Washington's 5th Congressional District
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Recent News About Washington's 5th Congressional District
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McMorris Rodgers Celebrates 6 Students Appointed to Service Academies at Annual Reception
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) hosted her annual Service Academy Reception last week to celebrate the appointment of 6 high school students she nominated to attend one of the nation’s prestigious service academies.
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McMorris Rodgers Helps Lead Resolution Raising Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) and Congressman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) today introduced H. Res. 353, a bipartisan resolution to designate May 5, 2023 as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
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McMorris Rodgers Introduces Bill to Hold VA Accountable to Veterans
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) today introduced the Town Halls for Veterans Act to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to host quarterly town halls for veterans at each VA Medical Center in the nation.
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McMorris Rodgers, Newhouse, Risch Press White House CEQ for Answers on Actions Related to Columbia-Snake River Mediation Process
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) today joined Congressman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Senator James Risch (R-ID) in pressing the White House Council on Environmental Quality for answers about the White House’s approach to public engagement during the confidential mediation process focused on restoring Columbia Basin salmon.
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McMorris Rodgers, Pocan Introduce Words Matter Act to Eliminate Derogatory Language from U.S. Code
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) today joined Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), Pete Sessions (TX-17), and Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL) today in introducing the bipartisan Words Matter Act.
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McMorris Rodgers Leads Abraham Accord Caucus in Introducing Bipartisan Bill to Counter Maritime Threats Posed by Iran
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) today introduced the Maritime Architecture and Response to International Terrorism in the Middle East (MARITIME) Act with members of the House Abraham Accords Caucus – Brad Schneider (IL-10), Ann Wagner (MO-02), David Trone (MD-06), Don Bacon (NE-02), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19).
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McMorris Rodgers Opening Remarks at E&C’s Sixth Hearing on Data Privacy and Security
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) delivered opening remarks at today’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on how a national privacy standard and data security legislation is needed to protect Americans’ personal information.
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McMorris Rodgers on Biosafety and Risky Research: “No Accountability. No Seriousness from the NIH.”
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on biosafety and risky research conducted and funded by the federal government.
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McMorris Rodgers: “President Biden has Opened the Door to Allow China to Undermine our Energy Security”
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) delivered opening remarks at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing to expose the risks of the Biden administration’s rush to green agenda.
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McMorris Rodgers on Lowering Health Care Costs: This Bipartisan Work is the Right Thing for Patients
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) delivered opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing on the need to improve health care price transparency and increase competition to help lower costs for patients nationwide.
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McMorris Rodgers Calls for Termination of Oracle Cerner Electronic Health Record System
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) today released the following statement in support of terminating Oracle Cerner’s electronic health record (EHR) system.
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McMorris Rodgers Responds to VA’s Decision to Halt Electronic Health Record System
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) today released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that future deployments of the new Electronic Health Record (EHR) system will be halted.
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McMorris Rodgers: “Data Brokers’ Days of Surveilling in the Dark Should be Over”
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the role of data brokers and online privacy protections.
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McMorris Rodgers on Solutions to Lift Permitting Burdens to Deploy Broadband
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) delivered opening remarks at today’s Communication and Technology Subcommittee hearing focused on streamlining the permitting process, expediting broadband deployment, and closing the digital divide.
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McMorris Rodgers on Building a Stronger Health Workforce and Improving Primary Care
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) delivered opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing to examine current federal government programs, support the health care workforce, and improve primary care.
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McMorris Rodgers: “American Leadership in Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Technology is Critical”
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee hearing on securing American nuclear energy leadership.
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McMorris Rodgers Votes to Override President Biden’s Veto, Block Misguided WOTUS Rule
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) today voted to override President Biden’s veto of bipartisan legislation that would have blocked his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s overreaching and unclear “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule.
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McMorris Rodgers, Murray Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Effort to Recognize the Month of the Military Child
Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) today introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to designate April as the Month of the Military Child.