I am not one for half measures or half-hearted efforts.

I am a relatively new Member to this Chamber, and it is troublesome to me and I can tell Members it is getting very troublesome to my constituents when they hear this repeated consistent drum beat of a corruption of the democratic process.

The 1st Congressional District contains almost half of the biotech and biomedical companies in Washington, and my job often allows me to meet the people responsible for this exciting research.

I am excited about focusing full-time on talking about my job-creation agenda and building a new economy for Washington state. We have a great chance to seize our own destiny, build our own industries, and create our own technological revolutions right here at home.

I am happiest in bed. In that half-asleep and half-awake state I have no fear; I know where I am. I know what I am doing. Then I wake up and I am lost.

I identify myself as what I am. I'm half Jewish, like Proust. I have no other way to put it.