On Tuesday, July 10, House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA), and 42 other Democrats from the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees released the following statement on President Trump’s attendance at the NATO Summit and his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The members of… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the meeting of heads of state and government at the 2018 NATO Summit: “At its heart, the NATO alliance is about nations of similar values working together to confront and deter shared threats. It is not a protection racket. While NATO members should fulfill their… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), the Co-Chair of the U.S.-China Working Group, issued the below statement regarding the tariffs against Chinese products which went into effect last night. “In a tit-for-tat trade agenda, it is the local hard-working folks who feel the brunt impacts on their lives. We will begin to see these effects due to retaliatory tariffs against U.S.… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) issued the below statement on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce “Tariffs are the Wrong Approach” report: “Washington state is the most trade-dependent state in the country,” said Larsen. “I do not agree with the president’s approach to target China, Canada, Mexico and the European Union with additional tariffs and risk retaliation.… Read more »

Led by U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a bipartisan group of Congressional members representing Western Washington wrote to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao this week to urge her to follow through on her repeated promises to follow Congressional direction and approve federal investments affecting projects like Sound Transit’s Lynnwood Link Extension. The 8.5… Read more »

Yesterday, a bipartisan, bicameral group of Washington state lawmakers sent a letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry, urging the Energy Department to maintain the place of the Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs), including the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), within the department’s reporting structure. The letter to Secretary Perry was signed by U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell… Read more »

Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) sent a letter to Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Elaine Chao, slamming the Department for failing to finalize a rule requiring drug and alcohol testing for safety-sensitive workers at… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), the Co-Chair of the Friends of Norway Caucus and a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee sent a letter to President Trump today following the president’s letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Solberg. “As a co-chair of the Friends of Norway Caucus and a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, I read your June 19 letter to… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) issued the below statement on today’s Supreme Court decision about Janus v. AFSCME. “Organized labor put food on my table and clothes on my back. My father was a union guy and he, along with others, helped build the U.S. and raise the country’s labor standards. “The entire workforce benefits when unions bargain collectively. Today’s… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) issued the below statement following the Navy’s announcement of a preferred alternative that will be released in the upcoming final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for EA-18G Growler airfield operations at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI). Under this alternative, there will be 118 Growler aircraft at NASWI, and field carrier landing practice… Read more »