Press Releases

 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 »

 U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement today on President Bush decision to commute I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s prison sentence: “Once again, the President has rejected accountability for the actions of his Administration. Mr. Libby was convicted of lying to authorities and obstructing an investigation into the public… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) has secured $231,000 in a House funding bill so the Northwest Agriculture Business Center (NWABC) can further its work helping Northwest Washington farms thrive.  This funding would be used to create a technological network connecting producers, retailers and distributors so local farmers can get their products to market more… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) announced today that the U.S. House of Representatives has approved $500,000 to protect an additional 35 acres at the heart of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve on Whidbey Island. The funding was included in the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2008, which passed the House today by a vote of… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) joined U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) today to introduce bi-partisan and bi-cameral legislation to provide targeted assistance for Washington state wheat farmers.  The Wheat Counter-Cyclical Payments Enhancement Act, introduced and supported by the three legislators, requires the… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) today applauded House passage of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill for 2008 (H.R. 2642) which provides the largest single increase in the VA budget in the 77-year history of the Veterans Administration. The bill honors veterans and their families by increasing the VA budget by… Read more »