Congressman Denny Heck
Representing the 10th District of Washington
Press Releases
Legislation will name the Tumwater Post Office for Eva G. Hewitt, Tumwater’s first woman postmaster
Bipartisan, bicameral FY20 defense authorization package includes long-sought provisions authored by Rep. Heck
Legislation will empower the intelligence community to combat climate-based security threats
Congress agrees to sanctions to stop the construction of Nord Stream 2
Legislation would reauthorize critical tribal housing assistance programs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Denny Heck (D-WA), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Deb Haaland (D-NM), Tom Cole (R-OK), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Don Young (R-AK), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), and Gwen Moore (D-WI) introduced a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) through 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Denny Heck (WA-10) announced that he will retire from the U.S. House of Representatives at the end of the 116th Congress. Congressman Heck made the announcement in the following letter:
Dear Friends:
Senate passage comes in leadup to Tumwater Sesquicentennial Celebration
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent H.R. 1526, a bill to designate the Tumwater Post Office as the “Eva G. Hewitt Post Office.” The bill passed the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs earlier this month, after passing the U.S. House of Representatives by voice vote in July.
Legislation would make tribes and tribally designated housing entities eligible to access Homeless Assistance Grants.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Tribal Access to Homeless Assistance Act, a bill to allow tribes and tribally designated housing entities to access funding to combat homelessness on tribal lands. The bill, H.R. 4029, advanced out of the House on November 18 unanimously.
“I want us to be a nation that builds things,” says Heck.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the House passed H.R. 4863, the United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019, a bill to reauthorize and expand the Export-Import Bank of the United States for ten years. The bill passed by a vote of 235-184.
Heck: Reauthorization “will create and protect good-paying American jobs.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the House Financial Services Committee passed legislation to reauthorize and expand the Export-Import Bank for ten years.