"Washington voters need to acknowledge Washington Republicans, because of remoteness and wilderness, are a little bit different from the national breed."
When the Trump administration announced its plans to open up the entire Washington coast, including the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, to oil exploration, I was pissed off.
Jim McDermott at a McCaw Hall event in 2014: He's finally ready to leave the political stage to others. And there's likely to be quite a crowd trying to take his place in Congress.