Press Releases

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) today applauded a bipartisan compromise reached by conferees on the Fiscal Year 2010 Agriculture Appropriations bill regarding the import of poultry products from China.  The agreement would allow the imports of processed poultry or poultry products from China only after passing USDA inspection and after the Secretary of Agriculture notifies… Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement on the Air Force’s draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for the aerial refueling tanker program.  Larsen’s congressional district is home to Boeing’s Everett plan, assembly site for the 747, 767, 777 and 787. “The procurement process for the tanker program must be a fair, open and… Read more »

  U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted today to make the single largest investment in aid to help students and families pay for college in history – at no cost to taxpayers. The Student Aid & Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA) (HR 3221) would shift all new federal student lending to the Direct Loan program starting July 1st 2010, generating funds that will be reinvested in… Read more »

Today U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted to increase investments into the Department of Energy’s (DoE) Vehicle Technologies Program, accelerating the development of the next generation of fuel-efficient cars and trucks.  Western Washington University’s Advance Vehicle Research Institute has previously used funding from DoE to develop innovative, clean… Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement today after the House passed a resolution disapproving of the conduct by Rep. Joe Wilson (SC – 02) during the joint session of Congress.  The resolution passed by a vote of 240 to 179.“Today's vote to express disapproval of Rep. Joe Wilson’s conduct is not about his speech; it is… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Rick Larsen (WA-02) and Todd Tiahrt (KS-04) – joined by forty-five of their colleagues in the House - sent a letter to President Obama yesterday expressing serious concerns about the lack of coordination between our nation’s defense procurement policy and our nation’s trade policy.  In response to the World Trade Organization (WTO) interim… Read more »

The House Natural Resources Committee has approved legislation introduced by U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to designate Illabot Creek in Skagit County as a Wild and Scenic River.  The Committee approved the legislation (H.R. 1593) unanimously on a voice vote yesterday.  “I visited Illabot Creek last month and saw… Read more »

Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA 2nd) announced that they have successfully worked to help change a federal regulation that will assist Whidbey General Hospital in Coupeville, WA in continuing to treat military personnel, military retirees and their families. The rule change Murray and Larsen fought to help bring about will require TRICARE –… Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement tonight following President Barack Obama’s address to a Joint Session of Congress:  “Tonight President Obama spoke about the health care challenges we face as a nation, presented an outline of what is needed to overcome these challenges and offered the American people a hopeful vision for… Read more »

  U.S. Representative Rick Larsen released the following statement today in response to recent news stories regarding the interim ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on aircraft subsidies to Airbus by the European Union. "According to recent media reports the WTO has ruled that the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is that Launch Aid subsidies provided… Read more »