#washington state

As many as three million people are expected to attend the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The security concerns and economic opportunities are great for both Canada and Washington state. ↗

— Rick Larsen

#both #british #british columbia #canada #columbia

For generations, people have come to U.S. shores to seek opportunity. It's what my grandfather did a century ago, when he came to Seattle, and worked as a houseboy just one mile from the Washington State governor's mansion that I was privileged to inhabit for eight years. ↗

— Gary Locke

#came #century #come #did #eight

In Washington State, the immigrant population has grown by 42 percent in the five years between 2000 and 2005 - which is an increase from 8 percent to 10.6 percent of the overall population - and the jobless rate in the state has hit a 6 year low. ↗

— Dave Reichert

#five #grown #hit #immigrant #increase

For me, it started as a child with one of those little wooden jigsaw maps of the U.S., where's there's crocodiles on Florida and apples on Washington state. That was my very first map. ↗

— Ken Jennings

#child #crocodiles #first #florida #jigsaw

Some types of environmental restoration projects are well-known; restored wetlands, for instance, or coal mine reclamation projects. Recently though, larger dam removal projects have started, a number of them in Washington state. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#dam #environmental #instance #larger #mine

What I did was sit down with the Washington State officials, with the historic preservation people, with the tribe, the local community, the port of Port Angeles, and we worked this thing out, and we protected the tribe's interest. ↗

— Norm Dicks

#community #did #down #historic #i

We've established a Washington State Academy of Sciences that will enable us to make decisions based on science about what is right for our state, meaning the quality of our lives will get better. ↗

— Christine Gregoire

#academy #based #better #decisions #enable

I can finally go home and tell the constituents, law enforcement, and leaders in Washington state that Congress is treating the meth problem with the same urgency and commitment that local communities have been treating it with for years. ↗

— Rick Larsen

#commitment #communities #congress #constituents #enforcement

Washington State has a strong tradition of a positive relationship - positive working relationship between labor and management, whether in the private sector or the public sector. It needs to continue to be that way. ↗

— Rob McKenna

#continue #labor #management #needs #positive

But if you're looking to be spooked by really tall trees then you've got to go to Washington State. ↗

— Dar Williams

#got #looking #really #state #tall