Congressman Denny Heck
Representing the 10th District of Washington
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In this Washington, the idea that a federal agency helped Boeing sell 106 airliners last year might have us doing handstands, especially when we learn that it didn’t cost taxpayers a dime.
A new approach to funding transportation projects near military bases has some traction in a military appropriation bill that recently sailed through the House of Representatives on a 416-1 vote.
Retired Olympia Navy pilot Clarence “Spike” Borley is among those to be honored by legislation signed Friday by President Obama in a ceremony at the White House. The American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Act, or H.R. 685, was sponsored by U.S.
President Obama signed a pair of bills Friday conferring the Congressional Gold Medal on two legendary groups of World War II pilots.
The honorees are members of the "Doolittle Raiders," pilots who engineered a famous bombing raid on Tokyo, and the elite group known as the American Fighter Aces.
A provision in a military construction bill that passed the U.S. House this week aims to free up federal money to pay for traffic improvements around high-growth military installations, such as Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
U.S. Rep. Denny Heck (D-Olympia) will tour Pierce County's Carlson Paving Products plant from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday to promote a campaign to support U.S. manufacturers.
Carlson, based in Pierce County, makes paving machine equipment accessories.
A bipartisan bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday would require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to create a panel of small financial services firms modeled on other advisory boards the bureau already has in place.
Washington state is set to lose more than $11 million in education funding and $173.4 million in pay for furloughed military employees, according to the White House. Cuts are already in effect at national parks, like Mt. Rainier.
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