2014 State of the Union address: on Families & Children

Cathy McMorris-Rodgers: Genius of America is in your homes, not in the Capitol

But the most important moments right now aren't happening here. They're not in the Oval Office or in the House Chamber. They're in your homes.

After all, 'We the People' have been the foundation of America since her earliest days--people from all walks of life, and from all corners of the world--people who come to America because here, no challenge is too great and no dream too big. That's the genius of America.

Cathy McMorris-Rodgers: Focus on things that Downs' kids CAN do

They told us all the problems. But when we looked at our son, we saw only possibilities. We saw a gift from God.

Today we see a 6-year old boy who dances to Bruce Springsteen; who reads above grade level; and who is the best big brother in the world. We see all the things he can do, not those he can't.

Cole, and his sisters, Grace and Brynn, have only made me more determined to see the potential in every human life--that whether we are born with an extra 21st chromosome or without a dollar to our name--we are not defined by our limits, but by our potential.

Cathy McMorris-Rodgers: Genius of America is in your homes, not in the Capitol

But the most important moments right now aren't happening here. They're not in the Oval Office or in the House Chamber. They're in your homes.

After all, 'We the People' have been the foundation of America since her earliest days--people from all walks of life, and from all corners of the world--people who come to America because here, no challenge is too great and no dream too big. That's the genius of America.

Mike Lee: End hidden double-tax imposed on working parents

Barack Obama: Let's Move partnership: reduce childhood obesity

The point is, there are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments, and are moving this country forward.