Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, sent a letter to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert in support of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. In the letter Larsen notes the base’s importance in the administration’s strategic pivot to the Asia-Pacific region and urges the Navy to maintain its commitment to bring the P-8A Poseidon aircraft to Whidbey Island. Larsen wrote his letter… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, issued the following statement today after President Obama released the Department of Defense strategy review.“The strategic review appropriately realigns our national security strategy to focus on the critically important Asia-Pacific region,” said Larsen, co-chair of the bipartisan U.S.-China Working Group. “Congress, the President and the… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today hailed Boeing’s announcement that it would move work on the KC-46 Air Force tanker from its facilities in Kansas to Northwest Washington.“This is great news to start the New Year,” Larsen said. “This decision to further invest in the women and men of Boeing’s Northwest Washington facilities is another reason we all worked so… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today announced his four principal nominees to the service academies. The principal nominees from Lake Stevens, Sedro-Woolley, Sultan and Stanwood will be granted spots in the academies next year pending successful completion of their final year of high school. Larsen will also make 10 general nominations to the academies. Larsen told each of the principal… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives approved by voice vote a bill to extend unemployment benefits, protect seniors’ access to health care and preserve middle class tax relief.“This bipartisan bill is a victory for all Americans,” Larsen said. “House Republicans finally stopped playing politics and… Read more »
More than 4,400 residents of Whatcom, Skagit, Island and San Juan counties will lose unemployment insurance in the next few months if Congress does not act to extend the program by the end of the year, Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, said today. Larsen was briefed yesterday by the Northwest Workforce Council in Bellingham on the jobless situation and the effect of Congressional inaction on… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today announced 31 grants totaling $6.3 million for programs that provide shelter and services to the homeless. The U.S. Housing and Urban Development grants are being provided to existing homeless programs to make sure they can continue their services.“Too many families in our communities don’t know where they will sleep from night to night,”… Read more »
The Impact Aid program to help fund school districts serving children living on military bases or Indian reservations will receive $45 million in 2012, Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, said today. The funding was included in H.R. 2005 which Congress passed with Larsen’s support last week. The funding includes $5 million for schools serving children with severe disabilities.“Impact Aid… Read more »
Workers at the Kimberly-Clark Everett facility will receive federal Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, announced today. The assistance, including reemployment and job search services, training, health care, and income support, will be made available to employees of the Everett plant. “This vital assistance could not have come at a better time for the workers… Read more »
Congressional Republicans are irresponsibly blocking a bipartisan deal that would protect Medicare and extend unemployment insurance and give tax relief to the middle class, Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, said today. House Republicans are vowing to vote down a bipartisan agreement to extend the provisions which passed the Senate on an 89 to 10 vote. If the provisions are not extended before the… Read more »
