Larsen Condemns Trump's Unhinged & Violent Comments

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Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) joined Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Democratic Leadership in the following statement: “Donald Trump is completely unhinged. His statement threatening to eradicate an entire civilization shocks the conscience and requires a decisive congressional response. The House must come back into session immediately and vote to end this…

Larsen Defends Free and Fair Elections

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Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement: “President Trump has no constitutional authority to change election law by executive order. This is an unlawful effort to suppress the right to vote. No matter what the President says, there is no proof of widespread voter fraud in our elections. “While this Executive Order is challenged in…

Larsen Supports Bipartisan Bill to Pay Public Servants

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Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement: “I support the bipartisan Senate bill to pay Coasties, TSA agents, CISA experts, FEMA staff and other DHS employees who do important work protect our country. Unfortunately, House Republicans have rejected that and chosen to continue to force public servants to work without pay and Americans to…

Larsen Rejects Trump’s Reckless War; Supports U.S. Military

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Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement: “Today, I voted against President Trump’s reckless war, which he has not justified to the American people or Congress. The people I represent want lower prices and less war from this Administration, but they are getting higher prices and more…

Larsen Reintroduces Bill to End Dark Money in Elections

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Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) joined 184 colleagues in both houses of Congress in reintroducing the DISCLOSE Act, legislation to end dark money in American elections and make government more accountable to the will of voters.   “Folks in Northwest Washington deserve to participate in a fair election and have the right to know who is…

Larsen Joins Leader Jeffries in Statement on Iran Strikes

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Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) joined Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the New Democrat Coalition's statements on U.S. strikes against Iran. Leader Jeffries' released the following statement: "Overnight, Donald Trump announced the start of massive and ongoing military operations against Iran. The framers of the United States Constitution gave Congress the sole power…

Larsen Releases Statement on Today’s Peaceful Demonstrations Against the Trump Administration

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Today Representative Rick Larsen released the following statement to those demonstrating peacefully against the Trump administration: “Today, people all across Northwest Washington state are gathering to demonstrate peacefully against the excesses and corruption of the Trump administration. “Excesses like the President spending more than 20 days golfing just so far this year,…

Larsen Statement on Firing of Librarian of Congress

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement after President Trump fired the Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden: “Carla Hayden is the People’s Librarian of Congress and the idiot decision to fire her won’t change that. “Nothing Trump does will stop us from ensuring that people have access to education and the books that challenge us to be…

Larsen, Jayapal, DelBene, Strickland, Randall, Smith and Schrier Call on ICE and DHS to Answer Questions about Bellingham Raid

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Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), along with Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rep. Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Rep. Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Rep. Emily Randall (WA-06), Rep. Adam Smith (WA-09) and Rep. Kim Schrier (WA-08) have sent the following letter to ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons and DHS Secretary Noem. Dear Secretary Noem and Acting Director Lyons: We write to express our deep concerns over…

Annual Defense Policy Bill Improves Quality of Life for Servicemembers, Veterans and Military Families in the Pacific Northwest

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Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the below statement after voting for the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bipartisan NDAA passed the House by a final vote of 281 to 140 and now heads to the Senate for consideration.