U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement on legislation introduced by Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee George Miller, the Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act, which includes a proposal he authored to fight childhood hunger. A provision of the bill is modeled after Larsen’s Ensuring All Students Year-round… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement after voting to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011.
“The National Defense Authorization Act creates a smart defense budget that focuses on the right priorities to protect America and support our troops.
“This bill provides the resources we need to defeat… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted to help small businesses create jobs, close tax loopholes and extend unemployment insurance benefits by voting for the American Jobs & Closing Tax Loopholes Act.
The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act will help create and save jobs by:
Extending and expanding Small Business Administration 7(a) and 504 lending… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02), along with a bipartisan group of Representatives, introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that will require the Department of Defense to take into account the illegal subsidies that Airbus has received from European governments when it awards a contract for the next generation of aerial refueling tankers. The… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02), and other Members of Congress, were briefed by Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, National Incident Commander for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response, on the progress of the clean up of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.“Estimates from the U.S. Geological Survey indicate that this is the worst oil spill in U.S.… Read more »
U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement today in support of an agreement reached by the White House and Congressional leaders to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ The Department of Defense announced in February that it was launching a comprehensive study on the potential impact of repealing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t… Read more »
U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement today in support of H.Res. 1382, a resolution expressing sympathy to the families of the 46 sailors killed by North Korea in the sinking of the Cheonan and solidarity with South Korea in the wake of this tragic accident.
“I offer my condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of those killed in the… Read more »
Question 2: Databases How many unique production databases do you currently support? What is the average size of your production database? What is the largest size of your production databases? Question 3: Application Scalability The purpose of the following question is for the CAO to understand how the new architecture will need to scale to meet spikes in usage. Every… Read more »
U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02), co-chair of the bipartisan U.S.-China Working Group, released the following statement today about the upcoming Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) between U.S. and Chinese officials.
“The relationship between the US and China is not just one relationship, but many relationships. Some of these are very strong, while others… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, delivered the following statement at a hearing on “Implementation of the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006 and Reauthorization of the Pipeline Safety Program.” The hearing was held by the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and… Read more »
