Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement on the announcement that the Biden administration will allow fully vaccinated Canadians to enter the United States by land and water travel starting in November:
“For nineteen long months, our border communities have lived in a state of hardship and frustration, waiting month-to-month for news that the northern… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Mike Kelly (PA-16), Ami Bera (CA-07), and Larry Bucshon (IN-08) secured the support of a bipartisan majority for the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3173) with 227 cosponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation would improve care for seniors by streamlining and standardizing the way Medicare Advantage (MA)… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) announced that Washington state schools and libraries can apply for additional American Rescue Plan funding to increase broadband services now through October 13.
Washington applied for more than $101 million from the Emergency Connectivity Fund during the first application period this summer, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)… Read more »
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01), a member of the House Ways & Means Trade Subcommittee, released the following statement on the Biden administration’s new approach to U.S.-China trade relations.
“Ambassador Tai outlined the Biden administration’s new approach to the U.S.-China trade relationship today. I am pleased that this new strategy towards China focuses on trade… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Mike Simpson (ID-02) announced a bipartisan push to halt planned postal facility consolidations across the country that could significantly delay mail delivery. In a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy signed by 40 House lawmakers, DelBene and Simpson called for a pause on any additional postal facility consolidations pending further… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Norma Torres (CA-35), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Sharice Davids (KS-03), along with Senators Ben Ray Luján (NM) and Martin Heinrich (NM), introduced legislation to replace the term Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day in federal law and regulations and to establish Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a public holiday.
For many… Read more »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Women’s Health Protection Act (H.R. 3755), legislation that would protect a woman’s right to abortion across the United States, with Congresswoman Suzan DelBene’s (WA-01) support.
On September 1, the Supreme Court allowed a radical six-week abortion ban to go into effect in Texas. Many states have promised to take up similar legislation… Read more »
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) secured critical relief for farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural producers impacted by recent heatwaves in the stopgap federal funding legislation that passed the House of Representatives today. The bill would fund the government until December 11, 2021, if passed by the Senate and signed by President Biden.
In June, a historic heatwave with… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement after the United States extended land and water travel restrictions from Canada through October 21, 2021.
“Another month brings another border extension. That means more unpredictability, suffering, and frustration for our border communities. It does not follow the science to say Canadians can fly from Vancouver… Read more »
Today, Congresswomen Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Kim Schrier, MD (WA-08), and Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates – Washington called for the immediate passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act (H.R. 3755), legislation that will protect the right to access abortion across the United States.
On September 1, the Supreme Court failed to act and stop enforcement of a radical six-week… Read more »
