We must avoid the mistakes of the past and ensure that the limited resources we are able to provide make it to the areas that need it the most.
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.
Hydropower is the largest renewable in America, and its role, as we move forward, is going to be really important.
We all agree that we need to better understand the issue and the impact PFAS is having on many of us.
I, too, want to join in applauding your enthusiastic leadership at the Department of Energy to lead the drive to a new American energy era.
I believe it is important we work together toward a bipartisan, Federal privacy bill and we are ready and willing to tackle crafting such a bill.
The FTC has been one of the top cops on the consumer protection beat for decades.
Consumers deserve to know how their information is collected, how it is used, and how it is shared.
When companies fail to keep their promises or outright misuse consumer information, those companies must be held accountable.
We deserve to know how our data is being collected, how it is being used, and who it is being shared with.
This Congress should lead on writing privacy rules of the road. I remain ready and willing to work with my colleagues on this committee for a bipartisan solution that puts consumers and their choices first.
If we decide to increase FTC's resources and authority to enforce privacy law, then this committee must exercise its oversight of the Commission to its fullest.
We must increase transparency--consumers deserve to know how their information is collected, used, and shared.
I believe it is important that we work together toward a bipartisan Federal privacy bill.
I believe any Federal privacy bill should focus on protecting consumers from concrete harms.
There shouldn't be so many surprises, and these protections shouldn't change depending upon which State we are in.
I have been advocating and leading for a national standard for data privacy that, one, doesn't leave our privacy vulnerable in a patchwork; two, increases transparency and targets harmful practices like Cambridge Analytica; three, improves…
Drive sober or get pulled over is a phrase we all remember hearing in the classroom or on television and it remains just as important a message today as it ever has.
Drunk driving is a significant public health concern that tragically cuts life short for so many.
The SELF DRIVE Act was championed by Representatives Latta, Schakowsky, Upton, and Dingell--I want to thank you all for your leadership on this issue.





