Congress
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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…
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Strickland Statement on Reports of Supreme Court’s Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), a leader in the Pro-Choice Caucus, released the following statement on reports of a draft opinion of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “Access to reproductive health care, including safe and legal abortion, is in jeopardy,” said Strickland. “That is why I voted to pass…
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Strickland Fights Opioid Addiction through Health Equity Package
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) announced that her bill to provide grants to states and localities providing child protective services to train staff and caregivers about the impact of opioid addiction on children was included in Rep. Robin Kelly’s (IL-02) The Health Equity Accountability Act (HEAA). This legislation directs the Department of Health…
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Strickland Introduces Legislation To Increase Military Access To Affordable Housing
Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), who serves on the House Committee on Armed Services, recently introduced a package of legislative bills to help improve access to housing and affordability for our men and women in the armed services. The bill package, Ensuring Every Servicemember Has a Home, contains four separate but connected bills – the Basic Allowance…
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Strickland supports funding for HBCUs, despite none in Northwest
Historically Black colleges and universities will receive a boost in federal funding, under a measure supported in part by U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Tacoma. The Democratic member of Congress, and HBCU alumna, says it’s about giving a boost to institutions that benefit the whole country, including Washington’s 10th Congressional District. Strickland graduated from the University…
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Strickland Secures Funds for Nisqually Tribe Housing Project
Lacey, Washington – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) secured $2,800,000 in federal funding for the Nisqually Indian Tribe’s Nisqually Housing Development Road project for the federal Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2022. Using this federal allotment, the Nisqually Indian Tribe will be able to follow through on its long-term plan for sustainable community housing. “This critical…
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Strickland Secures New Clean Water Source for Squaxin Island Tribe
Lacey, Washington – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) secured $1,800,000 for Squaxin Island Tribe’s new water source for the federal Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2022. This timely and critical water access project will connect to their existing water system and help better serve the Tribe. With this round of federal funding, the final engineering and…