Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Cathy McMorris was born May 22, 1969, in Salem, Oregon, the daughter of Corrine (née Robinson) and Wayne McMorris.{{cite news |title=McMorris has defended timber, mining industries and supported conservative line on social issues |first=Kevin |last=Graman |date=October 17, 2004 |work=The Spokesman-Review |url=http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2004/oct/17/mcmorris-has-defended-timber-mining-industries/ |access-date=February 13, 2014 |archive-date=February 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219090504/http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2004/oct/17/mcmorris-has-defended-timber-mining-industries/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news | title=Vesta Delaney Obituary | website=ObitsforLife.com | publisher=Bollman Funeral Home |year=2013 |url=http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/726372/Delaney-Vesta.php | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222060753/http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/726372/Delaney-Vesta.php | archive-date=February 22, 2014 | df=mdy-all }} Her family had come to the American West in the mid-19th century as pioneers along the Oregon Trail.{{cite news |last1=Mimms |first1=Sarah |title=Is Cathy McMorris Rodgers More Than a Token? |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/09/is-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-more-than-a-token/449817/ |access-date=February 17, 2019 |journal=The Atlantic |date=September 19, 2014 |archive-date=October 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030080714/http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/09/is-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-more-than-a-token/449817/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=10 things to know about Cathy McMorris Rodgers |url=https://www.politico.com/gallery/2014/01/10-things-to-know-about-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-001457?slide=1 |access-date=February 17, 2019 |work=Politico |date=January 27, 2014 |archive-date=February 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218081830/https://www.politico.com/gallery/2014/01/10-things-to-know-about-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-001457?slide=1 |url-status=live }} In 1974, when McMorris was five years old, her family moved to Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada. The family lived in a cabin while they built a log home on their farm. In 1984, the McMorrises settled in Kettle Falls, Washington, and established the Peachcrest Fruit Basket Orchard and Fruit Stand. McMorris worked there for 13 years.{{cite web |url=https://mcmorris.house.gov/about-eastern-washington/ | title =Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers | access-date=February 6, 2007 | publisher=United States House of Representatives | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205130146/http://mcmorris.house.gov/about.shtml | archive-date=February 5, 2007}}

In 1990, McMorris earned a bachelor's degree in pre-law from Pensacola Christian College, a then-unaccredited Independent Baptist liberal arts college.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/can-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-resurrect-compassionate-conservatism/2014/01/29/4ead004e-892e-11e3-a760-a86415d0944d_story.html | title=Can Cathy McMorris Rodgers resurrect compassionate conservatism? | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=January 28, 2014 | access-date=January 29, 2014 | archive-date=October 24, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024190330/http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/can-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-resurrect-compassionate-conservatism/2014/01/29/4ead004e-892e-11e3-a760-a86415d0944d_story.html | url-status=live }}{{cite journal| last=Bartlett| first=Thomas| author-link=Thomas A. Bartlett| date=March 24, 2006| title=A College That's Strictly Different| journal=The Chronicle of Higher Education|url=http://chronicle.com/free/v52/i29/29a04001.htm| access-date=April 20, 2010| archive-date=July 10, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710142121/http://chronicle.com/free/v52/i29/29a04001.htm| url-status=live}} She earned an Executive MBA from the University of Washington in 2002.{{cite journal|year=2014|title=Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)|journal=Roll Call|url=http://www.rollcall.com/members/21425.html|access-date=January 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112014747/http://www.rollcall.com/members/21425.html|archive-date=January 12, 2012|url-status=dead}}

After completing her undergraduate education, McMorris was hired by state representative Bob Morton in 1991 as his campaign manager, and later as his legislative assistant.{{cite web |url=http://www.gazette-tribune.com/news/sen-bob-morton-announces-retirement/62883/ |title=Sen. Bob Morton announces retirement |website=gazette-tribune.com |date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=December 23, 2013 |archive-date=December 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105730/http://www.gazette-tribune.com/news/sen-bob-morton-announces-retirement/62883/ |url-status=live }} She became a member of the state legislature when she was appointed to the Washington House of Representatives in 1994. Her appointment filled the vacancy caused by Morton's appointment to the Washington State Senate. After being sworn into office on January 11, 1994,{{cite news |title= Youngest Representative in State of Disbelief |work= The Wenatchee World |date= January 11, 1994 |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=1224D87AE672A6C0&p_docnum=5&p_queryname=6 |url-access=subscription |page= 14 }} she represented the 7th Legislative District (parts or all of Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, and Stevens Counties). She retained the seat in a 1994 special election.{{cite web |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19940921/1931837/election-results |title=Election Results |work=The Seattle Times |date=September 21, 1994 |access-date=January 25, 2014 |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201212209/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940921&slug=1931837 |url-status=live }}

In 1997, she co-sponsored legislation to ban same-sex marriage in Washington State.{{cite news |title= Gay-rights Rally Opposes Bills to Ban Same-sex Marriage |work= the Spokesman-Review |date= February 4, 1997 |page= B6 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xG1XAAAAIBAJ&pg=6656%2C3211743 |access-date= January 16, 2021 |archive-date= August 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826110600/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xG1XAAAAIBAJ&pg=6656%2C3211743 |url-status= live }}{{cite web |title= HB 1130 – 1997-98: Re-affirming and protecting the institution of marriage |publisher= Washington State Legislature |date= June 11, 1998 |url=http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1130&year=1997 |access-date= July 20, 2014 |archive-date= August 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810153335/http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1130&year=1997 |url-status= live }}

In 2001, she blocked legislation "to replace all references to 'Oriental' in state documents with 'Asian'", explaining, "I'm very reluctant to continue to focus on setting up different definitions in statute related to the various minority groups. I'd really like to see us get beyond that."{{cite news |title= Effort to excise 'Oriental' from state documents may be revived |first= Angela |last= Galloway |work= Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date= April 6, 2001 |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Effort-to-excise-Oriental-from-state-documents-1051465.php |access-date= July 20, 2014 |archive-date= July 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722175224/http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Effort-to-excise-Oriental-from-state-documents-1051465.php |url-status= live }}

She voted against a 2004 bill to add sexual orientation to the state's anti-discrimination law, and was a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage. She is credited for sponsoring legislation to require the state reimburse rural hospitals for the cost of serving Medicaid patients, and for her work overcoming opposition in her own caucus to pass a controversial gas tax used to fund transportation improvements.{{cite news |title= The Times Endorses McMorris in the 5th |work= Seattle Post-Intelligencer |format= editorial |date= October 22, 2004 |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/endorsements/2002069186_fifthed22.html |access-date= January 29, 2014 |archive-date= February 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219131653/http://seattletimes.com/html/endorsements/2002069186_fifthed22.html |url-status= live }}

From 2002 to 2003, she served as House minority leader, the top House Republican leadership post. She chaired the House Commerce and Labor Committee, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee, and the State Government Committee.{{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001159 | title = Biographical Information – McMorris Rodgers, Cathy | access-date = February 6, 2007 | work = Congressional Biographical Directory | publisher = United States Congress | archive-date = July 18, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718075540/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001159 | url-status = live }} She stepped down as minority leader in 2003 after announcing her candidacy for Congress.{{cite web |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20040111/newfaces11m/legislative-leaders-changing-of-the-guard |title=Legislative leaders' changing of the guard |work=The Seattle Times |date=January 11, 2004 |access-date=January 25, 2014 |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201212216/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20040111&slug=newfaces11m |url-status=live }} During her tenure in the legislature, she lived in Colville; she has since moved to Spokane.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

In 2004, McMorris ran for the United States House of Representatives in the 5th District; she already represented much of the district's northern portion. She received 59.7%{{cite web|date=December 10, 2012|title=Women in Business Spotlight on Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, House Republican Conference Chair|url=https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/blog/post/women-business-spotlight-rep-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-house-republican-conference-chair|publisher=U.S. Chamber of Commerce|access-date=December 12, 2016|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220203312/https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/blog/post/women-business-spotlight-rep-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-house-republican-conference-chair|url-status=live}} of the vote for an open seat, defeating the Democratic nominee, hotel magnate Don Barbieri. The seat had become vacant when five-term incumbent George Nethercutt retired to run for the U.S. Senate.

McMorris Rodgers is a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership,{{cite web|url=https://republicanmainstreet.org/members/|title=Members|publisher=Republican Mains Street Partnership|access-date=October 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826123025/https://republicanmainstreet.org/members/|archive-date=August 26, 2018|url-status=dead}} the Congressional Constitution Caucus,{{cite web|url=https://congressionalconstitutioncaucus-garrett.house.gov/about-us/membership|title=Members|publisher=Congressional Constitution Caucus|access-date=May 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614044928/https://congressionalconstitutioncaucus-garrett.house.gov/about-us/membership|archive-date=June 14, 2018|url-status=dead}} and the Congressional Western Caucus.{{cite web|url=https://westerncaucus.house.gov/about/membership.htm|title=Members|publisher=Congressional Western Caucus|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502203316/https://westerncaucus.house.gov/about/membership.htm|url-status=live}}

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In November 2006, McMorris Rodgers was reelected with 56.4% of the vote, to Democratic nominee Peter J. Goldmark's 43.6%.{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Washington%27s_5th_Congressional_District|title=2006 General Election Results|date=May 9, 2007|website=Ballotpedia|access-date=December 7, 2011|archive-date=December 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213013521/http://ballotpedia.org/Washington%27s_5th_congressional_district|url-status=live}} In 2007, she became the Republican co-chair of the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, which pushed for pay equity, tougher child support enforcement, women's health programs, and laws protecting victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.{{cite web |url=http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/davidpostman/archives/2007/01/mcmorris_to_head_womens_caucus.html | title = McMorris to head women's caucus | access-date = February 6, 2007 | last = Postman | first = David | date = January 22, 2007 | work = Postman on Politics | url-status = dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070201155743/http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/davidpostman/archives/2007/01/mcmorris_to_head_womens_caucus.html | archive-date = February 1, 2007 | df = mdy-all }}

In 2008, McMorris Rodgers received 211,305 votes (65.28%), to Democratic nominee Mark Mays's 112,382 votes (34.72%).{{cite journal|year=2008|title=Congressional District 5 – U.S. Representative – County Results|url=http://vote.wa.gov/results/20081104/US-Congressional-District-5-Representative_ByCounty.html|journal=Washington Secretary of State|access-date=January 25, 2014|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202132728/http://vote.wa.gov/results/20081104/US-Congressional-District-5-Representative_ByCounty.html|url-status=live}} On November 19, 2008, she was elected to serve as vice chair of the House Republican Conference for the 111th United States Congress, making her the fourth-highest-ranking Republican in her caucus leadership (after John Boehner, Minority Whip Eric Cantor, and conference chair Mike Pence) and the highest-ranking Republican woman.{{cite web|title=Highest-Ranking Republican Woman Faces Tough Re-Election|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/07/06/626664227/highest-ranking-rebublican-woman-faces-tough-re-election|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=NPR.org|language=en|archive-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108234945/https://www.npr.org/2018/07/06/626664227/highest-ranking-rebublican-woman-faces-tough-re-election|url-status=live}} In 2009, she became vice chair of the House Republican Conference,{{cite web |url=https://mcmorris.house.gov/vice_chair_accomplishments/ |website=mcmorris.house.gov/ |year=2012 |title=Vice Chair accomplishments |access-date=January 25, 2014 |archive-date=October 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023125317/http://mcmorris.house.gov/vice_chair_accomplishments/ |url-status=live }} and served until 2012, when she was succeeded by Lynn Jenkins.{{cite web |url=http://lynnjenkins.house.gov/2011-press-releases/jenkins-elected-as-house-republican-conference-vice-chair/ |title=Jenkins Elected as House Republican Conference Vice Chair |website=lynnjenkins.house.gov |date=November 14, 2012 |access-date=January 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923204714/http://lynnjenkins.house.gov/2011-press-releases/jenkins-elected-as-house-republican-conference-vice-chair/ |archive-date=September 23, 2014 }}

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McMorris Rodgers won the 2010 general election with 150,681 votes (64%), to Democratic nominee Daryl Romeyn's 85,686 (36%).{{cite journal|year=2010|title=Washington U.S. House #5|url=http://elections.nbcnews.com/ns/politics/2010/washington/house/5/|journal=NBC|access-date=January 25, 2014|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202130756/http://elections.nbcnews.com/ns/politics/2010/washington/house/5/|url-status=live}} Romeyn spent only $2,320, against McMorris Rodgers's $1,453,240.{{cite journal|year=2014|title=Cathy McMorris Rodgers|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/elections.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00026314&type=I|journal=Open Secrets|access-date=January 25, 2014|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202142006/http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/elections.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00026314&type=I|url-status=live}} On November 14, 2012, she defeated Representative Tom Price to become chair of the House Republican Conference.{{cite news |last=Bendavid |first=Naftali |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323551004578118844192116634 |title=McMorris Rodgers Gets GOP House Post |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=November 14, 2012 |access-date=January 26, 2014 |archive-date=January 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108055852/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323551004578118844192116634 |url-status=live }}

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In the 2012 general election, McMorris Rodgers defeated Democratic nominee Rich Cowan, 191,066 votes (61.9%) to 117,512 (38.9%).{{cite journal|year=2012|title=Congressional District 5 – U.S. Representative – County Results|url=http://vote.wa.gov/results/20121106/Congressional-District-5-US-Representative_ByCounty.html|journal=Washington Secretary of State|access-date=January 25, 2014|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202132730/http://vote.wa.gov/results/20121106/Congressional-District-5-US-Representative_ByCounty.html|url-status=live}}

McMorris Rodgers sponsored legislation that would speed the licensing process for dams and promote energy production. According to a Department of Energy study, retrofitting the largest 100 dams in the country could produce enough power for an additional 3.2 million homes. The legislation reached President Obama's desk without a single dissenter on Capitol Hill.Hill, Kip, [http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/aug/16/bill-eases-regulations-on-hydropower-projects/ "Bill eases regulations on hydropower projects"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220060046/http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/aug/16/bill-eases-regulations-on-hydropower-projects/ |date=February 20, 2014 }}, The Spokesman-Review, August 16, 2013.

In January 2014, it was announced that McMorris Rodgers would give the Republican response to President Barack Obama's 2014 State of the Union Address. House speaker John Boehner and Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell made the decision.{{cite news|last=Cowan|first=Richard|title=Republican congresswoman to rebut Obama State of Union speech|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obama-speech-republicans-idUSBREA0M20020140123|work=Reuters|date=January 23, 2014|access-date=June 30, 2017|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924192813/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/23/us-usa-obama-speech-republicans-idUSBREA0M20020140123|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Michael|first=O'Brien|title=GOP taps top-ranking woman to deliver SOTU response|url=http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/23/22418112-gop-taps-top-ranking-woman-to-deliver-sotu-response|work=NBC News|date=January 23, 2014|access-date=January 23, 2014|archive-date=August 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827115441/http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/23/22418112-gop-taps-top-ranking-woman-to-deliver-sotu-response|url-status=live}} McMorris Rodgers is the 12th woman to give the response,{{cite web |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/27/3896795/republicans-pitch-washington-state.html |title=Republicans pitch Washington state Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers as a rising star |work=The Miami Herald |date=January 28, 2014 |access-date=January 28, 2014 |archive-date=January 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129123113/http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/27/3896795/republicans-pitch-washington-state.html |url-status=live }} and the fifth female Republican, but only the third Republican to do so alone, after New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman in 1995{{cite web |url=http://editions.lib.umn.edu/smartpolitics/2014/01/27/a-brief-history-of-republican/ |title=A Brief History of Republican SOTU Responses |work=Smart Politics |first=Eric |last=Ostermeier |date=January 27, 2014 |access-date=July 12, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906000812/http://editions.lib.umn.edu/smartpolitics/2014/01/27/a-brief-history-of-republican/ |url-status=live }} and the Spanish response by Florida representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the most senior female Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, in 2011. Ros-Lehtinen also gave the Spanish response that year, which was largely a translation of McMorris Rogers' remarks.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/196639-rep-ros-lehtinen-to-deliver-state-of-the-union-gop-response-in/|title=Ros-Lehtinen to deliver Spanish SOTU response|work=The Hill|date=January 28, 2014|access-date=January 28, 2014|archive-date=January 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114064402/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/196639-rep-ros-lehtinen-to-deliver-state-of-the-union-gop-response-in/|url-status=live}}

In 2014, the Office of Congressional Ethics recommended that the United States House Committee on Ethics initiate a probe into allegations by a former McMorris Rodgers staff member that McMorris Rodgers had improperly mixed campaign money and official funds to help win the 2012 GOP leadership race against Price. McMorris Rodgers denied the allegations.{{cite news |last=Sherman |first=Jake |date=February 6, 2014 |title=GOP Conference chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers faces possible ethics inquiry |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-ethics-inquiry-103205.html |newspaper=Politico |access-date=February 7, 2014 |archive-date=February 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208025731/http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-ethics-inquiry-103205.html |url-status=live }} In September 2015, Brett O'Donnell, who worked for McMorris Rodgers, pleaded guilty to lying to House ethics investigators about how much campaign work he did while being paid by lawmakers' office accounts, becoming the first person to be convicted of lying to the House Office of Congressional Ethics.{{cite web|title=GOP consultant admits lying to ethics investigators|website=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/09/08/gop-consultant-guilty-ethics-broun-mcmorris-rodgers-odonnell/71883628/|access-date=September 13, 2015|archive-date=September 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912132944/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/09/08/gop-consultant-guilty-ethics-broun-mcmorris-rodgers-odonnell/71883628/|url-status=live}} The OCE found that McMorris Rodgers improperly used campaign funds to pay O'Donnell for help in her congressional office, and improperly held a debate prep session in her congressional office. A lawyer for McMorris Rodgers denied that campaign and official resources had ever been improperly mixed. The House Ethics Committee did not take any action on the matter.

In 2014, McMorris Rodgers faced Democratic nominee Joe Pakootas, the first Native American candidate to run for Congress in Washington state. McMorris Rodgers defeated Pakootas, 135,470 votes (60.68%) to 87,772 (39.32%).{{cite journal|year=2012|title=Congressional District 5 – U.S. Representative – County Results|url=http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20141104/Congressional-District-5-US-Representative_ByCounty.html|journal=Washington Secretary of State|access-date=January 25, 2015|archive-date=November 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118064002/http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20141104/Congressional-District-5-US-Representative_ByCounty.html|url-status=live}}

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In 2016, McMorris Rodgers defeated Pakootas again, 192,959 votes (59.64%) to 130,575 (40.36%).{{cite web|title=Congressional District 5|url=http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/CongressionalDistrict5.html|website=results.vote.wa.gov|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221155459/http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/CongressionalDistrict5.html|archive-date=December 21, 2016}}

In 2018, McMorris Rodgers faced Democratic nominee Lisa Brown, a former majority leader of the state senate and former chancellor of WSU Spokane. In the August blanket primary, McMorris Rodgers received 49.29% of the vote to Brown's 45.36%.{{cite web|url=https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/Congressional-District-5-US-Representative.html|title=August 7, 2018 Primary Results - Congressional District 5 - U.S. Representative|website=results.vote.wa.gov|access-date=September 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918055024/https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/Congressional-District-5-US-Representative.html|archive-date=September 18, 2018|url-status=dead}} As of early August, McMorris Rodgers had raised about $3.8 million, and Brown about $2.4 million.{{Cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/u-s-congress-washington-state-primary-election-adam-smith-jaime-herrera-beutler-carolyn-long-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-lisa-brown/|title=Washington state primary election: GOP's McMorris Rodgers, Herrera Beutler face tight races in November|date=August 7, 2018|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=August 9, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=August 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809045232/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/u-s-congress-washington-state-primary-election-adam-smith-jaime-herrera-beutler-carolyn-long-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-lisa-brown/|url-status=live}} McMorris Rodgers and Brown participated in a September 2018 debate. Both said they would oppose any cuts to Medicare or Social Security. Both said they supported the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. An audience member asked how old the candidates believed the earth is; Rodgers said she believed the account in the Bible, and "Brown said she believed in science, but didn't provide a specific age".{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2018-09-19/mcmorris-rodgers-and-lisa-brown-hold-1st-of-several-debates|title=US House Candidates Debate Gun Control, Age of Earth|access-date=September 21, 2018|archive-date=September 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921230035/https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2018-09-19/mcmorris-rodgers-and-lisa-brown-hold-1st-of-several-debates|url-status=live}} McMorris defeated Brown with 55% of the vote.{{cite news |title=Washington Election Results: Fifth House District |url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/washington-house-district-5 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 5, 2018 |archive-date=December 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206053230/https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/washington-house-district-5 |url-status=live }} Shortly after the election, McMorris Rodgers announced she would stand down from her position as conference chair. Liz Cheney of Wyoming was elected in January 2019 to succeed her.{{cite news |last1=Killough |first1=Ashley |title=McMorris Rodgers won't run for re-election as GOP conference chair |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/politics/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-not-running/index.html |access-date=February 16, 2019 |publisher=CNN |date=November 9, 2018 |archive-date=February 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216094204/https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/politics/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-not-running/index.html |url-status=live }}

On February 8, 2024, McMorris Rodgers announced her intent to not run for reelection.{{cite web | title=Cathy McMorris Rodgers won't seek reelection, the latest establishment Republican planning to leave Congress | last=Talbot | first=Haley | website=CNN via MSN | date=February 8, 2024 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-won-t-seek-reelection-the-latest-establishment-republican-planning-to-leave-congress/ar-BB1hZK9d | access-date=February 8, 2024}}

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McMorris Rodgers opposes the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and has voted repeatedly to repeal it.{{cite news|first=Kyung M.|last=Song|date=January 23, 2014|title=Spokane's McMorris Rodgers to give GOP response to Obama address|work=The Seattle Times|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022741176_gopresponsexml.html|url-status=dead|access-date=January 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030034025/http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022741176_gopresponsexml.html|archive-date=October 30, 2014}} In late 2013, she wrote a letter accusing Democrats of being "openly hostile to American values and the Constitution", and citing the Affordable Care Act and immigration as evidence that Obama "rule[s] by decree".{{cite news|date=December 16, 2013|title=Democrats 'openly hostile to American values', say Rep. McMorris Rodgers|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/12/16/democrats-openly-hostile-to-american-values-mcmorris-rodgers-gets-nasty/|access-date=January 29, 2014|archive-date=December 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219115729/http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/12/16/democrats-openly-hostile-to-american-values-mcmorris-rodgers-gets-nasty/|url-status=live}} She blamed the ACA for causing unemployment, and when FactCheck.org reported studies that proved the opposite and asked her office for evidence to support her claims, "McMorris Rodgers's office got back to us not with an answer, but with a question".{{cite news|date=January 17, 2014|title=Is Obamacare Causing Health Care Layoffs?|website=FactCheck.org|url=http://www.factcheck.org/2014/01/is-obamacare-causing-health-care-layoffs/|access-date=January 29, 2014|archive-date=January 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131061247/http://www.factcheck.org/2014/01/is-obamacare-causing-health-care-layoffs/|url-status=live}}

McMorris Rodgers responded in 2014 to reports that Obama's program had provided coverage to over 600,000 Washington residents by acknowledging that the law's framework would probably remain, and that she favored reforms within its structure.{{cite news|last1=Hill|first1=Kip|date=April 25, 2014|title=McMorris Rodgers says ACA likely to stay|work=The Spokesman-Review|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/apr/25/mcmorris-rodgers-says-aca-likely-to-stay/|access-date=April 27, 2014|archive-date=April 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427181943/http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/apr/25/mcmorris-rodgers-says-aca-likely-to-stay/|url-status=live}} In May 2017, she voted in favor of the American Health Care Act, a Republican health-care plan designed to repeal and replace large portions of the ACA. McMorris Rodgers was the only member of Washington's congressional delegation to vote for the bill, which passed the House by a 217–213 vote.{{cite news|last1=Camden|first1=Jim|date=May 4, 2017|title=Washington leaders react to House vote on health care|work=The Spokesman-Review|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/may/04/house-republicans-pass-obamacare-revisions/|access-date=May 18, 2019|archive-date=August 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826112640/http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/may/04/house-republicans-pass-obamacare-revisions/|url-status=live}} The bill would have eliminated the individual mandate, made large cuts to Medicaid, and allowed insurers to charge higher rates to people with preexisting conditions.{{cite news|last1=Morgan|first1=David|last2=Abutaleb|first2=Yasmeen|title=U.S. House Passes Republican Health Bill, a Step toward Obamacare Repeal|work=Scientific American|agency=Reuters|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-house-passes-republican-health-bill-a-step-toward-obamacare-repeal/|access-date=May 18, 2019|archive-date=January 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101115341/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-house-passes-republican-health-bill-a-step-toward-obamacare-repeal/|url-status=live}}

In her 2018 reelection campaign, McMorris Rodgers did not mention the Affordable Care Act.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/suddenly-vulnerable-house-republicans-no-longer-bash-obamacare-on-their-websites|title=Suddenly, Vulnerable House Republicans No Longer Bash Obamacare on Their Websites|last=Resnick|first=Gideon|date=September 21, 2018|work=The Daily Beast|access-date=September 21, 2018|language=en|archive-date=September 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921164214/https://www.thedailybeast.com/suddenly-vulnerable-house-republicans-no-longer-bash-obamacare-on-their-websites|url-status=live}}

In 2023, McMorris Rodgers led on a health care bill that aimed to increase transparency in health care pricing and ultimately reduce medical costs. The bipartisan piece of legislation passed the House of Representatives with 320-71{{Cite web|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/dec/11/house-passes-mcmorris-rodgers-bill-aimed-at-loweri/|title=House passes McMorris Rodgers' bill aimed at lowering health care costs, increasing transparency | The Spokesman-Review|website=www.spokesman.com|date=December 11, 2023 }}

McMorris Rodgers opposes same-sex marriage, and co-sponsored legislation in 1997 that would ban same-sex marriage in Washington state.{{cite web |title= HB 1130 – 1997-98: Reaffirming and protecting the institution of marriage |work= Washington State Legislature |date= June 11, 1998 |url=http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1130&year=1997 |access-date= July 20, 2014 |archive-date= August 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810153335/http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1130&year=1997 |url-status= live }} She co-sponsored the "Marriage Protection Amendment", an amendment to the Constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage that failed to pass the House in 2006.{{cite web|date=July 18, 2006|title=H.J.Res.88 – Marriage Protection Amendment: 109th Congress (2005–2006)|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-joint-resolution/88|publisher=United States House of Representatives|access-date=July 20, 2014|archive-date=July 25, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140725232606/http://beta.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-joint-resolution/88|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Tashman|first=Brian|title=Cathy McMorris Rodgers Denies That Steve King — Who Wrote GOP Immigration Policy — Represents Republicans On Immigration|url=https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-denies-that-steve-king-who-wrote-gop-immigration-policy-represents-republicans-on-immigration/|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=Right Wing Watch|date=August 6, 2014|language=en-US|archive-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108155441/https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-denies-that-steve-king-who-wrote-gop-immigration-policy-represents-republicans-on-immigration/|url-status=live}}

When a bill was introduced in the state legislature in 2004 that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, she voted against it; another bill was introduced in 2006, one year after she entered the House of Representatives. This bill was subsequently passed and signed into law by Governor Christine Gregoire.

During an interview with Nick Gillespie in 2014, McMorris Rodgers stated her belief that marriage should be between a man and a woman and her belief that marriage is a state, not federal, issue.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T42aw7ABsI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/_T42aw7ABsI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers on Gay Marriage, Tech, and the GOP|publisher=ReasonTV on YouTube|date=August 5, 2014|access-date=November 19, 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{better source needed|date=January 2021}}

In 2015, McMorris Rodgers voted against upholding Obama's 2014 executive order banning federal contractors from making hiring decisions that discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity.upholding President Barack Obama's 2014 executive order banning federal contractors from making hiring decisions that discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

In 2016, McMorris Rodgers voted against the Maloney Amendment to H.R. 5055 which would prohibit the use of funds for government contractors who discriminate against LGBT employees.{{cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/114-2016/h258 | title=H.Amdt. 1128 (Maloney) to H.R. 5055: Amendment, as offered, prohibits ... -- House Vote #258 -- May 25, 2016 | access-date=January 18, 2022 | archive-date=January 19, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119152420/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/114-2016/h258 | url-status=live }}

In 2019 and 2021, McMorris Rodgers voted against the Equality Act.{{Cite web |last1=Washington |first1=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |date=2019-05-17 |title=Roll Call 217 Roll Call 217, Bill Number: H. R. 5, 116th Congress, 1st Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019217 |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en |archive-date=July 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724015221/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019217 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last1=Washington |first1=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |date=2021-02-25 |title=Roll Call 39 Roll Call 39, Bill Number: H. R. 5, 117th Congress, 1st Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202139 |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107071741/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202139 |url-status=live }} The bill would prohibit "discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system."{{Cite web |date=May 20, 2019 |title=H.R.5 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Equality Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5 |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=www.congress.gov |archive-date=August 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806181018/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5 |url-status=live }} She issued a statement claiming that the bill "did not do enough to protect religious liberty."{{Cite web |last=McMorris Rodgers |first=Cathy |date=May 17, 2019 |title=McMorris Rodgers Statement on the Equality Act |url=https://mcmorris.house.gov/posts/mcmorris-rodgers-statement-on-the-equality-act |access-date=July 24, 2022 |website= |language=en |archive-date=July 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724044907/https://mcmorris.house.gov/posts/mcmorris-rodgers-statement-on-the-equality-act |url-status=live }}

In 2022, McMorris Rodgers voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, which would establish federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages.{{cite web |date=2022-07-19 |title=On Passage - H.R.8404: To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and... |url=https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/117/house/2/373 |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=ProPublica |language=en |archive-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719232349/https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/117/house/2/373 |url-status=live }}

In 2019, McMorris Rodgers was appointed as the Republican Representative to the United Nations General Assembly{{Cite web|url=https://mcmorris.house.gov/posts/mcmorris-rodgers-appointed-as-republican-representative-to-the-united-nations-general-assembly|title=McMorris Rodgers Appointed as Republican Representative to the United Nations General Assembly|website=Cathy McMorris Rodgers}}

In 2020, McMorris Rodgers voted against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021, which would prevent the president from withdrawing soldiers from Afghanistan without congressional approval.{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2020/h152|title=H.R. 6395: William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act ... -- House Vote #152 -- Jul 21, 2020|access-date=January 18, 2022|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415155005/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2020/h152|url-status=live}}

In 2022 during the prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, McMorris Rodgers stated that she opposed sending American soldiers into Ukraine as a means to deter Russia.{{cite web |url=https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6297947702001#sp=show-clips | title=It's time to 'flip the switch,' say 'yes' to American energy: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers | date=February 17, 2022 | access-date=February 22, 2022 | archive-date=February 22, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222181355/https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6297947702001#sp=show-clips | url-status=live }} McMorris Rodgers was also the only Washington representative to vote against providing $14 billion in humanitarian aid to the government of Ukraine.{{cite web |url=https://www.axios.com/house-funding-bill-ukraine-637ec64d-6d77-492e-85dc-231f90b284c7.html | title=Congress passes $1.5 trillion bill to fund government | date=March 11, 2022 | access-date=March 10, 2022 | archive-date=March 10, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310085637/https://www.axios.com/house-funding-bill-ukraine-637ec64d-6d77-492e-85dc-231f90b284c7.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/117/house/2/66 | title=On Concurring in Senate Amdt with... - H.R.2471: To measure the progress of post-disaster | date=August 12, 2015 | access-date=March 10, 2022 | archive-date=March 10, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310175918/https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/117/house/2/66 | url-status=live }} McMorris Rodgers voted in support of sending aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, a bipartisan effort bill aimed at helping U.S. allies{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/04/20/us/politics/ukraine-israel-foreign-aid-vote.html|title=How the House Voted on Foreign Aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan|first1=Catie|last1=Edmondson|first2=Martín González|last2=Gómez|first3=Kayla|last3=Guo|first4=Robert|last4=Jimison|first5=Albert|last5=Sun|first6=Karen|last6=Yourish|work=The New York Times |date=April 20, 2024|via=NYTimes.com}}

In 2022, McMorris Rodgers helped establish the bipartisan, bicameral Abraham Accords Caucus to support peace in the Middle East.{{Cite web|url=https://mcmorris.house.gov/posts/mcmorris-rodgers-announces-bipartisan-bicameral-abraham-accords-caucus-to-support-peace-in-the-middle-east|title=McMorris Rodgers Announces Bipartisan, Bicameral Abraham Accords Caucus to Support Peace in the Middle East|website=Cathy McMorris Rodgers}}

McMorris Rodgers has expressed support for the enforcement of federal law in states that have legalized marijuana, saying in 2017: "I think about access to marijuana and the other drugs that I believe it leads to. Right now, it's against the law at the federal level, and until it's changed at the federal level, I would support [Jeff Sessions's] efforts."{{cite news |last1=Walters |first1=Daniel |title=Sessions' marijuana actions put GOP politicians like Cathy McMorris Rodgers in a tough spot |url=https://www.inlander.com/spokane/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-actions-against-legalized-marijuana-have-put-republican-politicians-like-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-in-a-tough-spo/Content?oid=7619379 |access-date=June 8, 2021 |work=The Inlander |date=January 11, 2018 |archive-date=June 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608202241/https://www.inlander.com/spokane/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-actions-against-legalized-marijuana-have-put-republican-politicians-like-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-in-a-tough-spo/Content?oid=7619379 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Gardner |first1=Elena |title=McMorris Rodgers explains stance on legal usage of marijuana at town hall |url=https://www.kxly.com/mcmorris-rodgers-explains-stance-on-legal-usage-of-marijuana-at-town-hall/ |access-date=June 8, 2021 |work=KXLY |date=August 11, 2017 |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607181635/https://www.kxly.com/mcmorris-rodgers-explains-stance-on-legal-usage-of-marijuana-at-town-hall/ |url-status=live }} She later walked back her position, saying that she "lean[s] against" Sessions's move to rescind the 2013 Cole Memorandum.{{cite news |last1=Angell |first1=Tom |title=A Top House Republican Questions Jeff Sessions's Anti-Marijuana Moves |url=https://www.marijuanamoment.net/a-top-house-republican-questions-jeff-sessionss-anti-marijuana-moves/ |access-date=June 8, 2021 |work=Marijuana Moment |date=September 3, 2018 |archive-date=June 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608202242/https://www.marijuanamoment.net/a-top-house-republican-questions-jeff-sessionss-anti-marijuana-moves/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Hill |first1=Kip |title=Where they stand: Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Lisa Brown give stances on marijuana, opioid addiction treatment and drugs |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/sep/02/where-they-stand-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-lisa-brown/ |access-date=June 8, 2021 |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=September 2, 2018 |archive-date=June 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608202257/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/sep/02/where-they-stand-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-lisa-brown/ |url-status=live }} McMorris Rodgers also repeatedly voted against the Rohrabacher–Farr amendment, legislation that limits the enforcement of federal law in states that have legalized medical cannabis.{{cite news |last1=Ferner |first1=Matt |title=New Ad Targets GOP Congresswoman Over Opposition To Medical Marijuana |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-marijuana_n_5499894 |access-date=June 8, 2021 |work=Huffington Post |date=June 16, 2014 |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607160657/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-marijuana_n_5499894 |url-status=live }}

In 2018, McMorris Rodgers co-sponsored the STOP (Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing) School Violence Act, which established a federal grant program to "provide $50 million a year for a new federal grant program to train students, teachers, and law enforcement on how to spot and report signs of gun violence", and authorize $25 million for new physical security measures in schools, such as "new locks, lights, metal detectors, and panic buttons". A separate spending bill would be required to provide money for the grant program. The House voted 407–10 to approve the bill.{{cite web|last1=Zanona|first1=Melanie|title=House passes school safety bill amid gun protests|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/378415-house-passes-school-safety-bill-amid-gun-protests/|website=The Hill|date=March 14, 2018|access-date=March 16, 2018|archive-date=March 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314203317/http://thehill.com/homenews/house/378415-house-passes-school-safety-bill-amid-gun-protests|url-status=live}}

After Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, McMorris Rodgers became the vice-chair of his transition team. She was widely considered a top choice for Secretary of the Interior.{{cite news|last1=Mapes|first1=Lynda|date=December 9, 2016|title=Cathy McMorris Rodgers reportedly top contender to head Interior|work=The Seattle Times|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-reportedly-top-contender-to-head-interior/|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204122327/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-reportedly-top-contender-to-head-interior/|url-status=live}} Several papers went so far as to announce she had been chosen.{{cite news|last1=Gibson|first1=Ginger|last2=Volcovici|first2=Valerie|date=December 9, 2016|title=Oil drilling advocate to be Trump pick for Interior Department|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-interior-idUSKBN13Y1YV|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-date=November 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109135150/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-interior-idUSKBN13Y1YV|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=December 9, 2016|title=Climate skeptic Cathy McMorris Rodgers set for Department of Interior post|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-department-interior-trump|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-date=January 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108120646/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-department-interior-trump|url-status=live}} Instead, Montana congressman Ryan Zinke was nominated.{{cite news|last1=Davenport|first1=Coral|date=December 13, 2016|title=Trump Is Said to Offer Interior Job to Ryan Zinke, Montana Lawmaker|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/donald-trump-ryan-zinke-interior-secretary.html|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212020243/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/donald-trump-ryan-zinke-interior-secretary.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Eilperin|first1=Juliet|date=December 13, 2016|title=Trump taps Montana congressman Ryan Zinke as interior secretary|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/13/trump-taps-montana-congressman-ryan-zinke-as-interior-secretary/|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-date=March 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324054420/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/13/trump-taps-montana-congressman-ryan-zinke-as-interior-secretary/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Yardley|first1=William|date=December 15, 2016|title=Ryan Zinke, Trump's pick as Interior secretary, is all over the map on some key issues|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-interior-zinke-2016-story.html|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204122503/https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-interior-zinke-2016-story.html|url-status=live}}

McMorris Rodgers supported Trump's 2017 executive order to block entry to the United States to citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations, calling the order necessary "to protect the American people".{{cite web|last1=Blake|first1=Aaron|title=Coffman, Gardner join Republicans against President Trump's travel ban; here's where the rest stand|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/29/republicans-on-trump-travel-ban/|access-date=January 30, 2017|website=The Denver Post|date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129222238/http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/29/republicans-on-trump-travel-ban/|url-status=live}}

In December 2020, McMorris Rodgers was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated{{cite web|last1=Blood|first1=Michael R.|last2=Riccardi|first2=Nicholas|date=December 5, 2020|title=Biden officially secures enough electors to become president|url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-3e0b852c3cfadf853b08aecbfc3569fa|url-status=live|access-date=December 12, 2020|work=Associated Press|archive-date=December 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208201209/https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-3e0b852c3cfadf853b08aecbfc3569fa}} Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state.{{Cite news|last=Liptak|first=Adam|author-link=Adam Liptak|date=December 11, 2020|title=Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/supreme-court-election-texas.html|access-date=December 12, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211234955/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/supreme-court-election-texas.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Order in Pending Case|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121120zr_p860.pdf|date=December 11, 2020|publisher=Supreme Court of the United States|access-date=December 11, 2020|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211234004/https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121120zr_p860.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/read-house-republicans-texas-supreme-court/index.html|title=Brief from 126 Republicans supporting Texas lawsuit in Supreme Court|first=Daniella |last=Diaz|work=CNN|access-date=December 11, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212000435/https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/read-house-republicans-texas-supreme-court/index.html|url-status=live}}

In January 2021, McMorris Rodgers announced her intention to object to the certification of the Electoral College results in Congress, citing allegations of fraud.{{cite web|date=January 6, 2021|title=McMorris Rodgers to object to Electoral College count|url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-spokane-elections-electoral-college-e64940ddf7a9c4a71efcc21e812cf5d0|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=AP NEWS|archive-date=January 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106170112/https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-spokane-elections-electoral-college-e64940ddf7a9c4a71efcc21e812cf5d0|url-status=live}} She reversed her position after pro-Trump rioters stormed the United States Capitol, and said she would vote to certify Biden's win.{{cite web|title=WATCH: Following protests McMorris Rodgers flips saying she will now uphold Electoral College results|url=https://www.khq.com/elections/watch-following-protests-mcmorris-rodgers-flips-saying-she-will-now-uphold-electoral-college-results/video_5bbedc42-5070-11eb-8474-03c2f9e3f798.html|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=KHQ Right Now|date=January 6, 2021|language=en|archive-date=January 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107230250/https://www.khq.com/elections/watch-following-protests-mcmorris-rodgers-flips-saying-she-will-now-uphold-electoral-college-results/video_5bbedc42-5070-11eb-8474-03c2f9e3f798.html|url-status=live}}

She was the only member of Washington's congressional delegation to vote against the impeachment of Donald Trump for his actions stoking the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-08 |title=U.S. Rep. McMorris Rodgers won't seek reelection |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/rep-mcmorris-rodgers-wont-seek-reelection/ |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}

McMorris Rodgers rejects the theory of evolution, saying, "the account that I believe is the one in the Bible, that God created the world in seven days."{{cite web|title=From Kettle Falls to the Capitol, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers used conservative bona fides to rise through ranks {{!}} The Spokesman-Review|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/oct/10/from-kettle-falls-to-the-capitol-rep-cathy-mcmorri/|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=www.spokesman.com|date=October 10, 2018 |archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109031714/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/oct/10/from-kettle-falls-to-the-capitol-rep-cathy-mcmorri/|url-status=live}}

In March 2013, McMorris Rodgers did not support the continuation of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, but sponsored a clean reauthorization of the bill.{{cite news|date=January 23, 2014|title=Washington's McMorris Rodgers will respond to Obama|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/01/23/washingtons-mcmorris-rodgers-will-respond-to-obama/|access-date=January 29, 2014|archive-date=January 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130034242/http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/01/23/washingtons-mcmorris-rodgers-will-respond-to-obama/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Bendery|first=Jennifer|title=Violence Against Women Act Senate Vote Next Week|url=http://electwomen.com/2013/01/violence-against-women-act-senate-vote-next-week/|access-date=March 16, 2013|work=Elect Women|date=January 29, 2013|publisher=electwomen.com|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203064403/http://electwomen.com/2013/01/violence-against-women-act-senate-vote-next-week/|url-status=live}} Ultimately, her bill failed, and the House adopted the Senate version of the bill.

In 2021, McMorris Rodgers introduced legislation to prohibit municipalities from building their own broadband networks.{{cite web|last=Brodkin|first=Jon|date=2021-02-18|title=House Republicans propose nationwide ban on municipal broadband networks|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/02/gop-plan-for-broadband-competition-would-ban-city-run-networks-across-us/|access-date=2021-02-19|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|archive-date=February 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219190950/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/02/gop-plan-for-broadband-competition-would-ban-city-run-networks-across-us/|url-status=live}}

McMorris Rodgers voted against the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 which authorizes DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1865/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Further+Consolidated+Appropriations+Act%2C+2020%22%5D%7D&r=1&s=2 |title=Text - H.R.1865 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress |publisher=Congress.gov |date= |accessdate=2022-07-22 |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123030012/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1865/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Further+Consolidated+Appropriations+Act%2C+2020%22%5D%7D&r=1&s=2 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019689 |title=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |website=clerk.house.gov |date=December 17, 2019 |access-date=January 18, 2022 |archive-date=November 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118053727/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019689 |url-status=live }}

McMorris Rodgers voted against Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1158) which effectively prohibits ICE from cooperating with Health and Human Services to detain or remove illegal alien sponsors of unaccompanied alien children (UACs).{{cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h690 | title=H.R. 1158: DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act ... -- House Vote #690 -- Dec 17, 2019 | access-date=January 18, 2022 | archive-date=February 28, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228070951/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h690 | url-status=live }}

In July 2021, McMorris Rodgers introduced draft legislation that would allow users of Big Tech platforms to sue companies if they think the companies censored speech protected by the First Amendment.{{cite web |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/section-230-cathy-mccmorris-rodgers-big-tech | title=Section 230: GOP congresswoman urges more free speech on Big Tech platforms | website=Fox Business | date=December 2, 2021 | access-date=February 17, 2022 | archive-date=February 17, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217033536/https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/section-230-cathy-mccmorris-rodgers-big-tech | url-status=live }}

In 2024, McMorris Rodgers voted in favor of banning TikTok for their ties to the Communist China Party and posing as a national security threat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.krem.com/article/news/politics/tiktok-ban-bill-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-spokane-reaction/293-1a88e6ab-d556-4c75-9811-e0842b25b095|title=Cathy McMorris Rodgers explains why she voted in favor of House bill that could ban TikTok|date=March 13, 2024|website=krem.com}} McMorris Rodgers would lead the Energy and Commerce Committee in a hearing with the TikTok CEO Shou Chew, who testified on TikTok's consumer privacy and data security practices, the platforms' impact on kids, and its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party.{{Cite web|url=https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/energy-and-commerce-brings-tik-tok-ceo-before-committee-to-testify|title=Energy and Commerce to Bring TikTok CEO Before Committee to Testify|website=House Committee on Energy and Commerce}}

Cathy McMorris married Brian Rodgers on August 5, 2006, in San Diego. Brian Rodgers is a retired Navy commander and a Spokane native. He is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, and the son of David H. Rodgers, the mayor of Spokane from 1967 to 1977. In February 2007, she changed her name to Cathy McMorris Rodgers.{{cite news |title= Congresswoman changes name to McMorris Rodgers, WA |agency= The Associated Press News Service |date= February 1, 2007 |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=1414E003ED355958&p_docnum=21&p_queryname=3 |url-access=subscription }} Having long resided in Stevens County—first Colville, then Deer Park—she now lives in Spokane.

In April 2007, McMorris Rodgers became the first member of Congress in more than a decade to give birth while in office, with the birth of a son.{{cite news |url=http://spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=9671 |title=It's A Boy |date=April 30, 2007 |newspaper=Spokesman Review |access-date=December 7, 2011 |first=Amy |last=Cannata |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206131837/http://spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=9671 |archive-date=February 6, 2012 }} The couple later announced that their child had been diagnosed with Down syndrome.{{cite journal |last=McMorris Rodgers |first=Cathy |author-link=Cathy McMorris Rodgers |year=2008 |title=My Down Syndrome Story |journal=Mcmorris.house.gov |url=http://mcmorris.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=176 |access-date=January 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203022238/http://mcmorris.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=176 |archive-date=February 3, 2014 }} A second child, a daughter, was born in December 2010, and a second daughter in November 2013.{{cite book |first1=Michael |last1=Barone |author-link=Michael Barone (pundit) |first2=Chuck |last2=McCutcheon |title=The Almanac of American Politics |edition=2012 |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-226-03808-7 |publisher=University of Chicago Press, National Journal Group, Inc.|pages=1716–1718 |chapter=Washington/Fifth District}}{{cite news |first=Igor |last=Bobic |url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rep-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-gives-birth-to-daughter |title=Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers Gives Birth To Daughter |publisher=Talking Points Memo |date=November 25, 2013 |access-date=January 26, 2014 |archive-date=January 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122145405/http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rep-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-gives-birth-to-daughter |url-status=live }}

According to the Official Congressional Directory, she is a member of Grace Evangelical Free Church in Colville.{{cite web |url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDIR-2011-12-01/pdf/CDIR-2011-12-01-WA-H-5.pdf |title=FIFTH DISTRICT |publisher=Official Congressional Directory |year=2011 |access-date=January 25, 2014 |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202114210/http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDIR-2011-12-01/pdf/CDIR-2011-12-01-WA-H-5.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite journal|last=McMorris Rodgers |first=Cathy |author-link=Cathy McMorris Rodgers |year=2010 |title=McMorris Rodgers' Pastor Tim Goble of Colville Delivers Opening Prayer for Congress |journal=Mcmorris.house.gov |url=http://mcmorris.house.gov/news-releases/mcmorris-rodgers-pastor-tim-goble-of-colville-delivers-opening-prayer-for-congress/ |access-date=January 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201221318/http://mcmorris.house.gov/news-releases/mcmorris-rodgers-pastor-tim-goble-of-colville-delivers-opening-prayer-for-congress/ |archive-date=February 1, 2014 }}

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Category:Women state legislators in Washington (state)