Today, Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation John Garamendi (D-CA), applauded efforts by the Obama Administration to coordinate a government wide approach to addressing U.S. interests in the… Read more »

Larsen also cosponsors two other bills to reform campaign finance laws Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today supported a Constitutional Amendment that would overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United and McCutcheon campaign finance decisions. Larsen is a cosponsor of H.J.Res. 22, the Democracy for All Amendment. “The success of our democracy depends on people’s participation… Read more »

Position will give Larsen more oversight over railways Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, will take a position on the Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Larsen requested this new Subcommittee assignment in response to growing concerns in Northwest Washington about rail safety and traffic impacts. “People in… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, will remain the top House Democrat on aviation issues after a vote today by his colleagues on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Larsen will keep his position as the Ranking Member on the Aviation Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over all aspects of civil aviation including safety, infrastructure, labor, commerce and international issues,… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, issued the following statement tonight in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address. “Momentum is on the side of our economy. The unemployment rate is steadily dropping, more people have access to health care coverage, and families have more money in their pockets because of falling gas prices. The President made the case tonight that we… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, voted against measures today that would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects DREAMers—young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children and have lived by the law while here—from deportation. House Republicans voted to include these harmful measures in a funding bill for the U.S. Department… Read more »

Last year, Murray, Cantwell, Larsen, DelBene helped secure a similar grant for Darrington School District after SR 530 mudslide Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and U.S. Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA-02) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01) sent a letter of support to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for a federal grant to help offset costs the… Read more »

TIGER CUBS bill part of Larsen’s broader transportation agenda Job-creating transportation dollars will be allocated more fairly to small- and medium-sized cities because of a bill introduced today by Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02. The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery for Cities Underfunded Because of Size (TIGER CUBS) Act of 2015 would set aside 20 percent of… Read more »

By Rep. Rick Larsen As a supporter of Dodd-Frank and someone who was here when Congress wrote it and stood with my communities that suffered as a result of the excess of the financial industry that led to the recession, I can bring a perspective to last week’s vote on HR 37 that others can’t. First, the bill is a collection of 11 separate bills, five of which the House passed… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, continued his efforts today to reform campaign finance laws by cosponsoring a bill that would roll back harmful provisions passed last month as part of the federal government spending bill. The provisions greatly increased campaign donation limits to allow individual donors to give more than $1.5 million to a political party each two-year election… Read more »