EVERETT – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene issued the following statement regarding the Snohomish County mudslide in Oso on State Route 530: “My deepest condolences to those whose loved ones were killed and my thoughts are with the survivors who were injured in this morning’s tragic mudslide on State Route 530. My thoughts and prayers are with all those who have been impacted by this terrible tragedy. “While the mudslide occurred this morning, the danger to the surrounding community still exists as n...
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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene introduced bipartisan legislation today to help college students save money on textbooks by encouraging the use of low-cost or free digital course materials in higher education. Called the E-BOOK Act (or Electronic Books Opening Opportunity for Knowledge), the bill will establish up to 10 pilot programs at public institutions throughout the country to increase access to digital course materials, expand the availability of e-readers and tablets for low-income students...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2014 released today included $400,000 to help continue progress for the Skagit General Investigation Study (G.I.). The Skagit G.I. will help identify long-term flood control projects that will protect lives and property in the Skagit Valley that are vulnerable to regular and harmful floods along the Skagit River. Congresswoman Suzan DelBene and Congressman Rick Larsen have consistently called on the Administration to provide federal fun...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2014 released today includes $440,000 to help continue progress on Kenmore’s project to conduct maintenance dredging of the City’s Navigation Channel. A significant amount of local commerce and local businesses depend on Kenmore’s Navigation Channel to move goods and supplies by barge. Without regular maintenance to the channel, transportation networks that depend on the channel are disrupted, and the transportation costs go up. Congres...
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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene introduced legislation that expands tax credits for small businesses to make offering health coverage to their workers more affordable. Her bill is the companion to legislation introduced last week by Senator Mark Begich from Alaska. Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-3) and Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (NH-1) are also original cosponsors of the House bill. Called the Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act (H.R. 4128), the bill is a fix to the Affordable Care Act ...
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Today, after the announcement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that it is initiating a process under the Clean Water Act to protect the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery in Bristol Bay from the potentially destructive impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene issued the following statement: “As I have said all along, the EPA’s decision to take steps that will protect Bristol Bay from the incredibly destructive Pebble Mine is the right one and is good news ...
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Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, along with 121 other members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to US Trade Representative Michael Froman, urging him to continue to push for a robust, fully enforceable environment chapter in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. “TPP must include new and robust commitments for member countries to protect and conserve forests, oceans, and wildlife and obligate member countries to comply with both domestic environmental laws, not derogati...
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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene issued the following statement regarding Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal to issue new rules to preserve net neutrality protections that were struck down by the D.C. Circuit Court earlier this year: “Ensuring a free and open internet is essential to innovation and economic growth, which is why I am pleased that Chairman Wheeler is taking action to respond to the recent court ruling that struck down the FCC’s Open Internet rules....
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Today the US House of Representatives passed by a vote of 221-201 legislation to extend the nation’s borrowing authority for one year, through March 15, 2015. The measure will allow the government to fully finance government operations until that time, averting an economic catastrophe that many economists predicted if the debt ceiling limit was not raised. Congresswoman Suzan DelBene voted to support the bill and issued the following statement today: “The House’s bipartisan vote today ends the ...
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The House of Representatives today approved HR 2954, a controversial package of public lands bills, by a vote of 220-194. The legislation includes a number of proposals that would bypass numerous environmental laws and practices that have been in place for years and help protect our nation’s lands and natural resources. Wrapped into the controversial package of bills is bipartisan legislation to preserve the Green Mountain Lookout authored by Reps. Suzan DelBene and Rick Larsen. The Green Mount...
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