I don't believe that that is the way that is going to lead to the best outcomes.
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
The Public Record
Cathy McMorris Rodgers is a Republican politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 5th congressional district from 2005 to 2023. Born on May 22, 1969, she was the first woman from Washington to serve in Congress. During her tenure, she held various leadership positions, including Chair of the House Republican Conference, where she focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development. McMorris Rodgers has been an advocate for policies that support families and small businesses, and she has worked on initiatives related to energy and natural resources, reflecting the interests of her constituents in Eastern Washington.
Republicans are very committed to enacting a Federal privacy framework this Congress.
As I have said before, Republicans support providing the FTC with the tools they need to pursue bad actors and to sufficiently enforce privacy standards.
I appreciate you all sticking with us and believe that this is a very important hearing today.
I am concerned when we hear reports of individuals inside the FTC being silenced and your other Commissioners being shut out of the process.
Hydropower is an essential component of an all-of-the-above energy portfolio, and it is clean, it is renewable, it is reliable in the Pacific Northwest.
There’s a role for clean energy policies but not as a substitute for affordable energy that keeps the lights on.
We must make sure that our Federal laws and policies enable, not undermine, access to affordable and reliable energy.
What really matters is that we make sure policies work for people--to protect their way of life.
I think it is important to strengthen the licensing process and remove unnecessary licensing and market barriers, the next-generation hydropowered technology.
Many current congressional and administration proposals to appear to involve one-size-fits-all clean electricity mandates to decarbonize the grid at a rapid pace.
How FERC executes its mission can have profound impacts on the price of energy and our security.
Federal clean energy mandates will drive out American energy, raising cost on low- and middle-income workers and undermining our economic opportunities.
Across the nation, state and federal environmental and regulatory policies are undermining affordable, reliable energy.
We must make sure our federal laws and policies enable--not undermine--access to affordable, reliable energy.
What happens if the rush to green and the Green New Deal socialist agenda effectively nationalizes expensive California-style mandates on the rest of the country?
Even in Washington State there continues to be extreme efforts to dismantle the four lower Snake River Dams so important to clean, renewable, reliable, affordable electricity.
In recent months we have seen a significant increase in the ransomware attacks coming from Russia.
We do not want the Chinese Communist Party setting standards for 5G and 6G. America must be at the forefront.
It's really important baseload. It's affordable. We have some of the lowest electricity rates in the country because of hydropower.
What's becoming increasingly clear to people across this country over the last year is that the role--the role of State and Federal policies that jeopardize affordable, reliable energy and power.
I believe very strongly in the importance of diverse supply to meeting our energy needs, the importance of an all-of-the-above approach to energy.
I get concerned about policies that would drive up rates on our manufacturers and on our families.





