As the first Member of Congress from western Washington to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in over 50 years, I am proud to represent the needs of our agriculture community.

Our ability to effectively engage China and the Arab world rests on shared economic and political interests and mutual understanding.

Methamphetamine is a highly dangerous drug that is wreaking havoc on families and communities throughout this country. The drug's use is spreading across the United States.

We need safe communities that are free from methamphetamine and a federal commitment to stand next to state leadership and law enforcement in the fight against this epidemic.

I have heard repeated stories of meth users leaving their children unattended for days as they cook, use and then sleep off the intense effects of methamphetamine.

Children are often the silent victims of drug abuse.

Today's global landscape is increasingly interconnected. China and the Middle East play critical roles towards international peace and security.

And we need to maintain our foothold in the fight against terrorism and terrorist groups and respond to any degradation of Iraqi security or stability.

As a co-chair of the State's 2010 Olympics Task Force, I am working to make sure our border crossings are ready to handle the risks and benefits the Games will bring.

Now more than ever, America needs an agenda for real change.

I strongly support tax relief for the middle class.

I woke up this morning as I do every morning, with an attitude of gratitude.

Every dream has a message. Pay attention!

You need not have any motivation but the motivation to overpower your mind.

There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut.

I'm never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective.

I love making things. I love building things. I love the idea that something's in the world that wasn't there before.

But risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.

There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects.

God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing.

We are weakened and we are tired, but we are not done yet.