Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today praised the Obama Administration’s action to move forward with a plan to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. President Obama first announced the plan in November with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Today, in advance of the United Nations climate change meetings in December, the administration formally… Read more »
EVERETT—Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today applauded the appointment of Jill McKinnie, the director of his Northwest Washington offices, as Snohomish County Ombudsman. Larsen commended McKinnie for her long record of public service.
County Executive John Lovick selected McKinnie as one of two finalists for the ombudsman position, and the County Council voted on March 30 to appoint… Read more »
Seattle will keep its daily flight to Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, as a result of efforts by Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02. Larsen led the Washington state delegation in pushing the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) earlier this year to protect Seattle’s daily service to Haneda. DOT announced today that it is rejecting petitions by competing airlines to move service out of… Read more »
Grant allows Marysville School District to reimburse school officials for overtime in wake of school shooting last October
Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and U.S. Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA-02) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01) applauded the announcement that their request for federal support for Marysville School District has been approved. The… Read more »
Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Don Young (R-AK) have once again introduced bipartisan legislation in the House to fight childhood hunger and expand access to summer meal programs for kids across the country.
Young and Larsen’s legislation, the Summer Meals Act of 2015, is designed to provide children with year-round access to nutritious meals by expanding the… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today hailed House passage of a bill that ensures seniors can continue seeing their doctors, provides funding for community health centers and extends health insurance for children.
Larsen voted in favor of H.R. 2, the bipartisan Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. The bill permanently repeals the flawed Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR)… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today voted against the Republican budget that fails to invest in the priorities of his constituents by neglecting infrastructure, cutting funding for students trying to access higher education, and repealing the Affordable Care Act. The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.Con.Res. 27, the Republican FY2016 Budget Resolution, by a vote of 228-199.
Larsen voted… Read more »
About 97 acres of Samish Tribal lands in Skagit and San Juan counties would be permanently protected because of legislation that Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, has introduced. The Samish Indian Nation Land Conveyance Act of 2015 would put the land, currently owned by the Samish Tribe, into federal trust for the tribe.
“Permanently protecting these approximately 97 acres will help ensure… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today recognized the two-year anniversary of the San Juan Islands National Monument designation by applauding the hard work of the community and the partnerships that made the monument a reality, as well as noting the importance of conserving lands and waters.
“The San Juan Islands community worked hard to protect the nearly 1,000 acres that make up the… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, urged the Obama Administration in a letter with other U.S. House members this week to protect U.S. security interests in nuclear negotiations with Iran, while underscoring that he will carefully review any agreement that arises out of the ongoing negotiations.
Larsen signed onto a letter to the President highlighting some of the remaining concerns about the… Read more »
