Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Mark Pocan (WI-02) called on the Biden administration to immediately revoke Trump-era bureaucratic hurdles that effectively prohibit the use of fetal tissue in biomedical research. In a letter to U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, 26 House Democratic lawmakers underscored the immense value… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program has begun accepting applications. This funding is available through the American Rescue Plan to support Washington state small businesses and workers. The program includes a total of over $16 billion in resources for shuttered venues such… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) introduced a resolution with Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Don Beyer (VA-08), Terri Sewell (AL-07), and Ron Kind (WI-03) to direct the Biden administration to restart and conclude negotiations on the Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA).
The EGA negotiations are designed to incentivize a greener global economy by eliminating tariffs… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) announced that seven Community Health Centers across Washington’s 1st Congressional District will receive over $80 million in American Rescue Plan funds to expand their COVID-19 vaccination and treatment programs. These funds are part of a $6 billion investment in federally recognized Community Health Centers that will expand access to vaccines… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released an updated series of resources guides to help families, small businesses, and communities navigate benefits provided by the American Rescue Plan, a historic $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021.
DelBene released guides that are specific to:
Agriculture
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Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) announced that local governments and school districts in Washington’s 1st Congressional District will receive an estimated $972 million collectively from the American Rescue Plan that President Biden signed into law last week.
The American Rescue Plan includes $362 billion for state, local, and tribal governments to continue paying essential… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) introduced the Information Transparency and Personal Data Control Act, legislation that would create a national data privacy standard to protect our most personal information and bring our laws into the 21st Century.
Currently there is no federal data privacy law, resulting in states pursuing their own consumer privacy policies. However,… Read more »
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement after the final House passage of the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that will bolster our public health response, mount a national vaccination program, and provide direct relief to workers, families, and communities across the country.
“The American people sent us to DC to provide… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), and Ritchie Torres (NY-15) issued the following statement after President Biden signaled his support for permanently expanding and improving the Child Tax Credit.
“While we wholeheartedly support the American Rescue Plan’s one-year expansion of the Child Tax Credit to get relief to families struggling during the COVID-19… Read more »
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement on the signing of Virginia’s consumer data privacy legislation into law, becoming the second state to do so.
“We need a national consumer data privacy standard that brings our laws into the 21st Century. In the face of congressional inaction, states are understandably going at this on their own to protect their… Read more »
