Press Releases

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) today asked Congress to provide federal funding for 2nd District priorities, selecting 51 of the 153 requests he received to pass on to the House Appropriations Committee. The earmarks Larsen asked Congress to fund reflect a range of local needs in all of the six counties he represents, including funding to invest in economic growth, local… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) spoke on the House floor today in support of the Democratic budget resolution for the next fiscal year. Below are Larsen’s remarks as prepared for delivery. “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to oppose the substitute budget before us and express my strong support for the resolution passed by the Budget Committee. Our budget puts President… Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02), co-chair of the Congressional U.S.-China Working Group, released the following statement today following a meeting between President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao of China at the G20 Financial Summit in London at which they announced points of agreement for U.S.-China engagement. “I applaud the agreement announced today by… Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) praised the Obama Administration’s announcement today of $30 million in economic recovery funds to complete the Peace Arch construction project in Whatcom County. “President Obama’s recovery plan is putting people to work to make our common border with Canada more secure and efficient,” said Larsen, who visited the Peace… Read more »

Today the House passed bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Representatives Rick Larsen (WA-02) and Fred Upton (MI-06) to crack down on the bulk sale of dextromethorphan (DXM), an ingredient of cough syrup that taken in extremely large quantities produces a hallucinogenic high and can cause brain damage, seizures and death.  The bill passed the House today by a vote… Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after President Barack Obama’s announcement today of a coordinated plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Larsen traveled to Afghanistan over Thanksgiving, visiting with U.S. troops serving there and addressing how the United States and our allies can achieve… Read more »

Today, the Obama Administration announced more than $8 million in economic recovery funds for local governments in the 2nd Congressional District to spend on energy efficiency projects. U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) worked to pass the Recovery Act and pushed to include funding for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program.  “President… Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02), a member of the House Budget and Armed Services Committees, delivered the following remarks today at a Budget Committee markup of the budget resolution for the next fiscal year. “Mr. Chairman, earlier this year, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  This legislation is… Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine, and John Sullivan (OK-01) this week re-introduced their bipartisan legislation, The Meth Mouth Prevention and Community Recovery Act, to educate kids about one of the many dangers of methamphetamine abuse: meth mouth, a disease that takes a terrible toll on the… Read more »

Following extraordinary abuses of the public trust by companies that awarded exorbitant bonuses while receiving billions in taxpayer help, the House of Representatives today passed the Bonus Recoupment Tax Bill (HR 1586), legislation to recover taxpayer dollars by imposing a new 90 percent income tax on bonuses awarded by companies such as AIG that have received over $5 billion from the… Read more »