From state Representative Jeff Morris:

Some believe RFID chips have great promise for commerce. Others raise the specter of an Orwellian society where an individual’s every move and purchase are analyzed.

Whether one believes this RFID technology to be auspicious, suspicious, or somewhere in between, if that’s the road that commerce is headed down, then the Washington state Legislature just constructed the first techno-checkpoint of its kind.

From US Senator Maria Cantwell: 

Creating Thousands of New High Wage Green Collar Jobs
 
With its highly skilled workforce and national leadership on clean energy issues, Washington state has a unique opportunity to create thousands of family-wage green collar jobs while simultaneously improving our economy, environment, and national security.  During

Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on how the Air Force's decision to award Airbus and its parent company EADS with the $40 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers threatens U.S. economic, military, and trade security.

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT:

The Air Force decision comes while the U.S. economy is sliding into recession

Statement by Senators Patty Murray & Maria Cantwell, and Representatives Norman Dicks, Rick Larsen, Jay Inslee, Adam Smith, Jim McDermott and Dave Reichert on Tanker Decision:

"We are outraged that this decision taps European Airbus and its foreign workers to provide a tanker to our American military.

"This is a blow to the American aerospace industry, American workers and America's men and women in uniform.

Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered the following statement after Republicans blocked debate on the Foreclosure Prevention Act, which would provide desperately needed help to families devastated by the mortgage and credit crisis.