Congress
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Strickland Joins Peters in Reintroducing Legislation to Help Tackle America’s Housing Crisis, Boost Public Transit Use
Washington, D.C.—Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) joined Representative Scott Peters (CA-52) as an original cosponsor in introducing an updated version of H.R.2483, the bipartisan Build More Housing Near Transit Act, to encourage the construction of low and middle-income housing in transit-served, walkable locations. The bill, which reflects language included in last year’s H.R. 2, the Moving…
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Strickland Engages with Constituents Across South Sound During District Work Period
Washington, DC—Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) recapped her first two packed weeks of the District Work Period, which began on March 29, 2021. She traveled across Pierce, Thurston, and Mason counties to give updates on American Rescue Plan relief aid that is on the way, her first 100 days of action in Congress, and to hear…
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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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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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Opportunity in Crisis: Reimagining a Just Society
MS. GIVHAN: Welcome to Washington Post Live. I’m Robin Givhan, senior critic-at-large, and I write about race, politics, and the arts, and today we’re kicking off a new series, Opportunity in Crisis. Our first program today is about how to build a more just and inclusive society in the aftermath of a year of racial…
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Congresswoman Strickland on Anti-Asian Violence
“I am proud to be Asian I belong here “ Immense sorrow, fear and anger blanketing Asian communities as a disturbing uptick in the number of anti-Asian hate crimes continues across the world. This highlighted by the shooting spree directed at several Atlanta-area businesses that left six Asian women dead. “Just try to get people…
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Strickland Sends Letter Defending VA Employee Rights
Olympia, WA— Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) sent a letter urging Department of Veteran Affairs Secretary Dennis McDonough to implement President Biden’s Executive Order on collective bargaining, which would allow VA employees the rights and abilities to organize. This Executive Order repealed three Executive Orders from the previous Administration which limited collective bargaining, cut official time…
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Strickland, Kilmer Advance Legislation to Bolster Federal Support for Puget Sound Restoration (Video Included)
Olympia, WA— Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) and Congressman Derek Kilmer (WA-06), the Co-Chairs of the Puget Sound Recovery Caucus, released the following statement after their bill, the Promoting United Government Efforts to Save Our Sound (PUGET SOS) Act of 2021, was marked up, and successfully passed out of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today. The…
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ICYMI: Strickland Condemns Anti-AAPI Violence (Videos Included)
Olympia, WA— Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) was interviewed on multiple national news outlets including CNN, MSNBC, Cheddar TV, and NBCLX, where she spoke out against the brutal shooting in Atlanta, GA which took eight lives, including six Asian women, four of whom were of Korean descent, and drew attention to the meteoric rise in anti-Asian…