Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, released the following statement today after a Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing about a proposal to privatize the air traffic control system. Larsen brought forward concerns from the Department of Defense (DOD) about what the proposal would mean for national security. The DOD is currently an equal partner with the Federal Aviation Administration… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, issued the following statement after the President released his budget proposal for FY2017. Larsen said the President’s budget contains many positive investments that will create more good-paying jobs, access to skills training, financial security and opportunity for communities in Northwest Washington.
“The budget the President announced today makes… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, released the following statement today about the proposed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill. Larsen, the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, highlighted some of the many bipartisan accomplishments in the bill, the Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act, while voicing his disapproval of the Republican proposal… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today voted in favor of a bipartisan spending bill that makes major investments in the environment and clean energy, as well as other investments in jobs and opportunity for which he has long advocated. The FY2016 Omnibus Appropriations Act provides funding for all federal agencies through September 2016, in line with the bipartisan budget agreement that Congress… Read more »
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, today released a report detailing ways the U.S. aviation system can more effectively respond to epidemics and other global health crises. Larsen requested that the Government Accountability Office study the preparedness of U.S. airports and airlines to handle the spread of an infectious disease during the emergence of the Ebola virus last fall.
Larsen, the Ranking… Read more »
Today, Reps. Rick Larsen, WA-02, Peter DeFazio, OR-04, and Eleanor Holmes Norton, DC, called for continued focus on improving bicyclist and pedestrian safety in response to the troubling increase in pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in recent years.
The Members released a report today from the Government Accountability Office, which they requested to investigate the trends and causes of… 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 »
