Rick represents Washington state's Second Congressional District, which includes portions of Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom counties and all of Island and San Juan counties.
Rick serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the House Armed Services Committee. These committees enable Rick to focus on creating jobs and opportunity to meet the local needs of Northwest Washington.
As a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rick is committed to investing in transportation to drive job growth and keep the economy moving. Rick will continue to fight for strong investments in roads, bridges, highways and transit to build a foundation for future economic growth. Rail safety is another priority issue for Rick, and he has worked hard to push for better safety standards for crude oil traveling by rail.
A strong economic foundation for our workers requires fair and secure workplaces. Congressman Larsen has a long history of fighting for workers and their families in support of jobs, safety, higher wages and benefits.
• FY 17 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):
o Commissaries: Supported an amendment to prevent privatization and protect commissary workers and benefits for servicemembers.
o Preventing outsourcing: Sponsored amendment requiring services to adopt checklist of relevant acquisition policy prior to entering into a contract for services.
o Worker protections: Voted against amendment to exempt Department of Defense contractors from Executive Order on worker protections.
o Cap on service contracting: Cosponsored amendment to extend the cap on service contracts by one year.
o Aerospace manufacturing jobs: Supported $1.54 B additional funding for 14 additional F/A-18 Super Hornets.
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization: Support striking ATC privatization and make targeted reforms to FAA procurement and personnel.
• Surface Reauthorization (FAST Act):
o Highway Trust Fund Expiration: Passed a long-term transportation bill, preventing the Highway Trust Fund from expiring. Cosponsoring a bill to raise the gas tax by 15 cents.
o Amtrak Reauthorization: Voted no on McClintock amendment (amendment failed). Opposed zeroing out passenger rail funding.
• Oppose Norwegian Air International (NAI) application for foreign carrier service:
• Export-Import Bank:
o Supported reauthorizing it before the June 30th deadline.
o Signed a petition to force a vote on a reauthorization bill.
o Supported reauthorizing the Bank in the transportation bill.
• Protect U.S. cargo preference in food aid: Oppose the President’s proposal to reform food aid away from commodity distribution via U.S. ships to cash payments.