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Strickland Secures Job Development Support for Workers and Employers
Lakewood, Washington – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) secured $450,000 in federal funding for Arivva’s (Pierce Center for Arts & Technology) Certified Clinical/Clerical Medical Assistant Training Program for the federal Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2022. This round of funding will support the training of much-needed entry-level medical assistants. “We must invest in training workers for…
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Strickland Pushes for More Puget Sound Restoration Support
Washington D.C. – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) led a letter with seven of her colleagues calling on Congress to provide $50 million in federal funding for the Puget Sound Geographic Program in the FY 2023 government spending package. The Puget Sound Geographic Program supports restoration of the Sound’s critical ecosystem by providing grants to local,…
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Strickland: To Improve Public Safety, We Must Better Support Local Law Enforcement
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), a member of the Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus, is pushing for more federal funding to increase public safety and support local law enforcement. In a letter to the House Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, Strickland called on the federal government to increase funding for long…
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Hot seat: Strickland defends Democrats’ work on gun control
Washington state’s newest member of Congress says the best way to pass federal gun control legislation is for voters to turn out and elect more Democrats this November. U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Tacoma, made those comments to Axios two days after the shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 schoolchildren and two teachers. Driving the news: During an interview…
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Strickland Calls On Department of Defense Healthcare to Cover Infertility Treatment
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, led a letter with twelve of her colleagues to Secretary Austin urging the Department of Defense (DoD) to address family building, also known as infertility, challenges facing servicemembers and their families. The letter calls for changes to TRICARE that would…
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Strickland, Cantwell Bill Supports Chehalis Tribe’s Job Creation Efforts
Olympia, WA – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland’s (WA-10) joint legislation with Senator Maria Cantwell to support the Chehalis Tribe in their economic development opportunities advanced out of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to the Senate floor. Congresswoman Strickland introduced the bill in the House with Representatives Derek Kilmer and Jaime Herrera Beutler. This bill would authorize…
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Strickland Announces Leila Chavez as 2022 Congressional Art Competition Winner
Lacey, WA – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) announced Leila Chavez, a junior at Olympia High School in Olympia, Washington as the 2022 Congressional Art Competition winner for Washington’s 10th Congressional District. Chavez was selected by a panel of judges for her drawing featuring her feelings of fear and climate anxiety. Chavez’s painting will be displayed…
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Strickland Funds Safety Improvements for Homestead Park in University Place
Lakewood, Washington – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) secured $500,000 in federal funding for the City of University Place’s Homestead Park redevelopment for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2022. With this funding, the City of University Place will be able to implement safety and visibility improvements. “This federal funding will make much-needed safety improvements to…
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Strickland Announces Top 15 Community Project Funding Requests
Lacey, Washington — On the heels of securing over $12 million of funding for community projects in 2022, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) announced a new set of requests that were submitted to the House Committee on Appropriations. Led by a panel of community leaders representing diverse sectors, the Congresswoman selected 15 projects that will benefit…
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Strickland Highlight the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Lakewood, WA – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) hosted Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi at the Chambers Creek watershed, to discuss how the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act can help address the South Sound’s infrastructure needs. This was Speaker Pelosi’s first visit to Washington’s South Sound. Local leaders and several federal officials…