Cathy McMorris Rodgers

After two decades in Congress, Spokane's Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who leads the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced Thursday she will not run for re-election.

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Thu., Feb. 8, 2024

Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers embraces WWII Army veteran Mike Olmstead, 99 years old, and thanks him for his service during her visit to the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, in Spokane, Wash. Congressman Dr. Phil Roe, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, stands behind McMorris Rodgers at right.

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Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers listens to questions during a press gathering after a roundtable Wednesday morning meeting Jan. 24, 2024, in the Spokane County Courthouse. A gathering of county commissioner, Salvation Army representatives, and emergency management people discussed the Gray and Oregon Road fire recovery.

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, speaks to supporters at a primary election night gathering at Barrister Winery Tuesday, Aug 2, 2022.

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Left to right, District 3 Fire Chief Cody Rohrbach, Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels, Commissioner Al French (in back), Commissioner Mary Kuney and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers appear at an media update on the Gray Fire.

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Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers during a rally for Israel Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, at the Rotary Fountain in Riverfront Park.

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U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers takes the stage at the Davenport Grand Hotel after defeating Lisa Brown in the 5th District race Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at the Davenport Grand Hotel in Spokane, Wash. (Dan Pelle /The Spokesman-Review via AP) ORG XMIT: WASPO105

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Cathy McMorris Rodgers poses for photos with her husband and family, former Spokane mayor David Condon and his family, and many campaign workers Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 at the Davenport Hotel after she was announced as comfortably ahead in the early voting results.

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Democrat Natasha Hill answer questions during a debate at KSPS studios in Spokane on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022.

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Left to right, Sen. Maria Cantwell and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers have a conversation with host Spokane City Councilwoman Betsy Wilkerson during the Northwest Passages Leadership Talks & Space Walks event to celebrate The Spokesman-Review Inland Northwest Women of the Year held Monday, November 21, 2022, at the Bing Crosby Theater.

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is welcomed to the stage by her husband, Brian Rodgers, at the GOP watch party Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at the Davenport Grand Hotel in Spokane.

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WSU Spokane Chancellor Dr. Daryll DeWald, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and WSU President Kirk Schulz listen to speeches at a press conference announcing a partnership between the VA medical center and the WSU medical school in Spokane Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. The effort will put VA doctors and other caregivers in the Spokane Teaching Health Clinic on the WSU Spokane campus.

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U.S Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, right, and U.S. Rep Cathy McMorris Rodgers tour Eat Good Cafe that is part of the department's Farmers to Families Food Box program enacted during the coronavirus pandemic. They then addressed the crowd during a press conference in Liberty Lake on Thursday, June 11, 2020.

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Vi Frizzell, 95, visits with U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers after a ceremony celebrating the passage of legislation that will compensate for Grand Coulee Dam's impact on the Spokane Tribe's lands and traditional livelihood on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, at the Wellpinit Pow Wow Grounds in Wellpinit, Wash.

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., poses for a photo in her office on Jan. 16, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) listens as Astronaut Anne McClain chats with her along with fellow astronaut Nick Hague during a meeting in McMorris Rodgers' office on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers watches Emma Puckett as she uses a Chromebook during Google’s CS First Roadshow at Regal Elementary on Tuesday, May 28, 2019.During the interactive presentation, Google employees conducted a hands-on coding activity to stress the importance of learning about computer science and give real-life examples of how STEM education can lead to exciting careers.

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Spokane Tribe Chair Carol Evans embraces U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers after McMorris Rodgers gave her a pen that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used to sign legislation that will compensate for Grand Coulee Dam's impact on the Spokane Tribe's lands and traditional livelihood on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, at the Wellpinit Pow Wow Grounds in Wellpinit, Wash.

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U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, right, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers enjoy the moment during a tour of the Spokane Resource Center, a HUD EnVision Center, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019.

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers watches Emma Puckett as she uses a Chromebook during Google’s CS First Roadshow at Regal Elementary on Tuesday, May 28, 2019.During the interactive presentation, Google employees conducted a hands-on coding activity to stress the importance of learning about computer science, and give real-life examples of how STEM education can lead to exciting careers.

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U. S Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers takes the stage at the Davenport Grand Hotel after defeating Lisa Brown in the 5th District race, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

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Cathy McMorris Rodgers is silhouetted before facing off against Lisa Brown during a debate hosted by Spokane Rotary Club 21 on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, at The Spokane Club in Spokane, Wash.

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Vice President Mike Pence, left, appears on behalf of Cathy McMorris Rodgers at a campaign event Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, at the Spokane Convention Center.

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Candidate Lisa Brown and incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers shake hands after a sometimes-testy debate Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, at the Bing Crosby Theater in Spokane, Washington.

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Kellyanne Conway embraces U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers during a private campaign fundraising event for McMorris Rodgers on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, in Spokane, Wash.

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U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers speaks during a private campaign fundraising event featuring Kellyanne Conway as a keynote speaker on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, in Spokane, Wash.

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Vice President Mike Pence exits Air Force Two after visiting with Cathy McMorris Rodgers on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, at Signature Flight Support in Spokane, Wash.

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U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, left, learns to form a pizza crust from Domino's area manager Sarah Anderson Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, at a Domino's Pizza restaurant in Spokane Valley. McMorris Rodgers, who is sponsoring a House bill to allow pizza chains like Domino's to put nutrition information on the internet because of the complexity of calculating the calories of multiple pizza toppings, talked with owners and employees at the Dominos franchise Thursday.

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers lights the shamash candle with a larger flame at the annual menorah lighting in Riverfront Park Sunday, Nov. 18, 2021.

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Washington State Veterans Cemetery Director Rudy Lopez and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers gather for a wreath-laying ceremony Friday, May 28, 2021, at the cemetery in Medical Lake.

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