Cathy McMorris Rodgers is Eastern Washington's chief advocate in Congress and a rising star in American politics. Since first being elected to the House in 2004, she has earned the trust of her constituents and praise on Capitol Hill for her hard work, conservative principles, bipartisan outreach, and leadership to get results for Eastern Washington. As someone who grew up on an orchard and fruit stand in Kettle Falls, Washington, worked at her family's small business, and later became a wife and working mom of three, Cathy has lived the American Dream, and she works every day to rebuild that Dream for our children and grandchildren.

Cathy served as Chair of the House Republican Conference from 2012 to 2018. Cathy was the 200th woman ever elected to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and the only woman to give birth three times while in office.

A longtime advocate for members of the military and their families, Cathy co-founded the bipartisan Military Family Caucus with Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) to provide military spouses and children a voice in Congress. She is also the co-chair of the Mobility Air Forces Caucus that advocates for the critical roles that air refueling, airlift and aero medical evacuation play in our national security. members.

In August 2016, Cathy co-hosted the annual Military Family Summit at Fairchild Air Force Base with Caucus Co-Founder Representative Sanford Bishop (D-GA) to discuss the most pressing issues facing military families today.

As a strong advocate for veterans, Cathy leads the charge in Congress to ensure our veterans have access to the best healthcare available. 

In 2017, Cathy introduced the Modernization of Medical Records Access for Veterans Act of 2017. Also in 2017, she introduced the Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act to require Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical professionals to report directly to state licensing boards if they witness unacceptable or unethical behavior from other medical professionals at the VA.

Cathy also led in returning the Spokane VA to 24-hour urgent care and partnering with the new medical school at Washington State University to work towards a teaching hospital designation for the Spokane VA, which will bring more residency slots and train doctors in our community.

Cathy has long been a champion for Eastern Washington's farmers. 

As co-chair of the Northwest Energy Caucus and the founder of the Hydropower Caucus, Cathy is a long-time champion of dams and hydropower as a source of renewable, clean, reliable, affordable energy.  In 2017, Cathy passed her Hydropower Policy Modernization Act through the House to modernize and streamline the hydropower relicensing process and encourage the development and investment in clean, renewable hydroelectric energy. 

Cathy is committed to environmental stewardship. 

In the Spring of 2018, Cathy ushered her bill into law to extend the Secure Rural Schools program which provides funding for rural, timber-dependent counties to fund public and municipal needs like infrastructure, public schools, law enforcement and more.

Cathy was instrumental in the development of the A to Z Project on the Colville National Forest. She is also a strong supporter of carbon-neutral biomass as a clean, renewable energy resource.

In 2010, Cathy was appointed to the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee. As co-chair of the Rural Health Caucus, she advocates for better access to affordable and quality health care services in our rural communities, and in early 2018, her legislation to extend and expand the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program was signed into law, which will help meet the doctor shortage in rural and underserved areas.

In 2015, Cathy's Steve Gleason Act was signed into law to provide a temporary fix to a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) policy that limited access to speech-generating devices for people with ALS. In 2018, Cathy's Steve Gleason Enduring Voices Act was signed into law to make that fix permanent.

She is a longtime supporter of increased resources at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and has repeatedly voted for increases in funding to help combat the opioid epidemic in Eastern Washington and across the country.

As a co-sponsor, vocal advocate and co-author of the 21st Century Cures Act.

Cathy is a vocal, devoted champion for the disability community. In 2014, she played an instrumental role in securing final passage of the ABLE Act, which was described as the most comprehensive piece of disability legislation since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. 

Cathy believes that restoring trust and confidence in representative government starts with ensuring taxpayer dollars are used efficiently and effectively.  In Spring of 2017, she introduced the Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act (USA Act), which requires greater scrutiny of federal spending by identifying government agencies and programs that are not authorized to receive funding and puts them on a path to sunset in three years unless Congress renews them. 

Cathy is the co-chair of eight Congressional caucuses- Military Family, Down Syndrome, Lumber, Neuroscience, Hydropower, Northwest Energy, Rural Health Caucus, and the Mobility Air Forces Caucus.

In January 2014, McMorris Rodgers delivered the Republican address following the State of the Union, in which she articulated a hopeful, bold Republican vision that will make life better for the American people.

In 2006, Cathy married Brian Rodgers, a Spokane native and retired 26-year Navy Commander. In 2007, she gave birth to Cole Rodgers. Cole was born with Trisomy 21 and inspired Cathy to become a leader in the disabilities community. She has since welcomed two daughters into the world - Grace Blossom (December 2010) and Brynn Catherine (November 2013).