BOTHELL – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement to celebrate Labor Day: “This Labor Day, I want to take a moment to mark the invaluable contributions that American workers have made to our nation’s prosperity, and the work we still have to do to expand access to opportunity for all,” DelBene said. “Right now, too many Americans work full-time but still struggle to put food on the table, pay the bills and save for their children’s college. Too many Americans work mo...
Read more
BOTHELL – On Women’s Equality Day, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) visited Ada Developers Academy, a training program for women who want to become software developers, to discuss women’s equality in the technology industry. “Women’s Equality Day is about celebrating the ratification of the 19th Amendment and highlighting the work that remains for women’s full equality. This fight is not over,” DelBene said. “Women across our country — whether they are coders or professional soccer players — ...
Read more
BOTHELL – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement on the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service: “I’d like to wish a very Happy 100th Birthday to the National Park Service! As someone who loves the outdoors, I know firsthand that what makes living in the Pacific Northwest so special is the natural environment that surrounds us. Washington state’s national parks, including the beautiful North Cascades National Park in the First District, provid...
Read more
KIRKLAND – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today volunteered with Food Lifeline’s Kids Cafe program to ensure First District children receive nutritious meals even when school breaks for summer. “No child should be forced to skip a meal or go to bed hungry simply because it’s summer,” DelBene said. “While school breaks for the summer, a child’s need for nutritional food does not. Our children are the future of our country and we should work to provide them with all the possible tools for suc...
Read more
WOODINVILLE – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today called on House Republicans to allow a vote on President Obama’s emergency Zika funding request during a visit to SpringStar, a local business at the forefront of that fight. “Repeatedly, Democrats have asked for a vote on the President’s request for emergency funding to combat Zika. Instead of addressing this serious health crisis, House leaders are putting thousands of American families in harm’s way by refusing to act ahead of mosquito s...
Read more
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today praised President Obama for signing the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), which included her amendment scaling-up a successful Washington model to help individuals suffering from substance abuse. “Opioid abuse is tearing apart families across the country, including in Washington state, and the legislation signed by the President today is an important first step in addressing this epidemic,” DelBene said. “Addiction is a disease, not a cri...
Read more
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement today, seven years since the last federal minimum wage increase. “Millions of Americans work 40 hours or more every week and still can’t earn a living wage. This is unacceptable,” DelBene said. “We cannot achieve strong economic growth unless all working families have the opportunity to succeed. As a nation, we must work together to ensure minimum wage policies are providing a living wage across the country — and right now, to...
Read more
Members of Congress praised a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday affirming that the U.S. government does not have authority to serve search warrants unilaterally on electronic communications held abroad. The members, Senators Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Representatives Tom Marino (R-Pa.) and Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), noted that the ruling in Microsoft v. United States was a pivotal moment for protecting Americans’ privacy rights and ur...
Read more
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today introduced the Birth Control Privacy Act (H.R. 5746) to ensure women’s personal medical decisions about contraception are not disclosed to their employers — preventing serious exposures of personal health data and protecting the financial security of millions of women and their families. “If a woman stops filling her prescription for birth control, her boss shouldn’t be the first to know,” DelBene said. “A woman’s decisions about contraception and famil...
Read more
Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Representatives Jim McDermott (WA-07), Adam Smith (WA-09), Rick Larsen (WA-02), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Denny Heck (WA-10), and Derek Kilmer (WA-06) applauded the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) announcement that Alaska Airlines has been selected as a tentative awardee to provide service between the United States and Havana, Cuba. The flight would originate in Seattle and operate same plane service through Los Ange...
Read more
