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Apr 1, 2015 In The News
Courtesy of The Olympian
In the midst of a 40-acre clearcut Wednesday just east of Taylor Towne in Mason County, about 75 people with ties to the state’s timber industry watched Green Diamond Resource Company Chairman Colin Moseley plant what was proudly called the family-owned forestry company’s 100 millionth tree. Moseley had some help on this milestone occasion from two Democratic congressmen: Denny Heck of Olympia and Derek Kilmer of Gig Harbor. Green Diamond’s 323,000 acres of South Sound timberland spill over into both Heck’s 10th District and Kilmer’s 6th District and Heck was quick to point out that the tree planting was happening in his district.
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Apr 1, 2015 In The News
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Cheering crowds, proud politicians, disciplined drummers, entrepreneurial executives, talented trumpeters, chorusing choirs. These were just a handful of the personalities on hand to usher in the official opening of Shelton's new MTA Transit Community Center on Wednesday afternoon.
Mar 19, 2015 In The News
Courtesy of The Olympian
Amazingly enough there is no system in place for government to respond to this breakdown in the ecosystem, which U.S. Rep. Denny Heck hopes to remedy. Heck, an Olympia Democrat, is sponsor of legislation he’s calling the Marine Disease Emergency Act, for which he wants Congress to set aside $12 million to coordinate research by federal agencies.
Mar 18, 2015 In The News
Courtesy of Pierce College News

United States Rep. Denny Heck made a special visit to the Lakewood Computer Clubhouse on March 13 to help celebrate the program’s new location in Lochburn Middle School. This free after-school program is operated in partnership with Pierce College, and aims to pair caring mentors with local youth ages 10-18.

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Mar 18, 2015 In The News
Courtesy of Tacoma News Tribune

Joint Base Lewis-McChord will receive the second half of a $5.6 million grant to help prepare military service members for civilian careers, the Labor Department announced today.

Mar 13, 2015 In The News
Courtesy of The Olympian

U.S. Rep. Denny Heck sees more trouble ahead in Congress. Getting passage of a bill to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank is just one of many dangerous legislative cliffs looming over the horizon.

Mar 11, 2015 In The News
Courtesy of Tacoma News-Tribune

WASHINGTON — With millions of starfish dying all along the West Coast, Washington state Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives say it’s time for Congress to intervene and find out why.

The outbreak, first noticed in the state by rangers in Olympic National Park in June 2013, has hit 20 species of starfish, also known as sea stars.

Mar 2, 2015 In The News
Courtesy of The Seattle Times

Congress should rescue the Export-Import Bank from a battle between politics and pragmatism that could cost American companies billions.

Feb 26, 2015 In The News
Courtesy of ReverseMortgageDaily

The home equity conversion mortgage (HECM) program has seen monumental changes over the past few years, but these changes are leading the reverse mortgage down the right track, one housing leader told members of Congress on Thursday.

Feb 17, 2015 In The News
Courtesy of The Stranger

On a windless, cloudless night in late January, Salish Sea ecologist Russel Barsh and his team of scientists at the Kwiáht biology lab scoured Indian Island for sea stars.