Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in reintroducing the Email Privacy Act. This legislation would update the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the main statute governing law enforcement access to digital records and content, such as email. The bill would require law enforcement to obtain a warrant to access emails. Current law allows law enforcement to obtain emails from third party providers without a warrant if they are older than...
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As the National Football League Playoffs kick off this weekend, Reps. Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Debbie Dingell (MI-12) wagered on whether the Seattle Seahawks or the Detroit Lions would win in Saturday’s NFC Wild Card game. DelBene is wagering Washington wine and Beecher’s cheese, while Dingell has offered up items from Zingerman’s Deli. “Ending the season with three losses in a row has to hurt, so I’m sure Matt Stafford and Detroit will give it their best this weekend. But with the advantage o...
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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) has been selected to serve on the House Ways and Means Committee, the chief tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives. “We need an economy that works for everyone. Unfortunately, our current tax system is failing American families and is out of date with the way the world works today,” DelBene said. “We need a bipartisan solution that simplifies our tax code for millions of hardworking families and ends special interest tax breaks that haven’t giv...
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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today issued the following statement after Select Panel Republicans issued a final report riddled with unsubstantiated accusations designed to limit women’s healthcare options and restrict medical research: “As a member of the Select Panel, I have seen firsthand how this so-called investigation has repeatedly shown contempt for the facts and disdain for the truth. At a time when fake news is inciting real violence and intimidation, Congress shouldn’t be addin...
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With the 2016 College Football Playoffs kicking off this weekend, Reps. Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Terri Sewell (AL-07) placed a wager on whose team would win in Saturday’s game between the University of Washington Huskies and Alabama University Crimson Tide. DelBene is wagering salmon from the Puget Sound, while Sewell has offered up some Alabama barbeque. “Yea, Alabama is undoubtedly a solid football team with a prestigious history, but I have a feeling that things won’t be all peachy for them...
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President Obama today signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2017, which included Congresswoman Suzan DelBene’s (WA-01) National Guard Family Protection Act (H.R. 4554) to ensure National Guard members retain health coverage when responding to state emergencies, such as landslides or earthquakes. The bill also included a DelBene measure easing the burden of relocation on our nation’s military families. “National Guard members should never be forced to choose between h...
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Members of the bipartisan encryption working group – established in March 2016 by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) – today released a year-end report laying out key observations and next steps. For nearly a year, the Encryption Working Group has held numerous meetings with a variety of federal, state, and local government e...
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Today, a bipartisan group of ten members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee — including Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), and former Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), wrote to the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to memorialize the Director’s commitment to provide a detailed look at how the government’s phone and email surveillance affects United States citizens. The intelligence community has promised to provide a public estimate of that impact “early enough to inform...
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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today issued the following statement after Congress passed a short-term continuing resolution to fund the federal government through April 28: “Today, Congress passed another temporary funding bill. And while I’m thankful we avoided another costly and unnecessary government shutdown, Congress has yet again kicked the can down the road, setting up another potential crisis next Spring. “As a former businesswoman, I understand that no business would budget just ...
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Today, a bill honoring former Washington Governor and U.S. Senator Dan Evans passed the U.S. House of Representatives after unanimously passing the Senate in July. The legislation will rename the Olympic Wilderness within Olympic National Park as the “Daniel J. Evans Wilderness”. The bill – backed by the entire Washington state congressional delegation – will now head to the president’s desk for signature into law. Dan Evans served Washington state for more than 50 years, including service as a...
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