Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene applauded an announcement by the Department of Justice that the Skagit County Sheriff’s office will receive $250,000 in COPS grant funding to hire two additional officers, part of $124 million made available nationally by the Department of Justice COPS Office, COPS Hiring Program (CHP) grant to create and/or preserve law enforcement jobs… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded two grants to Friends of Youth: $149,500 to support their Basic Center Program, which works to meet immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth, and $139,776 for their Street Outreach Program, which works to help young people get off the streets.
“Friends… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and U.S. Representatives Adam Smith, Rick Larsen, Suzan DelBene, Derek Kilmer and Dennis Heck applauded an announcement by Washington Governor Jay Inslee that the state has been awarded $4.3M in Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) Defense Industry Adjustment program funding to focus on the military and… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene applauded an announcement by the U.S. Geological Survey that they have started a study on Glacier Peak in Snohomish County. Glacier Peak is classified as a Very-High-Threat volcano by the USGS National Volcano Early Warning System (NVEWS). According to the USGS, Glacier Peak has virtually no real-time monitoring network, only a single, nearly… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Judy Chu (CA-27), and Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) introduced legislation aimed at giving women entrepreneurs equal treatment when it comes to starting and growing their own businesses. The “Women’s Small Business Ownership Act of 2014” would improve access to lending and increase business counseling and training services for… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene released the following statement on her vote in favor of the McKeon amendment authorizing the Pentagon, in coordination with the State Department, to train and equip appropriately vetted Syrian rebels and associated groups to defend the Syrian people from attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
“It’s clear that ISIL… Read more »
U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Chris Coons (D-DE), and U.S. Representatives Howard Coble (R-NC) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA) today announced the formation of the Congressional Trademark Caucus, the first Congressional Caucus dedicated solely to trademark issues and matters of importance to consumers. The bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Trademark Caucus will serve to… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), U.S. Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA-02) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01), and Snohomish County Executive John Lovick announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will make a $1.5 million grant to Snohomish County to help local communities recover from the mudslide.
The funding comes through… Read more »
Today, the federal delegation representing Snohomish County announced that the Darrington School District has received $10,341 through a federal Project SERV grant to help offset costs the district incurred after the State Route 530 mudslide in March.
The Project SERV grant will help reimburse the school district for transportation expenditures, as extra funds were needed to ensure… Read more »
Today, Representative Suzan DelBene joined Members of the House Judiciary Committee in a letter to Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), raising questions related to the NFL’s handling of the Ray Rice domestic violence incident.
“As an NFL fan, I am greatly disappointed in the way the organization has handled this serious and disturbing… Read more »
