Marilyn Strickland: “Thank you and your Department for all the work that you have been doing to successfully deploy infrastructure funding.”

I rise today to honor Mayor Victoria Woodards, who is retiring as Tacoma's 39th mayor. A graduate of Lincoln High School, she proudly served her country in the U.S. Army, thinking she would see the world and ended up right back home at…

An increasing amount of evidence shows that wood has beneficial effects in almost all parts of the indoor climate.

I will remind my colleagues that these protections are meant to prevent environmental disasters. We see all across the country radioactive water spills, water crises, chemical pollutants seeping into groundwater and poisoning communities…

In my home State of Washington, the State has already committed over $152 million in Federal funds for highway and bridge projects.