Press Releases

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representative today in recognition of National Drug Court Month. Larsen congratulated Washington state drug courts for their life-saving and cost-effective work, and drug court graduates for beating addiction and turning their lives around.  Larsen, who co-chairs the House Caucus to Fight and Control… Read more »

On Monday May 19, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) will host his first telephone town hall with constituents from across the 2nd Congressional District to update them about his work for Northwest Washington, hear their thoughts and concerns, and answer questions.  Larsen will make the call from his office in Washington, D.C. to speak with constituents from Island,… Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) and a number of his colleagues in the House sent a letter to President Bush expressing serious concerns about the Air Force’s recent selection of the Airbus/ EADS consortium to build the next generation of refueling tankers for our military, a contract worth at least $35 billion for this subsidized European company.  In the letter,… Read more »

Today U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) announced his support for a farm bill agreement between the House and Senate which makes historic investments in Washington state’s specialty crop producers and in initiatives to feed hungry families in Northwest Washington and across the country.  The House is scheduled to vote on the bill today. Both the House and Senate must… Read more »

VA Puget Sound has announced that on May 27, Northwest Washington’s interim veterans’ outpatient clinic will move from its current site at a mobile clinic in Mount Vernon to a new, temporary location on the campus of United General Hospital in Sedro-Woolley, enabling the VA to serve more veterans at a larger facility. U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash) and Rep. Rick… Read more »

After 6 years of working Wild Sky Wilderness through the legislative process, U.S. Senator Patty Murray and U.S. Representative Rick Larsen today celebrated the final step in the process – Presidential signing.  President Bush signed Wild Sky Wilderness into law this morning, creating the first new wilderness area in the state of Washington in over twenty years. "I… Read more »

As Congress prepares to consider legislation to improve education benefits for veterans, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) called on his colleagues to strengthen the GI Bill and give veterans more time to use their earned education benefits before they expire. Today Larsen expressed his support for a proposal to extend the time limit for veterans who served in active duty… Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) today congratulated Anacortes and Arlington airports for receiving grants from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).  According the FAA, the Port of Anacortes will receive $1 million to increase safety and improve operations at the Anacortes Airport by acquiring an emergency generator, constructing an access road and an apron, installing… Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-2) applauded today’s announcement that the federal government has approved a rule change he requested to increase TRICARE payments for Whidbey General Hospital and other critical access hospitals across the country and help ensure that local service members, military families and veterans continue to have access to the care they… Read more »

Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) led the Wild Sky Wilderness bill to passage in the U.S. House of Representatives, the final stop before the bill can be sent to the President who is expected to sign it into law.  The Wild Sky bill, legislation to preserve more than 106,000 acres of wild land in Snohomish County, passed the House today by a vote of 291 to 117 as part of… Read more »