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From left, Marysville City Engineer John Cowling and U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen discuss how an overcrossing at 156th Street could ease traffic congestion in Smokey Point during a tour of the city on Feb. 1. Photo credit: Kirk BoxleitnerThe Marysville GlobeBy Kirk BoxleitnerMARYSVILLE — Transportation improvements dominated the agenda of U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen’s visit to the city of Marysville on Feb. 1.... Read more »

The Bellingham HeraldBy John Stark The cooperative border security effort announced last week by U.S. and Canadian leaders could be good news for Whatcom County if the two nations can really deliver. That's an opinion shared by Ken Oplinger, president of the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, whose 2nd District includes Whatcom County. They w... Read more »

Seattle PI Aerospace BlogBy Aubrey CohenBoeing 787 Dreamliners destined for launch customer All Nippon Airways are lined up in Boeing's Everett widebody plant on Sept. 27, 2010.Boeing received billions of dollars in illegal subsidies, a World Trade Organization panel determined in a ruling released to the parties Monday.But the two sides offered vastly different accounts of the ruling, which will ... Read more »

Video from www.king5.comKING 5 NewsBy Allen SchaufflerSEATTLE -- Are members of our Congressional delegation changing security procedures following the Arizona shooting? Would they even tell us if they were? After all, why publicize details which could be a matter of life and death? Representatives Jay Inslee and Rick Larsen were out and about on their home turf Wednesday, with no discernible secu... Read more »

Congressman Rick Larsen was interviewed live on KOMO radio with Ken Schram to talk about his reaction to the President’s remarks in Tucson. Audio provided by KOMO. Read more »

CBO Director's BlogThe House of Representatives is planning to consider a bill (H.R. 2) to repeal the major health care legislation enacted last March—that is, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 that are related to health care. CBO has not yet developed a detailed estimate of the budgetary impact of ... Read more »

The Seattle Times OLYMPIA, Wash. — The U.S. House has passed a measure that would require the Pentagon to factor in all government subsidies in the Air Force's aerial refueling tanker competition. The measure passed on a 325-23 vote Tuesday. It was introduced by Reps. Jay Inslee and Rick Larsen of Washington after the Senate didn't act on a similar measure passed earlier this year. It is uncertai... Read more »

PubliColaBy Josh FeitArmed Services Committee member U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen issues statement calling for DADT repeal.As the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal that’s part of the stalled defense budget languishes in the senate, the house introduced a stand-alone repeal bill today.The bill, similar to the stand-alone repeal that U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) introduced last wee... Read more »

Seattle PIBy Aubrey CohenCongress must make the Pentagon consider illegal subsidies in the Air Force aerial refueling tanker competition, U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., said Monday."Congress needs to act to force the Department of Defense to stop ignoring the illegal subsidies that Airbus has received from European governments," Larsen said in a news release. "This session of Congress is coming t... Read more »

Everett Herald Jerry CornfieldThe U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday giving a path to citizenship for students brought illegally into this country by their parents.The bill dubbed the DREAM Act passed on a 216-198 vote . It now goes to the U.S. Senate where a vote could be held as early as today.Every Washington Democrat in the delegation -- except retiring Rep. Brian Bai... Read more »