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As you know, this is the first tax filing season under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. If you haven’t filed your taxes yet or if you have questions about your refund, I’d like to make sure you saw this recent fact check in the Washington Post. FALSE CLAIMS: Unfortunately, there have been “misleading” and “nonsensical” claims that a smaller tax refund means the new tax law was a “tax hike” on the middle class. That’s not true. FACTS ON TAX REFUNDS: The fact is the size of a tax ref... Full story
In this series, “Q&A with Cathy,” I hope you’ll submit any questions you may have – whether about the government, jobs, health care, or anything else – and I’ll answer them here. You can email your questions to QandAwithCathy@mail.house.gov. I look forward to hearing from you! --Cathy How does reauthorizing TRIA help small businesses – like those in the non-residential construction industry – succeed? Local businesses in eastern Washington need certainty to expand and grow...
Together we remember the life of an eastern Washington giant, Tom Foley, who represented our Fifth Congressional District with distinction for 30 years. Even today, Wheat farmers and all the citizens of our district benefit from the tremendous work he did to ensure that farmers had a voice in nation's capital, to protect Fairchild and improve infrastructure. He rose as high as a person can rise in politics, chosen by his collegues to be Speaker of the House, a position he held...
On April 29, 2007, my life was changed irrevocably. It was on this day that my husband Brian and I brought a beautiful baby boy into the world. Today, we are the proud parents of Cole Rodgers, whose influence on our lives has been immeasurable. Like any 5-year-old, his heart is full of love. He’s active. He’s inquisitive. He’s at the top of his math class. He dances to Bruce Springsteen, watches Navy games with his dad and loves to play on the iPad. Cole has an infec...
I was inside the Supreme Court yesterday when Chief Justice Roberts announced the Court’s historic ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act. As a mom of two young children, a wife who helps balance the family budget, and someone who helped run a family-owned small business, I am disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision – especially on the individual mandate, which is a dangerous expansion of government power. The health care law that passed Congress over the will of th...
I recently had the opportunity to visit Fairchild Air Force Base again, home to more than 4,000 active duty servicemembers and their families, National Guard, Reserve and civilians, and the largest employer in Eastern Washington. Fairchild, located 10 miles southwest of Spokane, houses the 92nd and 141st Air Refueling Wings, which are responsible for supporting global military operations through air refueling, passenger and cargo airlift, and aero-medical evacuation....
When a service member joins the military, it’s not just a job; it’s a family commitment to our country. And yet, we, as a nation, tend to focus almost exclusively on the service members who put themselves in harm’s way, while often forgetting about the family members they leave behind, who also make tremendous sacrifices on our behalf. These family members are affected in countless ways, and we have an obligation to do right by them. The challenges they face are not a myste...
