NW lawmakers urge President Trump: Don't sell off BPA assets

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KTVZ: NW lawmakers urge President Trump: Don't sell off BPA assets Say move would hurt region, undermine coordination Northwest members of Congress voiced their join opposition Monday to a proposal in President Trump’s budget to sell off the Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA) assets. In their letter to Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and Office of Management and Budget…

Larsen Statement on Paris Climate Accord

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Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) today released the following statement after President Trump announced America will exit the Paris climate accord – an agreement between 195 countries to slow the effects of global climate change. “Withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate accord is a grave mistake,” Larsen said. “Scientists, private sector companies, and leaders…

Larsen Condemns Kabul Attack

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Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, condemned this morning’s bombing in Kabul’s Zanbaq Square, where at least 90 people were killed and hundreds were injured: “This attack, targeting innocent civilians, is an affront to humanity. The people of Afghanistan are in my thoughts as they rebuild together. The United States will…

Larsen Congratulates WWU Womens Rowing Team on Eighth National Championship

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Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) today congratulated Western Washington University’s women’s rowing team for winning its eighth NCAA Division II national championship:  “Congratulations to Western Washington University’s women’s rowing team and to Vikings everywhere on an extraordinary eighth NCAA Division II national championship.” ###

Nightmare Larsen on President Trumps FY 2018 Budget Proposal

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Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) today issued the following statement after President Trump released his full FY 2018 budget proposal: “When it comes to Medicaid, education programs, the environment, nutrition assistance, and Social Security Disability – frankly, almost anything not attached to the military, boosting the bottom line for billionaires, or building a wall along the…

Rep. Rick Larsen to hold mobile office hours in Lynnwood Saturday

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Lynnwood Today: Rep. Rick Larsen to hold mobile office hours in Lynnwood Saturday Constituents of Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) are invited to meet one-on-one with his staff at a “mobile office hours” event in Lynnwood on May 27. Larsen’s staff holds monthly “mobile office hours” events to provide constituents assistance with federal agencies, including issues…