Larsen-led provisions to help small businesses export also included in bill
U.S. trade agreements will hold other countries to a higher standard of accountability because of provisions Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, pushed for in a trade enforcement bill (Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015) that the U.S. House passed today. Larsen championed a new trust fund to pay for… Read more »
Today, Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, applauded the administration’s action to challenge the Chinese government on an unfair tax advantage that it provides to some of its domestic aviation manufacturers. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced it will bring a case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) because of a 17 percent tax the Chinese government imposes on small… Read more »
Today, Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, applauded a major bipartisan victory for jobs after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to reopen the Export-Import Bank. Larsen is a staunch supporter of the Bank, which provides export financing that helps businesses of all sizes in his district and across the country to grow by selling their goods overseas.
“The next chapter of the… Read more »
Several Larsen-led provisions included in final bill advance Washington state’s transportation priorities
The five-year, job-creating transportation bill the U.S. House of Representatives passed today includes several provisions championed by Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, that will improve Washington state’s transportation infrastructure. Larsen, a senior member of the House… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today led a bipartisan group of U.S. House members in urging the administration to provide adequate funding for small ports in its FY 2017 budget. Small ports are economic drivers for communities along the West Coast, but they have been underfunded in recent years.
In Larsen’s district, small ports like the Ports of Skagit and Bellingham create jobs and… Read more »
Larsen is a member of the committee negotiating a final transportation bill.
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, delivered the following statement at a meeting of the House and Senate members who are negotiating a final transportation bill. Larsen is working to include Washington state’s transportation priorities in the… Read more »
Larsen successfully pushed for language that helps Washington state ferries, bike and pedestrian infrastructure, public buses.
Larsen’s provision to help midsized cities access federal transportation resources also included.
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today voted for and the U.S. House of Representatives passed a long-term surface transportation bill that includes language Larsen… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today continued his efforts to renew the job-creating Export-Import Bank by pledging to vote against amendments that would hurt the Bank’s reauthorization chances. The U.S. House of Representatives this week is debating a long-term surface transportation bill, which includes the recently passed bill to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank.
“I have… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, issued the following statement today opposing an amendment that would cut pay for workers on federally-funded public works projects. Larsen said he stands with workers and will vote against the amendment that undermines the Davis-Bacon Act requirement that federal contractors pay local prevailing wages.
“For more than 75 years, the Davis-Bacon Act has been… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today joined with a majority of members of the U.S. House of Representatives in a vote to renew the job-creating Export-Import Bank. Larsen, who is a staunch supporter of the Bank, cheered passage of the four-year renewal (H.R. 597) and called on the Senate to act quickly on the bill.
“Today’s vote to renew the Export-Import Bank is a major… Read more »
