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Less than two days after they unveiled their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, House Republicans are taking the first legislative steps toward enacting that legislation. The House Ways and Means Committee is holding a hearing — known as a markup — on the Republican bill, the American Health Care Act. Two Seattle-area members of Congress — Republican… Read more »

A report released by Democratic congresswoman Suzan DelBene on March 3 reveals that 421,100 individuals in congressional district 1 are on track to lose preventative health insurance coverage if the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, is repealed. The report was released just days before the U.S. House of Representatives rolled out a plan to repeal the ACA on March 6. In… Read more »

The House Ways and Means Committee early Thursday morning cleared its portion of a bill intended to gut Obamacare and partially replace it, taking the first step towards getting the legislation to the House floor. The committee completed its markup of its part of the American Health Care Act, the GOP leadership's bill to gut Obamacare and partially replace it. The committee's portion… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released a congressional report Friday on the devastating effects repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would have on Washington’s 1st District. Since the ACA was implemented, the uninsured rate in the 1st District has dropped from 11.1 percent to just 5.1 percent. If Pres. Donald Trump and congressional Republicans succeed in dismantling the… Read more »

Representative Suzan DelBene (D-WA) talked about her work as a lead member of the New Democrat Coalition. Click here to watch the video. Read more »

Rep. Suzan DelBene, a Democrat from Washington, comments on President Donald Trump's tax reform plan. She speaks with Bloomberg's Mike McKee on "Bloomberg Markets." Click here to watch the video. Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene visited a local Veterans Administration (VA) hospital to drop off hundreds of valentines made by First District students on Saturday. Valentines for Veterans is a program that encourages the community to recognize veterans throughout the year. Some of the valentines came from students at Moorlands Elementary in Kenmore. “The Valentines for Veterans… Read more »

It wasn’t a typical assignment, but Machias Elementary School sixth-grader Liv Harrison put her heart into it. “To someone special,” Liv wrote. She had decorated her pink construction-paper card with hearts and Cupid’s arrows. Benjamin Studley, a 37-year-old Navy veteran and former Machias Elementary Bobcat, was on a mission when he visited his alma mater… Read more »

As far as law enforcement and the federal law regarding electronic communications are concerned, any of your emails older than 180 days have been “abandoned” and don’t carry an expectation of privacy; they’re no different than the trash you leave at the curb and can be searched without a warrant. That standard, allowing law enforcement agencies to obtain old… Read more »

Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) Before Rep. Suzan DelBene, 54, became a member of Congress, she was a tech entrepreneur and a 12-year veteran of Microsoft, where she rose to become a corporate vice president. These days, the Washington Democrat is using her background to push Congress to look at ways tech can play a role in infrastructure. In 2015, she and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)… Read more »