The Fourth of July is a special time for Americans. It is an opportunity to gather with family and friends to enjoy parades, sack races and baseball games, hot dogs and fireworks. The significance of the holiday, which honors our nation’s founding document, far surpasses its celebratory observation, though. The Declaration of Independence goes to …

As we take time this weekend to celebrate our nation’s 241st birthday, we pause to recognize the great ideals that our nation has stood for since its founding— freedom, liberty, independence, and individual rights. It is a day when we as Americans look to the future as we continue our great experiment, while reflecting on …

This op-ed was originally published on FoxNews.com on May 26, 2017. September 19, 2010 began like many others but changed my life forever.  I was serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan.  As the lone bomb technician, it was my job to clear the way.   I was almost certain that there were bombs buried in the area. …

“Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored.” – Daniel Webster Every American has a duty to serve. Selflessness—willingness to sacrifice for others—is the mark of leadership, and in the U.S., we lead. But …

House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Trump administration released its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018. “The President has made very clear that national security and defense are his top priorities, and this budget reflects that. Congress will now do its part to review this budget blueprint. …

When I was first sworn into the People’s House, I was single and didn’t have any children. I didn’t know then that my new responsibility would also lead to me meeting the love of my life, Brian, and us having three children. My family keeps me grounded. They keep me focused on what’s really important. …

For all of us, health care is personal. In a heartfelt op-ed today in The Washington Post, House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) explains how the American Health Care Act protects people with pre-existing conditions. Chair McMorris Rodgers’s Op-ed: Hearing late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s emotional monologue this week about his son’s condition and …

Today, at a press conference on Capitol Hill, Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL) joined House Republican Leadership to talk about her legislation, the Working Families Flexibility Act, and how it will help bring workplace flexibility to families in the private sector through allowing employers to offer employees compensatory time rather than cash payments for overtime work. Says …

House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the House passed legislation (S. 544) to eliminate the sunset of the Veterans Choice Program. The House version of the legislation was introduced by House Committee on Veterans Affairs Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN). “If veterans are happy with the health care …

Bureaucracy. Red Tape. Redundancy. That’s what everyone wants from their government, right? Wrong. And that’s why our unified Republican government has gotten to work this year to roll back harmful and unnecessary regulations. Yestereday, at a press conference on Capitol Hill, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) joined House Republican Leadership to highlight our efforts to rein …