Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

This strike in Iran was an extraordinary risk, and our service members will bear the cost of what follows.

Our government was not designed to run like a casino. Maybe this gamble pays off in the short term—Ali Khamenei was an SOB—but America’s strength as a superpower has always rested on deterrence and careful, deliberate action when deterrence fails.

When I learned that it’s easier to fund a chatbot for mental health support than reimburse volunteer chaplains for their gas money I wanted to change that. And we did.

Thank you to Mark and his brothers and sisters in service. It was a real privilege to have you join me at the State of the Union.

Many Americans believe Jesus calls us to bear one another’s burdens — Chaplains like Mark take that real seriously. They volunteer their time to make sure our neighbors are spared from facing some of the worst news of their lives alone.

My team is heading to Mountaineer country on Wednesday!
 
So come see us in Rainier if you're getting the runaround from federal agencies like the VA or Social Security Administration.

Thanks to the Vietnamese Community of Clark County for having me out to join their celebration of the lunar new year!

My provision to explore more cost effective and efficient ways to remove these Corolla-sized vermin from our rivers and tributaries was just signed into law.

I enjoyed brainstorming with SW WA fishermen on next steps to return our runs to their former glory.

Our fishermen in Southwest Washington have spoken loud and clear—sea lions in the Columbia River are decimating our salmon and steelhead runs.

Today, I visited Clark Cowlitz Fire Rescue and the CARES team to hear about how they’re keeping folks out of the ER and caring for our community. Thank you to our local firefighters and first responders for looking out for our neighbors.

To my friends at TSA — I know it sucks to work without pay during a shutdown. Hang tough, we’re grateful for you and working hard to restore funding.

My provision to bring down costs for mobile home residents is now law!

We know that low-cost solutions like mobile home skirting can be a powerful tool to bring energy costs down.

Energy policy shouldn't just be focused on people who can afford to spend big on a heat pump or new EV.

Call me a perfectionist but if your legislation requires government to provide free photocopy services, you have not written a good piece of legislation.

I'm happy to bring home $1,015,000 to the Napavine Tigers to help the school district build a new shop building.

Our kids deserve the option to choose a career path that best aligns with their interests and allows them to stay close to home when they grow up.

Napavine High School’s ag programs are at capacity, and they need additional space to grow the next generation of farmers and tradespeople.

When you add it all up, the amount of money stolen from seniors by scammers would rival some countries’ GDPs.

Protecting the hard-earned savings of seniors should be a priority for officials at the local and federal level and we need real collaborative action.

I recently sat down with the Elder Justice Center and Children’s Justice Center in Clark County. These exemplary public servants see the worst of humanity and show up every day to fight for our community.

I brought home funding for a new training center in Lewis County. By keeping these trainings close to home, we can support first responders, save money that would otherwise be spent on out-of-area training, and build collaboration between local first responders.

Many first responders in SW Washington have to travel more than 100 miles to attend required trainings. This means more time on the road, less time with family, and less time rooted in their communities.

The only thing that Congress reins in by shutting the government down is our own oversight authority.

My team has already received communications from regional ICE headquarters which state that the agency will not be fielding casework requests during a shutdown, which will make it significantly harder to track people who have been detained and get answers for their loved ones.

Shutting the government down also gives ICE the cover to stop responding to Congressional inquiries.

There is an opportunity here to achieve some valuable structural reforms to the leadership and operations of ICE, such as ensuring ICE agents wear ID numbers and warrants to enter homes are signed by a judge, not a government bureaucrat.

In a government that is increasingly bent around the power of one man, my vote to keep the government open reflects the urgency for Congress to maintain its oversight role. This isn’t recess. You can’t just take your ball and go home.

ICE was prefunded by the Republican One Big Beautiful Bill Act — which I voted against — to the tune of $75 billion, meaning that they are able to keep operating during a shutdown.

I, like many of the people I represent, am horrified by recent events in Minnesota and am pushing for a transparent, independent investigation into the shooting deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Things are terrible, but we need to be strategic right now.

I’ll keep plugging away to make sure that Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars are being invested in an effective, durable, and responsible way.

As a member of the Appropriations Committee, I worked with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to make sure that Southwest Washington’s priorities made it into these bills.

When Congress gets its act together and works in a bipartisan way, we get legislation that delivers solutions tailored to our communities’ needs and values.

I delivered more than $1 million to help construct a replacement Primary Care Clinic to bring care closer to home.