Pakootas would show more concern for 5th District if elected

Cathy McMorris Rodgers, our representative in the U.S. House of Representatives 5th District for over a decade, boasts of three major accomplishments — hydropower, which almost nobody is against, and two bills which benefited the disabled or families of the disabled. That is wonderful, and is likely a result of her having a child who has Down Syndrome. Despite this condition, she voted more than 50 times against the Affordable Care Act otherwise known as Obamacare that has already helped millions obtain health care.

It is time for McMorris Rodgers to retire and allow a more progressive represe...