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Rep Rick Larsen (WA-02) issued the below statement on Washington state insurance companies’ proposed premium increases for 2019. “Washington state leads nationwide in expanding access for high quality, comprehensive health insurance. Actions by the administration and some of my colleagues in Congress to undermine the Affordable Care Act and Washington state’s efforts in… Read more »

Rep Rick Larsen (WA-02), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement following his vote in support of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 351-66:  “The NDAA makes important investments in national security, and includes important provisions I introduced… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) today introduced legislation to fill a critical gap in workforce training opportunities through online workforce training grants. “U.S. workers are no longer competing with folks from down the street, but with people around the world to develop and produce the best products and services at the best value. Congress needs to invest in better preparing the U.S.… Read more »

Steven Jiang and Ben Westcott 05/23/2018 US officials have issued a health alert in China after a US government employee stationed there reported "abnormal sensations of sound and pressure" that indicated a mild brain injury. The US State Department is looking into whether the report is similar to incidents in Cuba in 2016 and 2017, an American official told CNN, in which… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) issued the below statement after voting for S.2155, to provide regulatory relief for Washington state’s community banks and local credit unions, and encourage a better banking experience for Washingtonians.  “While the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act is not perfect, this bill provides a measured approach… Read more »

Megan Cassella 5/22/2018 U.S. voters are almost as likely to believe President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on Chinese goods would hurt American consumers as they are to think the Chinese would suffer, a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll shows. The survey of nearly 2,000 registered voters found that 47 percent felt raising tariffs would have the Trump administration's… Read more »

Bloomberg: China Makes Massive Cut to Car Tariffs After Truce With Trump Bloomberg Staff 05/22/2018 China will cut the import duty on passenger cars to 15 percent, further opening up a market that's been a chief target of the U.S. in its trade fight with the world's second-largest economy. The Finance Ministry said Tuesday the levy will be lowered effective July 1 from the… Read more »

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/22/china-us-tech-companies-cfius-572413 Cory Bennett and Bryan Bender 05/22/2018 The U.S. government was well aware of China’s aggressive strategy of leveraging private investors to buy up the latest American technology when, early last year, a company called Avatar Integrated Systems showed up at a bankruptcy court in Delaware… Read more »

Daniel Oberhaus 05/21/2018 On Sunday night the China National Space Administration launched a communications satellite on a Long March rocket on a 280,000 mile journey to orbit the moon. The lunar orbiter is the initial step in realizing China's ambition to be the first country to place a lander on the far side of the moon. As the first communications relay satellite in… Read more »

Doug Palmer 05/21/2018 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday that the Trump administration was considering possible changes to a penalty imposed on Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE, but insisted that had no connection to ongoing trade talks. "I think there are plenty of people who are trying to make this out to be something it's not," Mnuchin said in a… Read more »