The Endangered Species Act (ESA) plays an important role in helping protect and recover threatened species, but when those species have been recovered, then we’ve met the goals of the ESA and we should turn our focus to letting local communities and states manage those animal populations. This is the case for the gray wolf and is why I support President

We need a federal standard to ensure your data privacy is protected. In this op-ed in the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, I explain what that federal standard should look like.

For the National Down Syndrome Society and all the champions for change that were honored today, we share in a very important mission-- to be warriors of human dignity and value.

The Internet flourishes when it’s not crippled by overly burdensome regulations like the Obama-era net neutrality rules. I support consumer protections like no blocking, no throttling, and no paid prioritization, but returning to the 1930’s regulatory regime that President Obama mandated is not the right approach to protecting consumers and encouraging

Great Coffee with Cathy today in my Washington, D.C. office with groups visiting from Washington state, including the VFW and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). Thanks for making the trip to discuss issues important to our community.

Today, I joined for a press conference to talk about important public lands programs that are critical to our rural counties. I am working to permanently extend the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) and Secure Rural Schools (SRS) programs. Many rural counties here in Eastern Washington have federal land within their boundaries, and PILT and SRS funding

Don’t miss my interview last week with Cheddar where I talk about my tech priorities for this Congress and more!

A year ago today, I, along with community leaders from Spokane, walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, during a Congressional civil rights pilgrimage. A year later, I remain committed to bringing people together and serving as a unifying voice in Congress and in Eastern Washington.

This week at CPAC, I talked about the need for us as a country to celebrate the value of every human life. Across the country, we are seeing laws being passed to allow late-term abortions and refusal by Democrats to give living babies outside of the womb who survived an abortion the same treatment that any other living human would get. In the face of

Earlier this week, I met with Eastern Washington representatives from the National Fraternal Order of Police. I’m thankful every day for those in law enforcement who put their lives on the line to keep our communities safe.

Protecting life shouldn’t be a political issue, and science is on our side.

Across the board, technology is improving our standard of living. It's also changing how we interact with one another and the information we share with other parties. Read my full op-ed in the Seattle Times on why we need a federal data privacy standard and what it should address.

Tune into Cheddar Business in 20 minutes at 9:20 am PT for my interview discussing the need for more women in politics and my tech priorities for this year! https://cheddar.com/

Did you see this? “The same people who clamor for a woman’s reproductive choice are strangely silent about everyone else’s freedom to choose the type of medical care they want. Patients and physicians should be free to pay for services and accept payment for services without being subject to penalties. Medicare for All could be one of those concepts

Tune in live as Secretary Carson and I talk about the value of every human life.

$93 trillion dollars. In no way is that realistic. What’s more realistic are market-driven solutions -- not big-government mandates that would bankrupt our country. We need solutions like encouraging and expanding the clean, renewable energy produced on the Columbia and Snake River dams. Or active forest management reforms to reduce our risk of catastrophic

Today, I met with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao to go over the status of a number of important infrastructure projects in Eastern Washington. We talked about the renovation of the runway at the Pullman-Moscow Airport, including the installation of an Instrument Landing System, and the Highway 12 project in the Walla Walla area. I’m

This week, Senate Democrats, led by Senator Patty Murray, again blocked conservative efforts to protect the life of babies after they survive a failed abortion. Yes, you read that correctly. House Democrats have also been doing this for the last two months. Nancy Pelosi has now blocked our effort to bring this same bill up in the House 9 times, and

I’m 100 percent with President Trump for building the wall, but the emergency declaration only maintains the status quo. Securing our border is foundational to who we are as a sovereign nation. That’s why I’ve voted over a dozen times for stronger border security, including 25 billion dollars for the wall last year.