Click here to view Rep. Larsen’s remarks at the Paine Field terminal opening.  It is great to be here with everyone today to celebrate the opening of the new Paine Field terminal. I will be the first to say it that Everett and Snohomish County are ready for take-off. We’re very excited about this. The district… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) today introduced legislation to help high school students access in-demand jobs related to growing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) industries by creating a pathway through community college and into an in-demand apprenticeship. “U.S. students are no longer competing with their neighbors, but with students from around the world.… Read more »

You can view Rep. Larsen’s remarks here. Good morning and thank you to today’s witnesses for joining the first Aviation Subcommittee hearing of the 116th Congress. Nineteen days ago, the partial government shutdown ended, but left significant consequences to the U.S. aviation workforce, industry and economy in its wake. But, we have a forward-looking aviation and aerospace… Read more »

Today, the Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) introduced legislation that would protect Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs and personnel, and the U.S. aviation industry as a whole, from future shutdowns of the Federal Government. “The United States… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) issued the following statement in advance of President Trump’s State of the Union address: “I hope the president uses tonight’s State of the Union as an opportunity to focus on supporting and sustaining an agenda For the People. “I hope the president talks about the need for increased infrastructure investments and advanced technology at… Read more »

Rep. Larsen joined air traffic controllers and other aviation workforce personnel to call on President Trump to end the shutdown. View his remarks here. Last week, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) joined the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) and federal employees including air traffic controllers and other aviation workforce personnel to call on President Trump to end the… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted today to ensure back pay for all furloughed federal employees. “Today marks the 21st day in which 800,000 federal workers are either furloughed or working without pay, including 10,877 Washingtonians,” said Larsen. “I voted today to ensure federal employees who are furloughed during the government shutdown receive the back pay to which they… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted today to reopen key federal agencies to support local small businesses. Larsen voted in support of the Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill. “Congress’ number one priority right now must be reopening the government, putting people back to work and giving federal workers and contractors the back pay to… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) today applauded the findings of the U.S. Coast Guard that Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) did not knowingly violate the Jones Act in the construction of the America’s Finest, clearing the way to preserve hundreds of jobs at DCI in Anacortes. “The Coast Guard worked hard to create a thorough report absolving Dakota Creek and giving the green light to the… Read more »

  Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Maria Cantwell (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and U.S. Representatives Rick Larsen (D, WA-2nd), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Pramila Jayapal (D, WA-7th) applauded the signing of the… Read more »