Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Chair of the House Energy & Commerce Committee
House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) has delivered a farewell address on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, concluding her tenure in Congress.
First elected in 2004, Chair Rodgers has served as the representative for Washington’s 5th Congressional District for the past 20 years. Before becoming Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, she previously served Committee Ranking Member from 2020 to 2022 and as Chair of the House Republican Conference from 2012 to 2018. She was the first woman to serve as Chair of the Committee, the 200th woman ever elected to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first woman to give birth three times while in office.
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