Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), along with Representatives Andy Kim (NJ-03), Young Kim (CA-40), and Michelle Steel (CA-45)led a bipartisan group of 40 Members of Congress in writing to President Biden ahead of President Yoon’s State Visit to mark the 70th anniversary of the United States and the Republic of Korea signing the Mutual Defense Treaty.
On Thursday, April 20, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Senator Patty Murray (WA) reintroduced the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, legislation to permanently protect critical salmon habitat and sources of clean drinking water for local communities, while also protecting and expanding world-class outdoor recreation opportunities like hiking, camping, boating, hunting, and fishing without closing any roads.
On April 21, 2023, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) announced over $10 million of new federal funding for three projects on the Olympic Peninsula through the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its Climate Ready Coasts Initiative.
On April 24, 2023, U.S. Reps. Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Young Kim (R-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Michelle Steel (R-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), and Buddy Carter (R-GA) introduced a bipartisan resolution reaffirming United States support for South Korea.
There were six companies in cities associated with Pierce County that received six FDA inspections in the first quarter of 2023, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Association.
13,698 people from across the country moved to Pierce County during 2019, an increase over the previous year, according to the Internal Revenue Service.