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US Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland, 5 others recognized for promoting hanbok
U.S. Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland and five teams have received a certificate of appreciation from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for promoting Korean traditional hanbok attire. During an award ceremony hosted by the ministry in collaboration with the Hanbok Advancement Center, Monday, Strickland was recognized along with a collaboration between K-pop singer and actress…
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ABC News: The First 100 Days: Representative Nancy Mace and Representative Marilyn Strickland
Through the lens of Rep. Nancy Mace and Rep. Marilyn Strickland – ABC News Live documents the first 100 days of the most diverse Congress in history.
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Marilyn Strickland’s first 100 days were nuts
Welcome to our weekly Friday Q&A, “The Sitdown.” Today we chop it up with Democratic Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland, whose district includes Lakewood and Olympia, the state capital of Washington. She weighs in on how the Atlanta spa-shootings affected her and why she believes some of her freshman colleagues came to Washington to sow controversy —…
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Strickland Leads Freshman Members on a Letter to Advance Reproductive Health Rights
Olympia, WA—Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) led freshman Members of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus (PCC), Co-Chaired by Representatives Diana DeGette (CO-1) and Barbara Lee (CA-3), in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging his Administration to take swift and proactive actions in line with PCC priorities to protect reproductive health rights in the United States…
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Strickland Helps Introduce Legislation Assisting Food-Insecure Service Members
Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland on Friday, April 2, announced that she is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation that would help low-income military families living with food insecurities make ends meet by providing a basic needs allowance. The legislation, titled the Military Hunger Prevention Act, would pay each covered member a basic needs allowance to support low-income service members…
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Kilmer, Strickland Accelerate Small Business Relief for Live Venues
U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will open applications for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program to provide financial relief to live performance and art venues on Thursday, April 8, 2021. The SVOG program was established by the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses,…
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Strickland introduces bipartisan Military Hunger Prevention Act
Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) was among a bipartisan group of legislators who today introduced the Military Hunger Prevention Act. The legislation would establish a basic needs allowance paid by Secretary of Defense to low-income members of the armed forces. The bill aims to make it easier for covered members to purchase groceries and be food secure.…
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Strickland, Kim (NJ) Urge SBA & Treasury to Make Relief Aid Accessible to Minority-Owned Small Businesses
Olympia, WA—Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) and Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-3) sent a letter urging the US Small Business Administration (SBA) and US Department of the Treasury to make critical small business relief funds authorized under the landmark American Rescue Plan Act more accessible to minority small business owners. The letter calls for translations for all…
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Strickland, Panetta, Young, Bacon Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Reduce Military Hunger
Olympia, WA— Today, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) joined Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Don Young (AK-at-large), Don Bacon (NE-02), Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Jim Baird (IN-4) in introducing the bipartisan Military Hunger Prevention Act to help low-income military families living with food insecurity make ends meet. The legislation would create a basic needs allowance to support…
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Strickland, Kilmer Accelerate Small Business Relief for Live Venues
Olympia, WA— Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) announced that the Small Business Administration will provide financial relief to live performance and art venues by opening applications on Thursday, April 8, 2021 for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, as part of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act and as amended by…