Republicans absolutely support equal pay for equal work.

The Pacific Northwest depends on inexpensive renewable energy from our dams.

This year I hope to introduce legislation that would require Power Administrations to list direct and indirect costs associated with ESA compliance as a line item on customer's power bills.

My top three priorities for my first term in Congress are growing our economy; providing for quality, affordable health care; and keeping our nation and communities safe.

Today, over half of China's undergraduate degrees are in math, science technology and engineering, yet only 16 percent of America's undergraduates pursue these schools.

We need to tap the resource of current and retiring science and math professionals that have both content mastery and the practical experience to serve as effective teachers.

Maintaining healthy forests is essential to those who make a living from the land and for those of us who use them for recreational purposes.

We are not defined by our limits, but by our potential.

Providing tax relief and reducing regulations leads to job creation and new economic opportunities for our small businesses, which are the backbone of our economy.

Eastern Washington has experienced a number of deadly forest fires this season, and it is crucial that we have bipartisan legislation that will expedite the research and restoration process.

Everywhere I travel throughout Eastern Washington, I hear from people demanding we do a better job of controlling our borders and reducing illegal immigration.

Beauty is the smile of a loving heart.

I am pretty sarcastic and pretty dry.

I think that everyone has the right to fall in love at any age. But in life you have to learn how to control your emotions. You must know self-discipline.

That's a great team we lost to. It just wasn't our day.

Ladies love a soppy lyric. There's a real winner in 'Carry You Home'.

What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste?

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.

I try to write 'and it's all very funny' after each scene description so that the reader can imagine the movie in their head.

What you earn depends on what you learn.

Being around blind people is always a little frustrating to me because I know they have no idea how handsome I am.