Honorable Jay Inslee
United States Representative, Washington, Democrat
Representative Inslee, of the First District of Washington, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998; he also served from 1992 to 1994. He was a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1988 to 1992. He sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Resources Committee. The following is from the July 17, 2003, House floor debate on an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2004 Interior Appropriations Act introduced by Representative Inslee, stating that no funds in the act may be used to change the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, promulgated in January 2001 by the…