“The Snake and Columbia river system is vital to the Pacific Northwest.” — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Quote

“The Snake and Columbia river system is vital to the Pacific Northwest.”

“I've lived the American dream. I was born and raised on the farm, first in my family to graduate from college. I spent 13 years working in our family business.”

“Despite the fact that important measures such as the Americans with Disabilities Act passed only with crucial Republican support, the public - and the community of disability advocates - normally identifies this issue with the Democratic party.”

“I've always loved films, always. I studied literature and I went to Columbia in New York and I went to Paris for part of one year and ended up staying there.”

“The genre of narrative business books that I love so much - the ones that have a you-are-there quality - was invented, or so it is said, in 1982 by David McClintick, who wrote 'Indecent Exposure,' a rollicking good read about a Hollywood scandal and the ultimate boardroom power struggle at Columbia Pictures.”

“I studied English at the College of Wooster in Ohio, and I did an M.F.A. in Poetry at Columbia.”