Press Releases

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted today to protect critical transportation investments and nearly 380,000 jobs across the country, including 7,211 jobs in Washington state, by restoring the Highway Trust Fund, the primary source of federal funding for highways and bridges. The Highway Trust Fund Restoration Act (H.R. 6532) first passed the House in July and cleared the Senate… Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement today on news from the Defense Department that a decision on the Air Force’s refueling tanker program will be delayed until the next Administration.  Larsen’s congressional district is home to Boeing’s Everett plant, assembly site for the 747, 767, 777 and 787.“Earlier this… Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen today renewed his call for Congress to pass a 2nd economic stimulus package to create jobs and strengthen our infrastructure by investing in roads, bridges and highways, and to help the Americans hurt the most by rising food costs and the economic downtown by providing more aid for food stamps. “We need a 2nd economic stimulus package to create… Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement on yesterday’s tragedy in Skagit County.  “Today my thoughts and prayers are with the victims of this tragedy, their families, and everyone in our community who has lost a loved one. “My heart also goes out to the law enforcement officers who have lost a colleague. As first… Read more »

Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) applauded the announcement by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) of a $500,000 federal grant and a $575,000 loan to help Skagit County’s Farm Power Rexville, LLC launch a community anaerobic digester facility.  Larsen had urged the USDA to approve federal funding for the project. “This USDA Rural… Read more »

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

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) has secured $6.16 million for a new academic fire instructional facility at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in the Military Construction and Veterans Administration appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2009, which passed the House today by a vote of 409 to 4. “A new, permanent fire instructional facility will help servicemen and women at… Read more »

Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Congressman Rick Larsen (D- WA 2nd) teamed up to introduce legislation in the Senate and House of Representatives that reauthorizes and expands the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act. The Northwest Straits Initiative's goal is to restore and protect marine habitat in the Northwest Straits. Most importantly, the… Read more »

Congress is poised to pass legislation to protect children from dangerous toys by strengthening the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and increasing fines for those who produce faulty products, as U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) proposed in legislation introduced last fall. “The legislation we passed this week strengthens the Consumer Product Safety… Read more »

Today U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) reminded his constituents – including low-income seniors and disabled veterans – who wouldn’t otherwise have to file a 2007 tax return to do so by October 15th in order to get their economic stimulus checks from the federal government. According to statistics released this week by the Center on Budget and Policy… Read more »