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Dec. 15, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul D. Ryan, Speaker of the House - Don't Count on Us to Fix the PAYGO Problem You've Created with the GOP's Tax Bill
Denny Heck, ...
Nov. 8, 2017
Letter to the Hon. David Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Congressman Panetta, U.S. Reps., and U.S. Senator Request VA Secretary Report on Veteran Hunger in Lead Up to Veteran's Day
Denny Heck, ...
Nov. 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Yoho, Smith Lead Colleagues in Calling for Transparency in Proposed Redesign of U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 31, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney - Support Robust Funding for Earthquake Early Warning System
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 24, 2017
Letter to the Hon. John McCain, the Hon. Jack Reed, the Hon. Mac Thornberry, and the Hon. Adam Smith - Support for Medical Research Program
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 28, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives - Members of Congress to Reject Cuts to Safety Net Hospitals
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 22, 2017
Letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell - No Vote On Graham-Cassidy without CBO Score
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 14, 2017
Letter to Chairmen Walden and Burgess and Ranking Members Pallone and Green, House Energy and Commerce Committee - National Health Service Corps
Denny Heck, ...
June 22, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader, the Hon. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member - No Poison Pill Riders on FY2-18 Appropriations Bills
Denny Heck, ...
May 23, 2017
Kilmer & Heck Speak Out Against President Trump's Budget Proposal that Eliminates Investments in Puget Sound
Denny Heck, ...
May 3, 2017
Congressman Denny Heck reacts to the bipartisan plan to fund federal government through fiscal year 2017
Denny Heck
May 2, 2017
Puget Sound Recovery Caucus encouraged by $28 million provided to clean up Puget Sound
Denny Heck
April 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations - Congress Members Request Funding for the Minority AIDS Initiative
Denny Heck, ...
April 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies - The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
Denny Heck, ...
April 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, & Education - Increase Federal Funding for Medical Research
Denny Heck, ...
April 5, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Emphasizing Support for the Federal Programs that Support Iconic Bodies of Water
Denny Heck, ...
April 4, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - West Coast Fisheries Disaster Relief
Denny Heck, ...
April 4, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Mario Diaz-Balart, Chairman of the House Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee and the Hon. David Price, Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee - Congress Members Seek Expansion of TIGER Transportation Funding
Denny Heck, ...
April 4, 2017
Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Jose E. Serrano, Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies - Funding for Criminal Background Checks
Denny Heck, ...
April 3, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Chairman John Carter and the Hon. Ranking Member Lucille Roybal-Allard of the House-Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Pascrell, Donovan Letter Calls for Increased Anti-Terrorism Funding
Denny Heck, ...
March 20, 2017
Congressman Denny Heck speaks out regarding White House's proposed federal budget for FY 2018
Denny Heck
March 15, 2017
Letter to Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program in fiscal year 2018
Denny Heck, ...
March 3, 2017
Kilmer & Heck speak out against President Trump's Draft Proposal for EPA that Slashes Investments in Puget Sound by 93 Percent
Denny Heck, ...
Nov. 10, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Harold Rogers, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Honorable Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives - Call for Increased Funding for the National Institutes of Health for Fiscal Year 2017
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 18, 2016
King5 - Puget Sound Recovery Effort Gets "historic' $600M Boost
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 18, 2016
White House, Washington State and Federal Leaders Announce Major New Initiatives for Puget Sound Recovery
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 18, 2016
Access Washington - White House, Washington State and Federal Leaders Announce Major New Initiatives for Puget Sound Recovery
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 18, 2016
Associated Press - Obama Administration Steps Up Efforts to Protect Puget Sound
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 18, 2016
Seattlepi.com - The Obama Administration Steps Up to the Plate on Cleaning Up Puget Sound
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 23, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Harold Rogers, Ken Calvert, Nita Lowey, and Betty McCollum, Chairmen and Ranking Members, House Committee on Appropriations - In Support of the National Estuary Program
Denny Heck, ...
June 14, 2016
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017
Denny Heck
May 19, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, The Honorable Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader, The Honorable Lisa Murkowski, Chairwoman, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, The Honorable Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Resources - Wildfire Fighting Funding
Denny Heck, ...
May 16, 2016
Letter to Chairman John Kline, Chair of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Chairman Todd Rokita, Chair of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, Ranking Member Robert "Bobby" C. Scott, Ranking Member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Ranking Member Marica L. Fudge, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education - WIC Reauthorization
Denny Heck, ...
March 22, 2016
Letter to Chairman Ken Calvert and Ranking Member Betty McCollum of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Fully Fund the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program
Denny Heck, ...
March 15, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Mike Simpson, Chairman, and Honorable Marcy Kaptur, Ranking Memeber, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, House on Appropriations - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Budget
Denny Heck, ...
March 10, 2016
Letter to The Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, The Hon. Tom Price, Chairman House Budget Committee, and the Hon. Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member, House Budget Committee - Fight to Protect SNAP for Those in Need
Denny Heck, ...
Dec. 18, 2015
Heck Statement on Omnibus Appropriations Act and Tax Extenders Package
Denny Heck
Nov. 18, 2015
Letter to Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey - Boost in NIH funding
Denny Heck, ...
Nov. 18, 2015
Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization Act Of 2015
Denny Heck
Oct. 23, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Raising the Debt Ceiling
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 23, 2015
Raise the Debt Limit
Denny Heck
Oct. 9, 2015
Pelosi Remarks at Press Availability on Ex-Im Bank Discharge Petition
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 29, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Cuts to Medicare Payments for Colorectal Cancer
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 22, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Keep House in Session Until Shutdown Averted
Denny Heck, ...
April 30, 2015
Congressman Denny Heck Explains his Vote on the FY 2016 MILCON Appropriations Bill
Denny Heck
April 15, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader - Deduction on Tax-exempt Municipal Bonds
Denny Heck, ...
March 27, 2015
Letter to Chairman Tom Cole and Ranking Member Rosa Delauro, Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Funding of Heating Assistance Program
Denny Heck, ...
March 26, 2015
Rep. Heck on bipartisan "doc fix' agreement: "Congress shows signs of life, proves they can get something done"
Denny Heck
Feb. 2, 2015
Heck Statement on President's FY 2016 Budget Proposal
Denny Heck
Jan. 26, 2015
Letter to Mel Watt, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency - Funding the Housing Trust Fund
Denny Heck, ...
Date
Title
Politician
Dec. 15, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul D. Ryan, Speaker of the House - Don't Count on Us to Fix the PAYGO Problem You've Created with the GOP's Tax Bill
Denny Heck, ...
Nov. 8, 2017
Letter to the Hon. David Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Congressman Panetta, U.S. Reps., and U.S. Senator Request VA Secretary Report on Veteran Hunger in Lead Up to Veteran's Day
Denny Heck, ...
Nov. 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Yoho, Smith Lead Colleagues in Calling for Transparency in Proposed Redesign of U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 31, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney - Support Robust Funding for Earthquake Early Warning System
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 24, 2017
Letter to the Hon. John McCain, the Hon. Jack Reed, the Hon. Mac Thornberry, and the Hon. Adam Smith - Support for Medical Research Program
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 28, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives - Members of Congress to Reject Cuts to Safety Net Hospitals
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 22, 2017
Letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell - No Vote On Graham-Cassidy without CBO Score
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 14, 2017
Letter to Chairmen Walden and Burgess and Ranking Members Pallone and Green, House Energy and Commerce Committee - National Health Service Corps
Denny Heck, ...
June 22, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader, the Hon. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member - No Poison Pill Riders on FY2-18 Appropriations Bills
Denny Heck, ...
May 23, 2017
Kilmer & Heck Speak Out Against President Trump's Budget Proposal that Eliminates Investments in Puget Sound
Denny Heck, ...
May 3, 2017
Congressman Denny Heck reacts to the bipartisan plan to fund federal government through fiscal year 2017
Denny Heck
May 2, 2017
Puget Sound Recovery Caucus encouraged by $28 million provided to clean up Puget Sound
Denny Heck
April 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations - Congress Members Request Funding for the Minority AIDS Initiative
Denny Heck, ...
April 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies - The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
Denny Heck, ...
April 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, & Education - Increase Federal Funding for Medical Research
Denny Heck, ...
April 5, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Emphasizing Support for the Federal Programs that Support Iconic Bodies of Water
Denny Heck, ...
April 4, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - West Coast Fisheries Disaster Relief
Denny Heck, ...
April 4, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Mario Diaz-Balart, Chairman of the House Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee and the Hon. David Price, Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee - Congress Members Seek Expansion of TIGER Transportation Funding
Denny Heck, ...
April 4, 2017
Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Jose E. Serrano, Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies - Funding for Criminal Background Checks
Denny Heck, ...
April 3, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Chairman John Carter and the Hon. Ranking Member Lucille Roybal-Allard of the House-Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Pascrell, Donovan Letter Calls for Increased Anti-Terrorism Funding
Denny Heck, ...
March 20, 2017
Congressman Denny Heck speaks out regarding White House's proposed federal budget for FY 2018
Denny Heck
March 15, 2017
Letter to Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program in fiscal year 2018
Denny Heck, ...
March 3, 2017
Kilmer & Heck speak out against President Trump's Draft Proposal for EPA that Slashes Investments in Puget Sound by 93 Percent
Denny Heck, ...
Nov. 10, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Harold Rogers, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Honorable Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives - Call for Increased Funding for the National Institutes of Health for Fiscal Year 2017
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 18, 2016
King5 - Puget Sound Recovery Effort Gets "historic' $600M Boost
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 18, 2016
White House, Washington State and Federal Leaders Announce Major New Initiatives for Puget Sound Recovery
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 18, 2016
Access Washington - White House, Washington State and Federal Leaders Announce Major New Initiatives for Puget Sound Recovery
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 18, 2016
Associated Press - Obama Administration Steps Up Efforts to Protect Puget Sound
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 18, 2016
Seattlepi.com - The Obama Administration Steps Up to the Plate on Cleaning Up Puget Sound
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 23, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Harold Rogers, Ken Calvert, Nita Lowey, and Betty McCollum, Chairmen and Ranking Members, House Committee on Appropriations - In Support of the National Estuary Program
Denny Heck, ...
June 14, 2016
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017
Denny Heck
May 19, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, The Honorable Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader, The Honorable Lisa Murkowski, Chairwoman, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, The Honorable Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Resources - Wildfire Fighting Funding
Denny Heck, ...
May 16, 2016
Letter to Chairman John Kline, Chair of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Chairman Todd Rokita, Chair of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, Ranking Member Robert "Bobby" C. Scott, Ranking Member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Ranking Member Marica L. Fudge, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education - WIC Reauthorization
Denny Heck, ...
March 22, 2016
Letter to Chairman Ken Calvert and Ranking Member Betty McCollum of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Fully Fund the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program
Denny Heck, ...
March 15, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Mike Simpson, Chairman, and Honorable Marcy Kaptur, Ranking Memeber, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, House on Appropriations - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Budget
Denny Heck, ...
March 10, 2016
Letter to The Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, The Hon. Tom Price, Chairman House Budget Committee, and the Hon. Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member, House Budget Committee - Fight to Protect SNAP for Those in Need
Denny Heck, ...
Dec. 18, 2015
Heck Statement on Omnibus Appropriations Act and Tax Extenders Package
Denny Heck
Nov. 18, 2015
Letter to Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey - Boost in NIH funding
Denny Heck, ...
Nov. 18, 2015
Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization Act Of 2015
Denny Heck
Oct. 23, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Raising the Debt Ceiling
Denny Heck, ...
Oct. 23, 2015
Raise the Debt Limit
Denny Heck
Oct. 9, 2015
Pelosi Remarks at Press Availability on Ex-Im Bank Discharge Petition
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 29, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Cuts to Medicare Payments for Colorectal Cancer
Denny Heck, ...
Sept. 22, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Keep House in Session Until Shutdown Averted
Denny Heck, ...
April 30, 2015
Congressman Denny Heck Explains his Vote on the FY 2016 MILCON Appropriations Bill
Denny Heck
April 15, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader - Deduction on Tax-exempt Municipal Bonds
Denny Heck, ...
March 27, 2015
Letter to Chairman Tom Cole and Ranking Member Rosa Delauro, Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Funding of Heating Assistance Program
Denny Heck, ...
March 26, 2015
Rep. Heck on bipartisan "doc fix' agreement: "Congress shows signs of life, proves they can get something done"
Denny Heck
Feb. 2, 2015
Heck Statement on President's FY 2016 Budget Proposal
Denny Heck
Jan. 26, 2015
Letter to Mel Watt, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency - Funding the Housing Trust Fund
Denny Heck, ...
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