"Good morning. I want to say welcome to central Washington, particularly to Chairman Lamborn and to Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers."
"I am very proud that this is my district, the 4th Congressional District."
"I believe it is important that Congress is educated about how vital our Federal River Power System is to the Pacific Northwest."
"Unfortunately, in my opinion, misguided movements continue to push for the destruction or the degradation of our river power system."
"Along with my colleague, Representative McMorris Rodgers, and other Pacific Northwest bipartisan colleagues, I have been working on legislative efforts to protect this system and our hydroelectric dam..."
"I am doing everything in my power to protect ratepayers in Central Washington."
"Why is this judge ignoring science? Why is this judge ignoring years of work on a Biological Opinion to satisfy the court demands, collaboration among Federal agencies, tribes, states, utilities, rive..."
"This over-reach by the courts is why I sponsored the bipartisan bill, H.R. 3144, that passed this Committee to stop senseless spills."
"BPA was created in 1937 to carry out Franklin Roosevelt's vision for harnessing the power of the Columbia River."
"Thank you to Washington's U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse for their hard work on the legislation."
"We also vigorously support your Appropriations provision to stop the spill order."
"We also support Representatives Newhouse and McMorris Rodgers' appropriations provision to stop the spill order."