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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… Read more »

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.” ### Read more »

Congressman: ‘If there was a book on commonsense for Congress, I am sure it would include a chapter on holding public hearings before voting on legislation’ Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

Sky Valley Chronicle: President Trump's Education Budget Proves White House Needs Some Book Learning Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) Thursday excoriated President Trump’s proposed education budget which, according to the Washington Post, proposes to eliminate more than $10.65 billion in public education in order to funnel money into “school choice”… Read more »

Congressman: how can the system be both ‘safe and broken’ as privatization-proponents suggest? Read more »

Seattle PI: Connelly: Sec. DeVos would cut public education, promote charter schools, vouches Joel Connelly The U.S. Department of Education plans to slash a range of public education programs, from public service loan forgiveness to Special Olympics education programs, according to near-final budget documents. The documents, first reported by the Washington Post, show part of the… Read more »

San Juan Islander: Larsen Takes Aim at Proposal to Privatize U.S. Air Traffic Controllers, Calls for Focus on Bipartisan Agreement in FAA Reauthorization Talks Congressman: how can the system be both ‘safe and broken’ as privatization-proponents suggest? In a hearing of the House Committee on Transportation, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), the top-Ranking Democrat on the House… Read more »

Skagit Valley Herald: Education Briefly ART WINNER: A Sedro-Woolley High School student has been named the winner of U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen’s congressional student art competition. Student Maddie Moser and her parents will join Larsen in Washington, D.C., for the opening of the annual Congressional Art Show. RETIREMENT CELEBRATION: A retirement celebration honoring outgoing Concrete… Read more »