Cathy McMorris Rodgers
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 27: (L-R) Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) hold a brief news media availability after a Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol March 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. Saying that the Democratic-controlled Senate has 'done nothing' in three years, Boehner said the House Republicans will introduce a federal budget next week.
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Our pilots are flying tankers which are more than 50 years old ... The tankers are the one aircraft the military cannot go to war without.
Director [Christine] LaGarde has taken the IMF in a better direction, and I appreciate her efforts to make the IMF more open and transparent to Congress and the American public
The women of this country voted Republican in 2010 ... It could be argued that the women actually unelected the first woman Speaker of the House. They didn’t like the direction that the country was taking.More quotes »
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