I hope you'll join me in celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) by recognizing the contribution of people with disabilities to the workforce. 

This year’s theme is “A Strong Workforce is an Inclusive Workforce:  What can YOU Do?”

Please click here to read about the value of work by Assistant Secretary of Labor Kathy ...

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced today that she will host two “Coffees with Cathy” and a town hall this week.  On Wednesday, she will host “Coffees with Cathy” in Walla Walla and Dayton. On Thursday, she will host a town hall in Spokane.

This will be a great opportunity for local citizens to interact with the Congresswoman and express t...

The U.S. Olympic Committee just announced the members of the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Team who will compete in the London Paralympic Games, Aug. 29-Sept. 9. The 227-member team includes 7 athletes who were born or currently live in Eastern Washington.  To those who will be competing, we wish you the best of luck!

 (Name, hometown, current residence, ...

When I was growing up on my family’s farm in Kettle Falls, I would never have imagined that one day I would have the opportunity to serve in Congress. I was the first person in my family to graduate from college. And my first job out of college was working for then-State Representative Bob Morton. Not long after, I was appointed to the State House,...

On Thursday, July 26, the 22nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Co-Chair of the Congressional Disabilities Caucus, will speak at Sen. Tom Harkin’s (D-IA) disability employment roundtable on Capitol Hill.

The roundtable – titled Unfinished Business: A National Roundtable on Building an Inclusive...

I applaud Chairman Ryan for his bold, fiscally-responsible budget that will create jobs, protect taxpayers, and protect our most vulnerable – especially our seniors – while putting us on track to balance the budget once and for all.  I am eager to work with Chairman Ryan and our House Republican colleagues to pass this budget, save Medicare, a...

The President’s budget taxes too much, spends too much, and borrows too much.  As we’ve seen over the last three years, that is a recipe for economic stagnation.  And if we continue down this path, the economic consequences will be devastating.  As we’ve learned from Greece and the European Union, no country can escape the consequences of Big G...

The Keystone XL decision deadline for President Obama is 2/21/2012.

What's at stake? According to TransCanada, the Keystone XL pipeline will bring:

20,000 manufacturing and construction jobs

118,000 total jobs

830,000 barrels of safe and secure oil each day

How long have we waited?

MORE THAN THREE YEARS since the Keystone XL permit was filed

MORE THAN...

Friends: The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has been in the news recently - mainly because of a number of misrepresentations about the reach of the bill as it relates to U.S. citizens. I would like to take this opportunity to clarify that the NDAA DOES NOT authorize the detainment of U.S. citizens.

The conference report specifically stat...

“Even before I arrived in Congress, I called for a balanced budget amendment to control government spending and put our fiscal house in order.  And as a Member, I am even more convinced that this body needs an institutional mechanism to live within its means and start paying down our $15 trillion debt.  While the House fell a bit short today – ...