Cathy McMorris Rodgers actually said...

"The legislation that we introduced that is known as H.R. 3144 would have preserved the current Biological Opinion until the current NEPA process could be finalized."

"I find it very discouraging and sad that people are again, when they talk about removing the Snake dam, saying we can do this without congressional authorization, we can get it done by the end of this..."

"I think that whole argument that it be done swiftly just undermines efforts to try to take reasonable measures to help endangered salmon in the Northwest."

"These marvels of engineering provided the Pacific Northwest with the Nation's most affordable and most reliable energy."