Economy & Jobs
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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, 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, 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…
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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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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 This Executive Order repealed three Executive Orders from the previous Administration which limited collective bargaining, cut official time…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 Urge Small Business Administration to Implement Relief for Live Performance and Art Venues
Olympia, WA— Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) and Congressman Derek Kilmer (WA-6) sent a letter to U.S. Small Business Administrator Tami Perriello urging the implementation of the small business relief authorized in December, including the Shuttered Venue Operators program, as part of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act, in order to…
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Strickland, Kilmer, Cartwright Urge Biden Administration to Invest in Infrastructure for Defense Communities
Olympia, WA – On Thursday, U.S. Representatives Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Derek Kilmer (WA-06), and Matt Cartwright (PA-08), sent a letter to President Joe Biden to encourage his Administration to support increased funding in his Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget for the Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP). The program is designed to address deficiencies in community…
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Strickland Secures Millions in Relief Aid for South Sound, Sends American Rescue Plan to President’s Desk
Olympia, WA— Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) released the following statement after final passage of H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act, landmark, life-saving legislation that will provide urgently-needed resources to defeat the virus, put vaccines in people’s arms, money into families’ pockets, children safely back into classrooms and people back to work. This legislation will…
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Strickland Highlights How the American Rescue Plan Could Mean Millions in Relief Aid for the South Sound (Video Included)
Olympia, WA – On Monday, March 8th, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) provided an update on how the American Rescue Plan will deliver millions in relief aid to WA-10. The package will help crush the COVID-19 virus and get the economy moving again with shots in arms, money in pockets, children in schools and people in…
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**MEDIA ADVISORY** Strickland to Provide an Update on COVID Relief Aid to Keep the South Sound Running
Olympia, WA – On Monday, March 8, at 1:00 PM PT, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) will host a virtual press conference after voting to pass the American Rescue Plan in the House on February 27 to help crush the COVID-19 virus and get the economy moving again with shots in arms, money in pockets, children…