Representative rick marsh, a democrat from washington joined book tv to discuss the books hes reading. Congressman rick larson of washington, whats on your reading list right now . My Summer Reading list hasnt been long but its coming into the middle of summer now. Im working on wrecked, its the third icu novel by joe day, hes a mission writer and iq is his character and rex is the third book in the series. Hes kind of a detective novel. Hes a private investigator and a lot of action, a lot of great relationships in that book so im working on that. Im also working on frederick douglass, a biography published recently. Working on that, its a fairly long book so im popping in and out of that. In and out of that book. Taking that in chunks. So the policy wonk in me, david dollar has at one of the think tanks in washington dc is the editor of a book called china 2049 where hes put together some reform minded chinese colleagues to look at what the chinese economy might look like, what its challenges are between now and 2049 and obviously the implications for us chinese policy. Its an interesting kind of work related book. I dont read a lot of books for work, i usually read them in advance and try to throw in a couple of books about Washington State, my home state as well so on my shelf is a book by Rick Whitaker whose jim whitaker son, First American to climb everest and its a memoir about lake whitaker growing up and with this very famous father who was the First American to climb Mount Everest so that on ourreading list. The rest of the summer. The china 2029 book, thats your district in washington is pretty affected by trade with china. Washington state is the most dependent state in the country, 40 percent of the jobs tied to trade and with all countries all over the world, not just china but china is one of the largest trade partners for Washington State and the women and men who work at those companies. So having a fairly good idea or a crystal ball of the future of the chinese economy has a direct impact on Washington State. Washington state economy and the women and men who work in those jobs area. Do you find yourself in Congress Sharing ideas with your colleagues . Not with all my colleagues but a few of them. Im 80 added reader and theres one member in particular that we trade book ideas usually around which mysteries were reading lately. Mystery series were reading lately. So thats kind of where i take my interest and share it with mycolleagues. You going to send those long flights from seattle. People always ask where you find time to read. I get five hours on average one way across the country and 20 of time to read. I can only watch so much, so many recently released movies , so much Netflix Series or other streaming services. A good book and a good book on paper, congress is a good book onpaper. Its in hardback and paperback, its still a way to go for me. Tell us about the Second District of washington. Other than it being the best district in the country its hubs the puget sound. It has the San Juan Islands and the west corner of the district. Thats everett which is in the south end of bellingham. And the district has beautiful views of theolympic mountains , through the west and the cascades to the east read it really is a from a scenery perspective a beautiful district but also the district i was born and raised in and my family has been in the region for five generations now. But the real great and on her as well is we will continue to represent it. But i just know that my familys been here and its always good to stay humble as well and think about the people in the district. Congressman rick larson, thanks for spending a few minutes with book tv and sharing your readings. Its a great pleasure, thank you so much. Whats this and all are what are you reading interviews at booktv. Org using the search bar at the top of the page read the Senate Taking a break for their party lunches. Will return 2 15 eastern the vote on the contribution of James Madison to the court judge for the Northern District of ohio and the Congress Facing a midnight deadline on december 11 against government funding to thover a Government Shutdown when the secretary watch live coverage right here on cspan2. Yesterday the president formed secretary marcus first tenure leaving the department ofdefense. Has concluded. When is considered secretary offers nomination you could hardly invent a better qualifications around the pentagon in his resume