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.

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.

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.

Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity.

Death is a lot like prom - loud, overdone, and although the guy you came with was cool, you never know who'll end up taking you home.

Must have been some kind a nightmare.”“Yeah, ” I answer, my usual calm, vacant voice returning. “Can’t wait to wake up.

I have a cycle that is not particularly cool, but it's a cycle: trash myself to reward myself.

I'm not normally a jewelry person. I'm supposed to be a working class champion and all, and I don't like to rub my success in people's faces.

My father ran for Congress in 2004, and I got a sense that there is no way to achieve much success without a certain amount of compromise.

Stem cell research must be carried out in an ethical manner in a way that respects the sanctity of human life.

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.

My mother was a seamstress, so making clothes was not something you would willingly go into.

I bought a million lottery tickets. I won a dollar.

[On golf:] One of the most distressing defects of civilization.