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The Hill: The case against privatizing the nation’s air traffic control system Reps. Peter Defazio (D-ORE.) and Rick Larsen (D-WASH) 5/10/2017 On every domestic flight, passengers have a window-seat view of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) work to modernize our aviation infrastructure through a set of technologies and procedures called NextGen. After a rocky… Read more »

Congressman: ‘President Trump’s stunning decision to terminate FBI Director James Comey has dispelled any shred of doubt about the urgent need for an independent commission’ Read more »

Rep. Larsen tours career/technical classes North County Outlook Christopher Andersson 5/10/2017 U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen stopped by Arlington High School on May 5 to visit some of the career and technical education classes that are offered at the school. Larsen is the U.S. Representative for Washington's 2nd District, which stretches along the coast from northern Everett to… Read more »

The case against privatizing the nation's air traffic control system The Hill Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-ORE.) and Rick Larsen (D-WASH) 5/10/2017 On every domestic flight, passengers have a window-seat view of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) work to modernize our aviation infrastructure through a set of technologies and procedures called NextGen. After a rocky… Read more »

Trump went after big national monuments, but some fear the small ones are next McClatchy DC Bureau Rob Hotakainen 5/10/2017 San Juan Islands National Monument in Washington state’s northwestern tip may be too tiny to even matter to President Donald Trump. It’s a speck compared to the 27 big monuments that the White House targeted for a federal review on Friday, with… Read more »

Larsen to tour Lopez Community Land Trust Projects, County Public Works & meet with Friends of The National Monument San Juan Islander 5/10/2017 Wednesday afternoon, May 10, 2017, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) will visit Lopez Community Land Trust, a non-profit that works to provide affordable housing, sustainable agriculture, and other dynamic rural development programs. Larsen will… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Larsen gets a look at area Head Start program Skagit Valley Herald Kera Wanielista 5/9/2017 BURLINGTON — While it may seem like preschooler Christian Mendoza is just playing with toys when he builds a Lego car to race against friend Frankie Denunzio-Garcia, the skills the two are learning may set them up for success. The two boys, as well as many other children… Read more »

Rep. Larsen participates in bilingual radio interview Skagit Valley Herald Brandon Stone 5/9/2017 MOUNT VERNON — U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., participated in a bilingual interview on KSVR that radio host Manuel Reta said would help make government more accessible to Skagit County’s Latino population. The hour-long interview was conducted in English and interpreted… Read more »

Congressman: ‘This is a plan to destroy America’s healthcare, not fix it’ Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) today released the following statement after voting in favor of a bipartisan congressional spending bill, which passed the House on a 309-118 vote. “The good news is this is not the slash and burn approach proposed by President Trump,” said Larsen. “Cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency and the HUD-VASH program are disappointing, but there… Read more »