teacher, a working lama!

Woman: You certainly know the way to a man's heart. Mae West: Funny, too, 'cause I don't know how to cook.

It is astonishing that any man can forbear enquiring seriously whether there is a God; whether God is just; whether this life is the only state of existence.

I'm not one for a lot of media attention.

Unplanned process improvement is wishful thinking.