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DelBene Announces Winner of 2020 Congressional Art Competition

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Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) announced Sophia Xu Ling, a Junior at Tesla STEM High School, as the winner of the 2020 Congressional Art Competition for Washington’s first congressional district. Sophia Xu Ling won with her watercolor piece titled, “The Suffering of the Great.” “There are so many creative, talented young people in our region which always makes the art…

DelBene Cosponsors Police Reform Package Led by Congressional Black Caucus

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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement after the introduction of the Justice in Policing Act, which will eliminate qualified immunity, call for independent investigations into police brutality, and make lynching a federal crime, among other changes. The bill was developed by the Congressional Black Caucus in light of the murders of George Floyd and other…

DelBene Congratulates UW Medicine for Addressing Racial Bias in Kidney Care, Medical Students Who Pushed for Change

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The following statement can be attributed to Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01). “As Co-Chair of the Congressional Kidney Caucus, I welcome the announcement UW Medicine is leading the medical community in addressing racial bias in our health care system by no longer using race as a correction factor when determining kidney function. The race-based correction factor, which has no…

DelBene Statement on Trump Administration’s Testing Strategy to Shift Blame Away from Itself

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Representative Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement today after the Trump administration submitted a report to Congress outlining its national testing strategy: “Over 1,000 lives have been lost in Washington state from this pandemic. People in my district and across our state have been responding to this crisis the longest and they deserve leadership from the federal…

DelBene, Murray Lead Washington Lawmakers in Push to Help Alcoa Workers

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Led by Representative Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Senator Patty Murray (WA), a group of Washington state lawmakers wrote to U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia in support of a Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) petition filed by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers for the more than 700 workers at Alcoa’s Intalco plant in Ferndale. The TAA petition would…

House Passes Heroes Act with DelBene Provisions to Avoid 60 Million Layoffs, Support Families, Continue Essential Services, and Ramp Up Testing

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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its next major piece of urgently-needed legislation to address the COVID-19 outbreak, the Heroes Act (H.R. 6800). This bill will protect American lives and our economy from the devastation of this pandemic. “The House of Representatives continues to meet this historic crisis with bold action to protect Americans and ward off an economic…

Reps. DelBene, Eshoo, & Schakowsky, Sens. Blumenthal & Warner Introduce the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act

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As tech companies and public health agencies deploy contact tracing apps and digital monitoring tools to fight the spread of COVID-19, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Anna Eshoo (CA-18), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), along with Senators Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Mark Warner of Virginia, today introduced the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act to set strong and enforceable…

DelBene Secures Provisions in Heroes Act that Support Washington Workers, Families, Businesses, and First Responders

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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled its next major piece of legislation to address the COVID-19 outbreak that continues to harm Americans and devastate our economy. The Heroes Act (H.R. 6800) contains a number of provisions that DelBene championed. These include: Helping Workers Stay Connected to Employers – Expands the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) to cover…

Group of Bipartisan Members Introduce Legislation to Reduce Layoffs by Expanding Employee Retention Tax Credit

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Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Stephanie Murphy (FL-07), John Katko (NY-24), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today introduced bipartisan legislation to enhance the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) that Congress recently enacted in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The members are pushing for their bipartisan proposal to be…

DelBene, DeLauro Call for Expanded Child Tax Credit in Fourth Coronavirus Response Package

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Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) sent a letter to House and Senate leaders calling for the inclusion of an expanded and improved, fully refundable Child Tax Credit (CTC) in the next coronavirus response package. DelBene and DeLauro’s letter is cosigned by 60 total members of Congress. A recent Columbia University study estimated poverty…