Jobs and the Economy

On Women’s Equality Day, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) visited Ada Developers Academy, a training program for women who want to become software developers, to discuss women’s equality in the technology industry. “Women’s Equality Day is about celebrating the ratification of the 19th Amendment and highlighting the work that remains for women’s full… Read more »

KIRKLAND – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today volunteered with Food Lifeline’s Kids Cafe program to ensure First District children receive nutritious meals even when school breaks for summer. “No child should be forced to skip a meal or go to bed hungry simply because it’s summer,” DelBene said. “While school breaks for the summer, a… Read more »

Dear Friend, Congress needs to overcome its habit of partisan bickering and politicking. We should be working on improving the lives of each and every American. In Congress, I’m fighting to give everyone the opportunity to succeed because there are still too many Americans who can't find full-time employment and too many families who are struggling to make ends meet. We can… Read more »

Dear Friend, Recently, I introduced bipartisan legislation with Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Derek Kilmer and Glenn Thompson to open up new markets and create jobs for rural economies by providing research, assistance and incentives for the construction of tall wood buildings throughout the United States. The Timber Innovation Act (H.R. 5628) would spur the use of tall… Read more »

Dear Friend, The minimum wage in America has remained stagnant for far too long, while the cost of living has continued to rise. July 24 marks the seventh anniversary of the last federal minimum wage increase, to just $7.25 an hour. Millions of Americans work 40 hours or more every week and still can’t earn a living wage. This is unacceptable. We cannot achieve strong… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement today, seven years since the last federal minimum wage increase. “Millions of Americans work 40 hours or more every week and still can’t earn a living wage. This is unacceptable,” DelBene said. “We cannot achieve strong economic growth unless all working families have the opportunity to succeed.… Read more »

Reps. Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-05) and Derek Kilmer (WA-06) today introduced bipartisan legislation that would open up new markets and create jobs for rural economies by providing research, assistance and incentives for the construction of tall wood buildings throughout the United States. The Timber Innovation Act (H.R.… Read more »

More than 100 members of the U.S. House have written to the Obama administration in an effort to speed up the processing of foreign guestworker visas. Reps. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash.; Suzan DelBene, D-Wash.; Sanford Bishop Jr., D-Ga.; and Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., led 98 other House members in a bipartisan letter to administration officials urging them to adhere to regulations requiring them… Read more »

This week, members of the Washington Delegation, Reps. Dave Reichert, Jim McDermott, Rick Larsen, Derek Kilmer, Denny Heck, Suzan DelBene and Adam Smith introduced H.R. 5417, the bipartisan Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Reform Act, which would ensure the annual funds collected through the Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT) are used to support our ports and strengthen our region’s… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today released the following statement after the address of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a joint session of Congress: “I agree with Prime Minister Modi that the success of the United States and India are linked, especially in areas such as climate change, technology and human rights. “In order to protect our communities and the… Read more »