A bipartisan approach moving forward not only gives our solutions their best chance to become law, it also gives the public the best chance of seeing results that keep them safe.
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.
I believe that we should be embracing what hydropower can provide for us as we continue to move towards a 21st century clean energy future.
This lack of action and its impact on our existing hydroelectric facilities is why I continue to advocate for us addressing the relicensing of hydropower in America.
It takes on average 10 years to relicense a hydropower facility in America today.
We could double hydropower in America without building a new dam, because only 3 percent of the dams actually produce electricity.
Thank you for your leadership on these important issues for many years, and now as the chair of this subcommittee.
Please put your phone down and focus on driving; Please do not drive if you have consumed any alcohol or other drugs: 'If you feel different, you drive different'; and Please put your seat belt on . . . seat belts save lives.
I commend her for her work and stand committed to working with her in a bipartisan way to implement policies that could reduce these tragedies.
I want to thank Chair Schakowsky for holding this important hearing for us to explore ways in which we can improve auto safety.
To compete and remain the leader, we must do everything we can to advance the safe development and deployment of self-driving vehicle technology.
I am curious, as a mom with three young kids, dealing with car seats every day, is there any technology related to an alarm system on the car seat itself?
I remain committed to finding all paths to getting safety technologies into cars faster--sometimes that means industry needs certainty and sometimes that means the market needs space for innovation or both.
I want to thank the chairwoman, Chair Schakowsky, for holding this important hearing for us to explore ways, so many ways, in which we can improve auto safety and save lives.
Self-driving vehicles will restore independence and break down the transportation barriers for so many Americans.
I believe there are technologies we can utilize to prevent the loss of life during the summer driving season.
I believe our work on the SELF-DRIVE Act was an example of this committee at its best: working together, in an open process on technology that will save lives.
We have an opportunity to work towards ending senseless deaths on our roads by making investments in technology.
I am a strong proponent of hydropower. I come from Washington State. We are more than 70 percent dependent upon hydropower.
The current regulations take on average 10 years to relicense a hydropower project in America, and you compare this to a natural gas facility that is, like, 18 months.
I am planning on introducing the House version of the Broadband Data Improvement Act.
Forty billion dollars is a considerable amount of funding. But its ability to make a dent in the digital divide is going to be reliant on accurate data.





