Email Updates

This past week we have been spending all of our time on the floor in the House chambers voting on bills before the March 7 deadline to move House bills... ...

March 5, 2011

I spent the week on the House floor voting on hundreds of bills. The deadline to pass bills that originate in the House of Representatives is Monday, March 7 at... ...

March 5, 2011

I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU! Send me your permitting delay stories! Several days ago, the governor was overheard talking about the state’s permitting process as if there is no... ...

March 5, 2011

Well, it has been a very hectic and very LONG week.  With the first round of committee action behind us, most of our days (and some of our nights) are... ...

March 4, 2011

SPECIAL ALERT YOUR ACTION IS NEEDED!   I need your help.  I’ve just been made aware of proposed legislation that could have drastic consequences for animal owners in Eastern Washington. ... ...

March 4, 2011

Please accept an invitation to participate in my telephone town hall meeting Tuesday, March 8. The community conversation, which is like a call-in radio show, will begin at 6:30 p.m.... ...

March 4, 2011

Now that the Legislature is past the committee cutoff, the House is spending the majority of its time on the floor of the House, debating and voting on various proposals.... ...

March 3, 2011

Committee work for the first half of this scheduled 105-day session is finished. Hundreds of bills that survived the Legislature’s self-imposed deadlines are now heading to the House floor for... ...

March 1, 2011

Last Monday was Children’s Day here in the House. It was a great reminder about why fighting for a better future is so important. And recently, students from Rainier High School...

Feb. 28, 2011

This Wednesday will mark the halfway point of the scheduled 105-day session in Olympia. Last week, we reached our first major deadlines of the session. By last Friday, all bills... ...

Feb. 28, 2011