Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene announced that the Department of Education has recognized the Bear Creek School in Redmond as a National Blue Ribbon School of 2014. The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes schools based on their overall academic excellence. The Bear Creek School was selected because their standardized test scores in reading and math placed them among the top-performing schools in the state, and their graduation rate was 95% or higher. “Congratulations to the Bear C...
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Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene applauded an announcement by the Department of Justice that the Skagit County Sheriff’s office will receive $250,000 in COPS grant funding to hire two additional officers, part of $124 million made available nationally by the Department of Justice COPS Office, COPS Hiring Program (CHP) grant to create and/or preserve law enforcement jobs nationwide. “This funding is great news for Skagit County,” said Congresswoman DelBene. “It will allow the Sheriff’s office t...
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Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded two grants to Friends of Youth: $149,500 to support their Basic Center Program, which works to meet immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth, and $139,776 for their Street Outreach Program, which works to help young people get off the streets. “Friends of Youth makes a big difference in the lives of young people in the 1st Congressional District,” said Rep. DelBene. “These grants ...
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Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and U.S. Representatives Adam Smith, Rick Larsen, Suzan DelBene, Derek Kilmer and Dennis Heck applauded an announcement by Washington Governor Jay Inslee that the state has been awarded $4.3M in Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) Defense Industry Adjustment program funding to focus on the military and defense industry supply chain and the companies in the state that support the defense industry. The funding will be...
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Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene applauded an announcement by the U.S. Geological Survey that they have started a study on Glacier Peak in Snohomish County. Glacier Peak is classified as a Very-High-Threat volcano by the USGS National Volcano Early Warning System (NVEWS). According to the USGS, Glacier Peak has virtually no real-time monitoring network, only a single, nearly obsolete, seismic station, and has been a high priority for increased monitoring since the NVEWS assessment was complete...
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Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Judy Chu (CA-27), and Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) introduced legislation aimed at giving women entrepreneurs equal treatment when it comes to starting and growing their own businesses. The “Women’s Small Business Ownership Act of 2014” would improve access to lending and increase business counseling and training services for women entrepreneurs, and give women-owned businesses the same level of access to federal contracts as other disadvantaged grou...
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Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene released the following statement on her vote in favor of the McKeon amendment authorizing the Pentagon, in coordination with the State Department, to train and equip appropriately vetted Syrian rebels and associated groups to defend the Syrian people from attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). “It’s clear that ISIL poses a growing threat to American interests and allies in the region, one that will require a comprehensive strategy led by a ...
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U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Chris Coons (D-DE), and U.S. Representatives Howard Coble (R-NC) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA) today announced the formation of the Congressional Trademark Caucus, the first Congressional Caucus dedicated solely to trademark issues and matters of importance to consumers. The bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Trademark Caucus will serve to educate Members of Congress and the public about the vital role trademarks and brands play in protecting the health and s...
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Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), U.S. Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA-02) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01), and Snohomish County Executive John Lovick announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will make a $1.5 million grant to Snohomish County to help local communities recover from the mudslide. The funding comes through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Sanctions Fund, which helps communities impacted by major declared d...
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Today, the federal delegation representing Snohomish County announced that the Darrington School District has received $10,341 through a federal Project SERV grant to help offset costs the district incurred after the State Route 530 mudslide in March. The Project SERV grant will help reimburse the school district for transportation expenditures, as extra funds were needed to ensure students were able to get to school, as well as costs for substitute teachers, who stood in for classroom staff who...
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