"We often tell the positive story of hydropower and how it transformed Washington State, the whole Columbia Basin project in many ways."
"We have really been talking to the administration about having hydropower as part of the overall solution."
"the FDA can either help make it happen or the FDA can close the doors to an entire industry"
"Bottom line, we are running out of time and we have to start making it happen."
"I guess what that approach ignores is the consent decree that has already been agreed upon with the Federal Government."
"I am hopeful that the courts are actually going to rule in favor of enforcing the law."
"I too am struggling with the long list of regulations that have been proposed by the EPA administration this year."
"the only way we can comply with the long list of regulations coming out of EPA is to simply not operate."
"I too believe that farmers and ranchers in eastern Washington need more certainty."
"The tax penalizes an industry that is innovative and that achieves the main goals of health care reform: lowering costs while improving patient care."
"The tax should be repealed. And I want to commend Congressman Bilbray for his leadership in introducing H.R. 734 to repeal this punitive tax."
"The utterly unreasonable effect of this law is now impoverishing millions of people in western communities, devastating the agricultural sector of our economy and threatening all of us with permanent ..."