Press Releases

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) announced that he has secured $125,000 to help Bellingham Technical College train energy workers for family wage jobs in Northwest Washington. The funding was included in the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2008, which passed the House on Thursday by a vote of 276 to 140. … Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) applauded the news that the House Agriculture Committee has passed a farm bill (HR 2419) providing $1.6 billion in mandatory funding for specialty crops, an unprecedented investment in fruit and vegetable growers that would benefit farms across Northwest Washington.  A vote on the House floor is expected before the August recess.… Read more »

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) announced today that he has secured $275,000 in a House funding bill to help Skagit Valley Hospital Cancer Care Center purchase cutting-edge equipment to treat brain cancer. The funding was included in the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2008, which passed the House by a vote… Read more »

 The House Small Business Committee has included an amendment authored by U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) in the Small Business Administration (SBA) Trade Policy Act that would help U.S. small businesses overcome obstacles and successfully export their goods and services to the Asia Pacific Region.  The Larsen amendment directs the SBA’s Office of International… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) announced today that the U.S. House of Representatives has approved $500,000 for the Army Corps of Engineers to continue the Skagit River General Investigation (GI) in the House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill for the next fiscal year.  After the President eliminated GI funding from his proposed budget, Larsen fought to… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement on the Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD)’s successful settlement with Enron. Under the settlement, Snohomish PUD will pay $18 million to Enron creditors to settle a claim of about $180 million that Enron has sought from the PUD.“My constituents have paid… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) announced today that he has secured $500,000 for the Army Corps of Engineers to continue the Skagit River General Investigation (GI) in the House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill for the next fiscal year.  Larsen fought to restore funding for the project which was eliminated in the President’s proposed… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement today on the need for a new direction in Iraq following the Administration’s release of the Iraq interim assessment report required by Congress.  Later today, Larsen will vote in favor of the Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act (H.R. 2956). … Read more »

 U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) today voted to approve legislation to make the single largest investment in college financial aid since the 1944 GI Bill, helping millions of students pay for college at no new cost to U.S. taxpayers.  The College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 (H.R. 2669), which passed the House passed by a vote of 273-149,… Read more »

 The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has passed a bill reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the next four years.  U.S. Representative Brian Baird (WA-03) and U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02), together with their Committee colleagues, rejected the Bush Administration’s proposal to require new user fees and triple the fuel… Read more »