Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Rick Larsen (WA-02) introduced legislation that would add Mount Vernon as a federal court location in the Western District of Washington. This cost-free change would make it easier for Skagit, Snohomish, and Island County residents to access the federal justice system and attend court. Currently, the Western District of Washington only… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration's Restaurant Revitalization Fund has begun accepting applications. The $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund was established in the American Rescue Plan to help Washington state restaurants, bars, and other food service businesses that have been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic access… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) called on Congress to close loopholes that allow the Defense Department to procure naval ship components from foreign sources, circumventing existing law and President Biden’s Buy American directive. In a bipartisan letter to defense appropriators, DelBene and 12 other members of Congress highlight how the Navy approved a design… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Chair of the New Democrat Coalition, released the below statement following President Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress.
“When families prosper, the nation succeeds. I welcome President Biden’s American Families Plan as a bold framework for how we can invest in better education, health care, and futures for all… Read more »
Leading a bipartisan coalition of over 100 members of Congress, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Ron Kind (WI-03), Darin LaHood (IL-18), and Jackie Walorski (IN-02) called on U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai to establish a new exclusion process that allows American businesses to request relief from the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports. At a time when many… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Ritchie Torres (NY-15), alongside Senators Sherrod Brown (OH), Cory Booker (NJ), and Michael Bennet (CO) released the following statement on the importance of passing Child Tax Credit (CTC) permanence in Congress:
“Expansion of the Child Tax Credit is the most significant policy to come out of Washington in… Read more »
Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Mark Pocan (WI-02), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) released the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s reversal of the Trump-era prohibitions on the use of fetal tissue in biomedical research.
“We applaud the Biden administration and Secretary Xavier Becerra for prioritizing science and reversing the Trump administration’s… Read more »
As thousands of Washingtonians are experiencing housing insecurity and communities around the state are facing affordable housing shortages and high levels of homelessness, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Senator Maria Cantwell (WA) today introduced legislation to increase investments in affordable housing, build tens of thousands of new affordable housing units around the… Read more »
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 »
