Recently, I realized that I personally know almost nothing about our state’s DC players. So this will be the first of several blog posts where I offer a synopsis of Washington’s United States Congressmen. I will offer a brief history of the person, their views and my opinion of them. Hopefully it will provide you with a little more information about them other then their political party.

Up first is Congressman Jay Inslee (D) of Washington’s first district. Congressman Inslee was born in western Washington in 1951. He graduates from Ingraham High School in 1969. He followed this by obtaining a degree in economics from the University of Washington in 1973 and then a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Williamette University in 1976.

Congressman Inslee is a 6 term US congressman. Interestingly enough though those terms have not all been in the same district. He first served in the US House of Representatives from 1993-1995 for Washington’s fourth district, which is located in central Washington. He has served in the first district since 1999. He currently sits on three Committee; the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the House Committee on Natural Resources, and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.

When it comes to the issues Inslee’s strongest and most outspoken issue is the need for clean energy. Jay has championed and backed numerous bills that support the development and proliferation of clean energy. Mr. Inslee also has a strong history of support for global warming prevention legislature. As mentioned before, he sits on the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming where he can act to create laws that work to end global warming.

Important information about Jay Inslee’s views on other important issues includes:
•Congressman Inslee voted against the war in Iraq in 2002
•Ensuring that all citizens have access to affordable, quality health care has been one of his top priorities
•Jay Inslee supports the inclusion of a public option in a healthcare reform bill
•Voted against a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage
•Mr. Inslee voted against built a fence between the USA and Mexico

That concludes this brief overview of Congressman Jay Inslee. Hopefully all of this information was interesting and informative. Next time I will go over Congressman Norm Dicks.

Sources: House.gov Project Vote Smart