The true state of the union lies in your heart, and in your home.

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.

Don’t feel guilty for a crime you have not committed – commit it and be guilt free

Animals are inspirational. They don’t know how to lie. They are natural forces.

My life off the court has changed. I'm feeling good inside, so I guess it shows on the outside too.

Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice! That's the condition of the female. Women have been conditioned to sacrifice for centuries.

I like triples-when I hit a ball in the gap, all I think about is a triple.

I don't know anybody that's not emotionally unstable or schizophrenic.

I succeeded in simply attending at the birth of all my works.

You wake up each day from the dream; but to be free, you must also wake up from the waking state.

We did not come to remain whole. We came to lose our leaves like the trees, Trees that start again.

The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai.