I think we can be proud that America has led the world in innovation and technology, lifting people out of poverty, raising the standard of living more than any other country in the world, while also leading the world in reducing global…
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.
We want to work with you for positive gains for our communities we represent and allow the private-sector expansion in environmental protection.
Regulations and political forces should not be molding the economy and making EPA into the arbiter of ALL acceptable economic growth.
One of the main reasons that the Puget Sound is dirty is because King County and the State of Washington is turning a blind eye to the pollution.
I went from being able to walk a mile quite easily to barely being able to walk to the restroom with oxygen.
We must make certain that America, not China, is capturing this innovation as well as developing and eventually deploying these technologies.
We do not want countries like China making the rules and leading in technologies--like 5G and 6G--that could give them so much control over American lives and industries.
Despite all the great bipartisan work that this committee has done to help secure our communication supply chains and safeguard our technology leadership, China remains a constant threat when it comes to our privacy, intellectual property…
The more we rely on communications infrastructure in our daily lives, the more critical it becomes to ensure our network is secure from those who seek to do us harm.
America's global leadership and ability to win the future depends on our capacity to harness the wireless technologies that will help shape our Nation and the world in coming decades.
As the Chinese Communist Party seeks to control our technological future, it is critical that we encourage trusted companies to participate and lead in international standards bodies.
California's policies have dismantled large amounts of base load and generation when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining.
we should focus on innovative energy technologies that will reduce emissions while using all of our resources.
Making sure people have access to affordable, reliable energy must remain a priority of this committee's work on energy.
to win the future we should be about building not dismantling American opportunity.
To continue to address energy poverty and climate risks Republicans seek to build on these current achievements in energy and economic opportunity.
we, too, support clean energy, but it doesn't just mean wind and solar. It is hydro. It is nuclear. It is natural gas.
The rush to green undermines many of the goals we all share to address energy poverty.
America, in fact, is leading the world in bringing down carbon emissions but also in lowering energy spending on average $2,500 per household.
Let's focus on incentives to economic development, especially for under-served communities with ground-up, bipartisan policies like opportunity zones.
Policies must recognize the vital role affordable, reliable energy serves for expanding economic opportunity.
We've all seen the human toll when economic opportunity abandons communities.





