Lee Metcalf: “I am urging every Member of Congress to send that letter and show solid support for keeping their nose out of our…”

I do not believe any Congress should allow any President to send our troops into any sovereign nation without the authorization of Congress. We in Congress are negligent if we do not insist on this restriction and, if necessary, refuse the…

I want to just add that campaign finance reform is critical to restoring citizen confidence in our election process, and I think this is a part of it.

I have been a strong opponent of section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996 because of the potential harm that could be inflicted on my district and across the entire northern border.

As the Chairman has noted, the volume of international trade passing through Washington State's ports has snarled traffic at dozens of at-grade rail-highway crossing in the Puget Sound region. As the Chairman knows, public and private…