“Things are difficult enough about Iraq without the Federal Government ...” — Jay Inslee Quote

Things are difficult enough about Iraq without the Federal Government suppressing the truth about Iraq.

I am not one for half measures or half-hearted efforts.

I reflect back 35 years ago, and look how far we have come in America with our environmental policy to improve the conditions of our air and water, and we have had some real successes.

For years, my state of Washington tried to pass its own state Dream Act. Many Republicans weren't interested. But some thought differently after they met Dreamers and heard stories that revealed their courage, grit, and determination. It is the same determination that built America and will help it continue to thrive.

I served as - 12 years as a federal prosecutor.

Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline.

The federal government is way larger than it should be.

After almost 50 years in which federal spending averaged about 20 percent of GDP, Joe Sestak and Nancy Pelosi took federal spending to 25 percent. You know, that's a 25 percent increase in the size of the government overnight. That's what we - that's what we've got to rein in.

Queens is so often treated as a stepchild and labeled as an outer borough. At the very least, if I could help bring more attention to what we need, and what the federal government needs to do to improve the quality of life of people right here in Queens - any way that I can do that, I'm very happy to do that.