Miscellaneous
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is a House Republican who represents Washington’s 5th district, which includes the eastern portion of that state and counts Canada, Oregon and Idaho as contiguous neighbors. First elected to the House in 2004, Rep. McMorris Rodgers is concerned about access to broadband technology, given the rural profile of her district. As she explains in this episode of DC2U, Rep. McMorris Rodgers says broadband deployment is a major concern among her constituents. “As I travel around eastern Washington, it’s the number one issue: closing the rural divide,” Rep. McMorris Rodgers told podcast host ACA Connects President and CEO Matthew M. Polka on Nov 13. “We have to figure out how we get that Internet connection to every person and to every community because that’s out future.” Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is eager to see Congress pass a uniform national online privacy law to avoid compliance problems with laws passed by multiple states. “We need to avoid a patchwork of state laws. That will only bring more confusion to the consumers and also make it impossible for businesses.”