Media Center
-
Strickland Launches First Valentines for Veterans Drive
Olympia, WA – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) announced the launch of her first annual Valentines for Veterans Drive, where South Sound residents are invited to make handmade Valentine’s Day cards and bring them to her offices in either Lacey or Lakewood starting on Monday, January 24th, 2022 through Monday, February 7, 2022. Once received, valentines…
-
Strickland Calls On Defense Department to Prioritize Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Military Families By Waiving Copays
Washington, D.C. —Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), a leader in the Pro-Choice Caucus and member of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, joined Congresswomen Jackie Speier (CA-14), Diana DeGette (CO-01), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Lois Frankel (FL-21), Brenda L. Lawrence (MI-14), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), and Sylvia R. Garcia (TX-29) in leading a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin asking…
-
-
Strickland Delivers Over $605 Million for WA State Bridges from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Olympia, WA– Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) announced that Washington state will receive $605 million in new federal funding for bridge repairs under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law she helped pass as part of the total of $605 million for Washington state bridges over 5 years, $121 million is allocated for use in FY2022. As it stands, 416 small…
-
Strickland Named 2021 Legislative Champion by Food Lifeline
Olympia, WA– Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) was awarded Food Lifeline’s 2021 Legislative Champion Award for her efforts to put an end to military family hunger. Strickland co-led and secured language from the Military Family Hunger Prevention Act of 2021 into law to help servicemembers and their families make ends meet. As a result, qualified service…
-
Roll Call: Take Five: Marilyn Strickland
Washington Democrat and former Starbucks-er talks drip coffee, her first year in Congress. It’s fitting that Marilyn Strickland is Heard on the Hill’s first Take Five interview for 2022. After all, the Washington Democrat is someone well accustomed to going first: She was the first Black woman to be mayor of Tacoma, her state’s first…
-
Strickland Releases 2021 Annual Report Showing Historic Wins for the South Sound
Washington, DC– Today, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) released a report that highlights her legislative and constituent service accomplishments for the people of the South Sound. Read the full report here, and watch the recap video here. “I’m proud of the work we have done in 2021 to deliver for our neighbors and meet this moment…
-
Washington Post’s The Lily: For these congresswomen of color, the Jan. 6 attack still isn’t over
Last year, in the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, congressional lawmakers who are women of color said they felt uniquely vulnerable. Some of the most enduring images of the attack were racist symbols. Some were overt: Confederate flags; a noose hanging from a set of gallows, bringing to mind a lynching. Others…
-
ABC News Live: Democratic congresswoman recalls firsthand account of Capitol attack
Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., remembers her first week on the job at the time of the insurrection, and gives insight on lessons we can learn as a nation.