Budget and Fiscal Responsibility

DelBene: We Cannot Return to a Time of Taxpayer Bailouts for Wall Street

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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today opposed dangerous legislation that would dismantle consumer protections established to prevent another financial collapse at the hands of Wall Street’s risky practices. “This irresponsible bill puts Wall Street special interests ahead of the American people,” DelBene said. “I’m deeply disappointed that instead of…

Reps. DelBene, Schiff, DeFazio Send Letter to POTUS Criticizing Elimination of West Coast Earthquake Early Warning System

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Today, Reps. Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to President Trump expressing grave concern that the White House eliminated funding for the West Coast Earthquake Early Warning system in its Fiscal Year 2018 budget request. “Thanks to federal funding and a sizeable contribution from the state of California last year, the West Coast…

DelBene: Trumps Budget Guts Basic Necessities for Middle-Class Families

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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today in a House Budget Committee hearing highlighted the damaging effects of President Trump’s budget. “Trump’s budget jeopardizes the middle class by gutting funding for basic necessities like healthcare, nutrition, housing and education,” DelBene said. “This budget would have a negative impact on critical research,…

DelBene Statement on President Trumps Budget

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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today released the following statement after President Trump outlined his budget priorities: “Trump’s budget jeopardizes the middle class by gutting funding for basic necessities like healthcare, nutrition, housing and education,” DelBene said. “This budget is an enormous setback in nearly every area affecting American…

DelBene: Trumps Plan to Eliminate AmeriCorps Harms Our Communities

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SEATTLE – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today heard from participants and beneficiaries of AmeriCorps – a vital program serving communities across our nation that President Trump has proposed eliminating in his budget. “It’s shameful the President is proposing the elimination of critical service programs like AmeriCorps. His plan abandons our…

Visiting the Boys & Girls Club of Skagit County

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Dear Friend, Recently, I visited the Boys & Girls Club of Skagit County to highlight the devastating effects that President Trump’s proposed budget cuts would have on our community — including this important afterschool program. I also donated computers from my District Office for their 21st Century Community Learning Center, which offers learning…

DelBene Statement on House Passage of a Bipartisan Omnibus Bill

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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today issued the following statement after supporting the omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2017, which passed the House of Representatives on a 309-118 vote: “While this bill is certainly a compromise, I am relieved to see some of the critical investments I have fought for included, such as increased funding for the National…

DelBene Donates Computers to Local Boys & Girls Club as Trump Attempts to Gut Their Budget

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MOUNT VERNON – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today visited the Boys & Girls Club of Skagit County to donate computers and highlight the devastating effects of President Trump’s proposed budget cuts on our community — including this important afterschool program. “It’s shameful the President is proposing the elimination of funding for vital…

DelBene Calls for Opioid Addiction Recovery Funding

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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in writing to the House Appropriations Committee, urging appropriators to fund the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) to address the opiate and heroin addiction crisis. “The opioid epidemic is having a devastating impact on public health and safety across the United States,” the…

Smith, DelBene Reintroduce Legislation to End Harmful Effects of Sequestration

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Yesterday, Congressman Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, reintroduced the Relief from Sequestration Act, along with Reps. Conyers, Lujan Grisham, McGovern, DelBene and Jayapal. This legislation would end sequestration and the drastic, across-the-board cuts sequestration has inflicted on our economy.  For years, the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA)…