A case for facts, statistics, and common sense. Let’s be #OPEN about it.
Across the internet today, you’ll see some of your favorite websites “blacked out” in protest of something called SOPA – the Stop Online Piracy Act. However, don’t be fooled by its seemingly straightforward title: SOPA is one of the greatest challenges to a free and open web that we’ve ever faced. Ultimately, it’s a right step, but in the wrong direction. SOPA’s original intention was to protect intellectual property created by American artists, yet the result is something much different: an unfair restriction on many American websites, like YouTube and Reddit, that we’ve come to love.
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The truth about SOPA - how the corporate lobby's argument doesn't add up01-18-2012
A year of thanks12-30-2011
Over the past year, I have had the tremendous honor to call, meet and thank many of you across the country for your efforts throughout my various campaigns. This year, I have also had the great fortune to spend wonderful time with Susan and Alex. It's been a great year!
Now, as we approach a new year, our family can decide how best I might serve our nation and you, again. Please join us in celebrating everything that this country has given all of us, and the men and women who defend it. Thank you for everything you have done for me and my family. I remain in your debt. The Republican Cloakroom12-27-2011
An awkward moment that I'll never forget: During my first year in Congress, I went looking for Rep. Duncan Hunter, Republican Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, in order to work together on an issue. Yet, when I entered the Republican Cloakroom, everyone looked up. As a freshman Representative, I didn't know that members of one party didn't just walk into the other party's Cloakroom. I thought that we were in the House of Representatives - representing America, not just a party. This is the Hatfields and McCoys atmosphere that plagues our Congress and has caused the recent gridlock in negotiations, such as the Payroll Tax Cut, leaving Americans left behind. American Exceptionalism12-21-2011
As we enter next year and beyond, we must remember the roots of American Exceptionalism - the middle class, born out of the basic idea that everyone should contribute to their fullest and be given the tools and opportunity to do so. If we want to rebuild America, we must return to these roots of providing more rungs and more ladders for more opportunity.
Watch my keynote address at the Washington State Democrats' 8th Annual Warren Magnuson Dinner: Read the prepared speech below: Read More Who needs a break? The middle class, not the U.S. Senate.12-19-2011
While I understand the House has caused the latest delay on an extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, Senators should come back from their winter break because it is the middle class -- and those who lost their jobs through no fault of their own -- who need a break. You can't be on recess if you care about working a compromise for them; otherwise, you compromise your principle of accountability for Americans.
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