Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Jackie Walorski (IN-02) led a bipartisan effort calling on House leadership to prioritize affordable housing measures in the next COVID-19 package. In a letter, 103 lawmakers urged enhancements to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) be included in the next COVID-19 bill to support affordable housing production and address… Read more »
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement after Senate Republicans adjourned without extending unemployment insurance for millions of Americans.
“Over two months ago, the House passed the Heroes Act which would extend the $600 per week federal pandemic unemployment compensation benefit. After hitting ‘pause’ during that time and as Americans are about to be… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Peter Welch (VT-At-large), and Darin LaHood (IL-18) introduced the Value in Health Care Act, a bipartisan bill that will make commonsense changes to the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015. The bill specifically amends many of the program parameters of Medicare’s Alternative Payment Models (APMs). The changes will… Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act (H.R. 1957) to protect and enhance our national parks and public lands for decades to come. This is increasingly important now in the face of a rapidly changing climate and a backlog of maintenance issues. Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) is a cosponsor of the bill and voted in support of its… Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (H.R. 6395), Congress’ annual defense authorization bill. This bill includes two key amendments sponsored by Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) that would strengthen the domestic aluminum industry and support good-paying jobs in the sector. Senator Maria Cantwell (WA) led a similar… Read more »
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement on the six-month anniversary of the first reported U.S. case of COVID-19, which was in Snohomish County in her congressional district.
“Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, all of us had hoped we’d be in a better position by this time. Most countries that have been combatting this outbreak as… Read more »
Today, Representative Suzan DelBene (WA-01), along with Representatives Denny Heck (WA-10), Jackie Walorski (IN-02), and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), led a bipartisan call to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to resolve several issues around Economic Impact Payments. In a letter signed by 111 members of Congress to IRS Commissioner Rettig, the lawmakers outline specific issues… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Congressman Fred Upton (MI-06) announced the launch of the Congressional Medical Technology (MedTech) Caucus, a bipartisan effort to educate Congress on and bring awareness to policies impacting innovative medical technology and patients who depend on it.
Medical devices and breakthrough technologies improve the lives of millions of… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Darin LaHood (IL-18) introduced bipartisan legislation to extend the “Mailbox Rule” to allow tax payments scheduled through the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) on or before the due date to be considered timely paid. Currently, tax payments paid through EFTPS must be scheduled by 8 pm the day before the due date to be… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01), joined by 116 members of Congress, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Attorney General William Barr, calling on the agencies to eliminate the ban on open transgender military service. This follows the June 15, 2020 Supreme Court ruling that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBTQ people from workplace… Read more »
