Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today urged his colleagues to take up and pass the SAFE Bridges Act, a bill he introduced with Reps. Nick Rahall, W.Va-03, and Peter DeFazio, Ore.-04. The House of Representatives will recess Friday for five weeks without passing any legislation to invest in our transportation infrastructure.
Larsen’s floor speech follows:
Mr. Speaker, I rise to support… Read more »
Small- and medium-sized cities will get a fair share of federal transportation dollars under a bill introduced by Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today. The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery for Cities Underfunded Because of Size (TIGER CUBS) Act of 2013 would set aside 20 percent of special transportation infrastructure funding specifically for smaller cities.
“TIGER… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today voted for a bipartisan compromise on student loan interest rates that will cut interest rates for students on federal loans in college and graduate school. Interest rates for undergraduate loans doubled on July 1.
“America needs to be telling its young people that we will invest in them,” Larsen said. “This bipartisan compromise stops the… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, issued the following statement after Republican leaders pulled a transportation funding bill from the floor, cancelling a planned vote on the bill this evening.
“Really? Republicans can vote 40 times to repeal Obamacare, but when it comes to actually governing they can’t find the votes for their own transportation bill?
“Republicans didn’t… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, issued the following statement today after the House Committee on Natural Resources approved the Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act.
“We are one big step closer to protecting the Green Mountain Lookout,” Larsen said. “The Green Mountain Lookout belongs in one place: on Green Mountain. I appreciate Chairman Hastings’ efforts to… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, issued the following statement today following two votes on the National Security Agency’s data collection activities. Larsen voted for one amendment to prevent government collection and storage of Americans’ e-mails and voted against another that would have outright ended the agency’s ability to collect phone record data.
“The… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today testified in support of his bill to provide permanent protection to Samish Tribal lands in Skagit and San Juan counties. H.R. 1225 would put 95 acres of Samish-owned land into federal trust for use by the tribe for community and economic purposes.
“This bill will provide permanent protection to Samish Tribal lands, allowing the tribe to continue… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today called on Congress to pass legislation to protect the Green Mountain Lookout. In testimony submitted to the House Committee on Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation, Larsen emphasized the important recreational and historical benefits of the lookout.
Larsen first introduced legislation to protect the Green… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today announced nearly $1 million in federal funding for a small shipyard in Bellingham. The $999,100 federal grant to All American Marine is made possible by the U.S. Maritime Administration’s Small Shipyard Grant Program which Larsen has long championed.
“Small shipyards in Northwest Washington are jobs powerhouses that help drive our economy,”… Read more »
Student veterans and their families will be able to better use their GI Bill educational benefits under the bipartisan Veterans Education Transparency (VET) Act introduced today by Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., and Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska. The VET Act will allow colleges to access information about veterans’ educational benefits so they can provide better counseling to… Read more »
