The Spokesman-Review: Editorial: Air-traffic scheme raises many questions Anyone watching the effort to reform health care should be concerned with the revival of the idea to privatize air traffic control. The House rammed through the American Health Care Act bill before it received an independent assessment of costs and coverage. The Senate is now toiling in secret on its version. After… Read more »

San Juan Islander: Larsen, Transportation Democrats introduce legislation to reject Trump plan to privatize Air Traffic Control and to accelerate NextGen reforms Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), the top-Ranking Democrat on the House Aviation Subcommittee, joined by Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) and Democrats on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, is rejecting President… Read more »

The Hill: House Dems: Trump’s air traffic control plan would give away government assets for free Melanie Zanona House lawmakers clashed Thursday over President Trump’s air traffic control proposal, which Democrats claim would hand over billions of dollars in government assets to a corporation for free. The White House proposal calls for transferring air traffic control… Read more »

Ain Online: U.S. House Dems Offer Alternative to Independent ATC Kerry Lynch House Democrats today unveiled an alternative proposal to the White House/House Republican plan for an independent air traffic control board, instead calling for a series of personnel and procurement reforms and the removal of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund from the constraints of the congressional… Read more »

Flight Global: Democrats pitch alternative to FAA privatisation Jon Hemmerdinger US Democrat lawmakers released a bill on 7 June aimed at stabilising the Federal Aviation Administration's funding without stripping it of air traffic control (ATC) management. The bill, called the Aviation Funding Stability Act, comes as a response to a plan supported by President Donald Trump that… Read more »

Stanwood Camano News: Area Briefly: Open house set on future of Stanwood parks; walk with the mayor Larsen seeks applicants for U.S. service academies The office of Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) has announced a call for applicants by Nov. 3 for Congressional nomination to the U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Military Academy at West Point and U.S. Merchant Marine… Read more »

Washington Post: As White House defends plan to privatize air traffic control, another proposal is unveiled Ashley Halsey III As Senate Republicans voiced skepticism Wednesday with a Trump administration plan to spin more than 30,000 Federal Aviation Administration workers into a nonprofit corporation, House Democrats announced a counterproposal that would preserve the FAA. There are… Read more »

Sky Valley Chronicle: President Trump's plan to privatize America's Air Traffic Control System not passing the smell test   —  Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), the top-Ranking Democrat on the House Subcommittee on Aviation released the following statement Monday after President Trump announced plans to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system. “The… Read more »

KTVZ: NW lawmakers urge President Trump: Don't sell off BPA assets Say move would hurt region, undermine coordination Northwest members of Congress voiced their join opposition Monday to a proposal in President Trump’s budget to sell off the Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA) assets. In their letter to Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and Office of Management and Budget… Read more »

Lynnwood Today: Rep. Rick Larsen to hold mobile office hours in Lynnwood Saturday Constituents of Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) are invited to meet one-on-one with his staff at a “mobile office hours” event in Lynnwood on May 27. Larsen’s staff holds monthly “mobile office hours” events to provide constituents assistance with federal agencies, including issues… Read more »