U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) has been reproved by the U.S. House Committee on Ethics for the “misuse of official resources” and has been asked to reimburse the U.S. Treasury Department $7,575.95, after which the committee will consider the matter closed.
McMorris Rodgers, in her eighth term representing Eastern Washington, was the highest-ranking woman in the House Republican caucus from 2013 through January 2019. She was elected the vice chairwoman of the House Republican Conference in 2008 and chairwoman in 2012. She is also her party’s ranking member on the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
