Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the 2015 NFC playoffs entering the divisional round this weekend, Reps. Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and G.K. Butterfield (NC-01) placed a wager on whose team would win in Sunday’s game between the Seattle Seahawks and Carolina Panthers. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today released the following statement after the President’s last State of the Union address to Congress: Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) joined more than 140 colleagues in sending a letter to President Obama urging him to suspend the new strategy of conducting raids on refugee families and seek a comprehensive regional refugee solution to the crisis in Central America. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today voted against H.R. 1927 because it included unnecessary and burdensome requirements that would deny asbestos victims their privacy and timely compensation. Instead, DelBene called for a vote on her bill, the Reducing Exposure to Asbestos Database (READ) Act (H.R. 230) to protect American families and workers from exposure to asbestos. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of Sunday’s wild-card game featuring the Seattle Seahawks versus the Minnesota Vikings, Reps. Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Keith Ellison (MN-05) placed a friendly wager on whose team will prevail and advance to the NFL playoffs. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today voted against a bill that would repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and block funding for Planned Parenthood for one year. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today joined her colleagues in filing an amicus brief with the Supreme Court supporting a woman’s constitutional right to decide whether and when to have a child, as the Court prepares to consider Whole Women’s Health v. Cole. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) issued the following statement after supporting the omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2016, which passed in the House of Representatives on a 316-113 vote: Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement today after supporting a tax relief package, which passed in the House of Representatives on a 318-109 vote. Read more »

BOTHELL – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today met with Washington state researchers to call for an increase in federal funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read more »