One of the issues of legitimacy in a representative government is do you have a representative?
If your State has no Senators or no Representatives at a time of national crisis, you are not part of that representative government.
I am really grateful for your visit out to my neck of the woods last summer to tour the Quinault Indian Nation's Taholah Village Relocation ...
It is in everyone's best interest that the industry continues to survive in this country because it is one of the primary tools that we need...
I am proud to say that we have actually executed a few pilot projects that would help the ONF produce a couple million additional board feet...
I have consistently asked the Forest Service what can I do, what can this committee do to address the acute challenges at the Olympic Nation...
I am tired of watching our rural economies that depend on Federal timber harvest struggle and folks lose their jobs.
We need your help to achieve these benefits, especially as rural communities throughout my district continue to take it on the chin.
I am grateful for the partnership with the regional forester, Glenn Casamassa, and the ONF supervisor, Kelly Lawrence, and her team.
We have got to do better.
I have the honor of representing 12 tribes in Washington 6th Congressional District.