Larsen Secures $2 Million for Snohomish County to Improve Everett Rail Yard

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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded a $2,000,000 grant to Snohomish County for its Everett Intermodal Yard and Curve Improvements project. The project will improve rail shipping capability, safety, and reliability for freight and intercity passenger service at the Everett Intermodal Yard. These improvements will benefit both BNSF freight trains and Amtrak Cascades…

Larsen Announces Release of Funding for Local Transportation Projects

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Today, Representative Rick Larsen released the following statement: "I’m pleased that funding for several Northwest Washington transportation projects has been released by the Department of Transportation so local governments can move forward with their work as expected. $1,238,680 for the Nooksack Indian Tribe to remove a culvert in Jones Creek under a BNSF Railway line in Acme…

Larsen in the News: Trump is cutting holes in America’s natural disaster safety net

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In a joint op-ed for The Hill, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), top Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Rep. Greg Stanton (AZ-09), top Democrat on the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, warned that President Trump’s actions to undermine and dissolve FEMA are putting American lives at risk. The Transportation and…

Larsen Releases Statement on World Cup 2026 Travel

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Today Representative Rick Larsen, Co-Chair of the Congressional Soccer Caucus, released the following statement about the impact of President Trump’s travel ban on World Cup 2026: “I want World Cup 2026 to be a showcase of great soccer, and everything that’s great about the United States.  “Yet, as a life-long soccer player and big soccer fan, I can say the United States is…

Larsen Releases Statement on Crash of Air India Flight

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Joint statement of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Rick Larsen (WA-02), Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX), and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-TN) on today's crash of an Air India flight from Ahmedabad, India to London, England:  “Our prayers are with the victims of the Air India Flight 171…

Larsen Requests Nearly $37 Million for 15 Local Projects in Fiscal Year 2026 Spending Bill

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WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) has requested $36,763,695 for 15 local projects in the Fiscal Year 2026 spending bill. Larsen submitted the requests to the House Appropriations Committee as the Committee begins work on legislation to fund the federal government. “My priority in shaping spending bills is to invest in Northwest Washington communities,” said Larsen.…

WA Delegation Urges President Trump to Reconsider Denial of WA State’s Request for a Disaster Declaration for November “Bomb Cyclone”

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U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, led Washington state’s entire congressional delegation - U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and U.S. Representatives Suzan DelBene (D, WA-01), Rick Larsen (D, WA-02), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, WA-03), Dan Newhouse, (R, WA-04), Michael Baumgartner (R, WA-05), Emily Randall (D, WA-06), Pramila Jayapal (D,…

Congressional Soccer Caucus Co-Chairs Welcome the Creation of a World Cup Task Force

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Congressional Soccer Caucus Co-Chairs released the following statement: “As bipartisan co-chairs of the Congressional Soccer Caucus, we welcome President Trump’s creation of a World Cup Task Force,” said Reps. Larsen (WA-02), LaHood (IL-16), Castor (FL-14) and Bacon (NE-02).  “Co-hosting the world’s largest sporting event with Canada and Mexico is a…

Rep. Larsen and Sen. Cantwell to Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration: Fund the Pipeline Safety Trust

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BELLINGHAM, WA – Yesterday, Rep. Rick Larsen and Sen. Maria Cantwell sent a letter to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Deputy Administrator Ben Kochman expressing their strong opposition to purported plans to withhold funds for a 2025 Technical Assistance Grant to the Pipeline Safety Trust (PST). PST was created in the aftermath of the Olympic pipeline disaster…

Larsen Secures $2 Million for Lynden’s Pepin FASST Project

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The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded a $2,000,000 grant to the City of Lynden to complete planning for its project to relocate Pepin Creek, which runs in deep roadside ditches that overflow and flood the area during winter storms when large quantities of water flow across the U.S.-Canada border.