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News From
Congressman Norm Dicks
2467 Rayburn House Office
Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-5916 http//www.house.gov/dicks
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RECENT NEWS AND SPEECHES BY
REP. NORM DICKS
September 2006
Hoh River Conservation Corridor Grant
Awarded -- September 26, 2006
Final Version of Defense Bill Approved
-- September 26. 2006
June 2006
Committee Passes Defense Spending Bill --
June 13, 2006
May, 2006
House Passes Interior Bill -- May 19,
2006
Puget Sound Funding Boosted in Interior
Bill -- May 4, 2006
April, 2006
Air Force Issues Tanker "Request for
Information" -- April 25, 2006
Federal Grant to Aid Bremerton
Marina Expansion -- April 17, 2006
February, 2006
Navy to Base Two Additional Subs in Kitsap
County -- February 27, 2006
FY 2007 Military Construction Budget
for Washington State -- February 6, 2006
January, 2006
Labor Dept. Approves Aberdeen Benefits --
January 27, 2006
Rep. Dicks Announces 2006 Academy
Appointments -- January 23, 2006
Comments from Rep. Dicks on Pentagon
Tanker Report -- January 26, 2006
December, 2005
Defense Appropriations Bill Passes --
December 19, 2005
November 2005
Area Transportation Projects Approved by Congress -- November 18, 2005
Family Justice Center Funding Approved
-- November 8, 2005
Pentagon Will Pay Guard Re-Enlistment Bonuses -- November 7, 2005
Navy Reaches Agreement on Building 50
Restoration -- November 3, 2005
October 2005
Congressmen Urge Delay on Grid West
Proposal -- October 28, 2005
Comment from Rep. Dicks re:
Weyerhaeuser Mill Closure -- October 21, 2005
Washington Congressmen Preserve Tanker Rules
-- October 6, 2005
September 2005
Rep. Dicks Joins Effort to Achieve ESA
Compromise -- September 28, 2005
Grant Boosts Hoh River Conservation
Corridor -- September 28, 2005
August 2005
Pantages Theater Restoration Assistance
Approved -- August 10, 2005
Grant Will Aid Olympic Stadium Repair --
August 9, 2005
July 2005
Bremerton Tunnel Funded in Transportation
Bill -- July 28, 2005
EPA Initiative to Centralize Puget Sound
Research, Actions -- July 26, 1005
June 2005
Defense Bill funds State, Boeing
Programs -- June 21, 2005
Tacoma SBA Office to Remain Open -- June 17,
2005
May 2005
House
Passes Military Construction Bill -- May 26, 2005
Agriculture Appropriations Bill
Contains State Research Funds -- May 26, 2005
Interior Bill Includes Park Staffing
Funds -- May 4, 2005
April 2005
Rep. Dicks Receives National Parks Award --
April 13. 2005
February
2005
$310
million for Military Construction in State -- February 7, 2005
December 2004
Pacific
Lutheran Univ. Center Receives Education Grant -- December 20, 2004
November 2004
Final
Spending Bill Boosts Park Funding -- November 20, 2004
Kitsap
Area Projects in Final Spending bill -- November 20, 2004
NW Maritime Center, Elwha Project Funds Approved -- November 20, 2004
October 2004
Final
Military Construction Approved -- October 9, 2004
Defense
Conference Agreement Keeps Tanker Deal Alive -- October 8, 2004
Rep. Dicks Responds to US Action on Airbus Subsidies
-- October 6, 2004
September 2004
Rep.
Dicks calls for end to Airbus Subsidies -- September 30, 2004
Hoh
River Conservation Corridor Project Funded -- September 22, 2004
Comment
on Quinault Northern Boundary Settlement -- September 20, 2004
Fishery
Agreement Boosts Oxygen Levels in Hood Canal -- September 16, 2004
August 2004
TSA
Screeners Keeping Up With Sea-Tac Volume -- August 16, 2004
Rep.
Dicks Visiting Wash. State National Parks -- August 2, 2004
July 2004
Army
to Bring Third Stryker Brigade to Fort Lewis -- July 22, 2004
Defense
Bill Boosts PNNL's Sequim Lab Funding -- July 20, 2004
House-Senate Conference Panel Approves
Tanker Funding -- July 14, 2004
Interior
Dept. Report Exaggerates Park Improvements -- July 9, 2004
Bill
Will Re-locate, Consolidate Fox Island Navy Lab -- July 9, 2004
June 2004
TSA
To Hire Additional Sea-Tac Screeners -- June 18, 2004
House
Clears Interior Spending Bill -- June 17, 2004
Defense
Appropriations Bill Funds Tankers, MMA Planes -- June 16, 2004
$3.9
Billion Boeing Contract Awarded -- June 14, 2004
Interior Bill Funds Parks, Salmon
programs -- June 9, 2004
Rep.
Dicks Announces AmeriCorps Grant -- June 7, 2004
Olympic N.P. Visitor Center Hours Expanded -- June 2, 2004
May 2004
Rep.
Dicks Advises Jeff. County on Gravel Permit -- May 25, 2004
Defense
Bill Boosts Tanker Deal Prospects -- May 20, 2004
Rep. Dicks Seeks Funds for Forest
Firefighting -- May 20, 2004
Rep.
Dicks' Statement on Unscientific Salmon Plan -- May 20, 2004
April 2004
Rep. Dicks
Recognized by Disabled Workers Organization -- April 19, 2004
Kitsap
Transportation Aid in House Bill -- April 2, 2004
House
Passes Pay Parity Resolution -- April 2, 2004
March 2004
Rep.
Dicks joins call for Added Rail Security -- March 31, 2004
February 2004
Rep. Dicks Announces Academy Appointments for
2004 -- February 12, 2004
Gov.
Locke, Rep. Dicks Boost Hood Canal Cleanup -- February 9, 2004
Military
Construction Projects Planned for FY 2005 -- February 2, 2004
January 2004
Grant
Will Aid Expansion of Westport Senior Home -- January 29, 2004
Boost for Hood Canal Dissolved Oxygen Study
Approved -- January 22, 2004
November, 2003
Coastal
Wetlands Grants Awarded to Washington State -- November 25, 2003
Rep. Dicks Opposes New DOD Personnel Rules -- November 7, 2003
October, 2003
Sen. Murray, Rep. Dicks announce
highlights of Interior Bill -- October 30, 2003
September, 2003
Rep. Dicks travels to Iraq with Defense
Subcommittee -- September 25, 2003
Defense Appropriators Agree on Conference
Bill -- September 18, 2003
July 2003
Rep. Dicks lauds Tanker Lease Progress --
July 18, 2003
$17 million in State Conservation Grants
Announced -- July 15, 2003
Sound Transit Eligible for Transportation
Funding -- July 11, 2003
June, 2003
Defense Bill Funds Boeing, Local programs
-- June 26, 2003
Interior Appropriations Bill Contains
Elwha, Fisheries Money -- June 25, 2003
House Subcommittee Approves FY2004 Military
Construction Funding -- June 11, 2003
May,
2003
Rep. Dicks
Comments on Pentagon Agreement to Lease Boeing Tankers -- May 23, 2003
April
2003
Sen. Murray,
Rep. Dicks restore Unemployment Benefits -- April 12, 2003
March,
2003
February, 2003
Salmon Marking Program Launched in Northwest
-- Feb. 26, 2003
Shelton
Wastewater Grant in Spending Bill -- Feb. 14, 2003
Area Transportation Projects Approved
-- Feb. 13, 2003
Environmental
Funds Approved in Omnibus Spending Bill -- Feb 13, 2003
Rep. Dicks Named to Homeland Security Committee -- Feb. 12, 2003
Bremerton Receives Federal Grant for Breakwater -- Feb. 11, 2003
Washington
State Military Construction Budget Request -- Feb. 3, 2003
January, 2003
Rep.
Dicks Nominates Area Students to Academies -- Jan. 10, 2003
December, 2002
Boeing
Tanker Deal Still Alive -- Dec. 19, 2002
November 2002
Rep.
Dicks comments on Court Ruling in Microsoft Case -- Nov. 1, 2002
October, 2002
Comment
on President Signing Defense Bill -- October 23, 2002
Rep
Dicks' Statement on Iraq vote -- October 10, 2002
House
Passes Defense Appropriations Bill -- October 10, 2002
Final
Version of Military Construction Bill Approved -- October 10, 2002
August,
2002
Letter
to OMB Director Mitch Daniels re: 747 Tankers -- Aug. 8, 2002
[Adobe
pdf file -- download
free reader from www.adobe.com]
July,
2002
Interior
Bill Includes Arts Funding Increase -- July 18, 2002
House
Passes Interior Appropriations Bill -- July 17, 2002
June,
2002
New
Effort Launched to Remove Fish Passage Barriers -- June 25, 2002
[Includes items passed in FY 2003 Interior Appropriations Bill]
Rep.
Dicks details Kitsap Impact of Defense Bill -- June 24, 2002
Appropriations
Committee passes FY 2003 Defense Bill -- June 24, 2002
Panel
Adds Military Construction Funds for State -- June 12, 2002
May,
2002
Park
Service Awards Grant for Bremerton's Jarstad Pool -- May 22, 2002
April,
2002
Rep.
Dicks Opens Constituent Service Office in Port Angeles -- Apr. 12, 2002
March,
2002
Air Force Rejects Airbus Bid to Lease
Tankers -- Mar. 29, 2002
Coast
Guard Awards Contract to Port Orchard Firm -- March 6, 2002
February,
2002
Defense
Budget Funds Boeing 767 Intelligence Plane -- Feb 14, 2002
Rep.
Dicks' Military Academy Appointments for 2002 -- Feb. 7, 2002
Trident
Conversion, Military Construction Funds in FY03 Budget -- Feb. 4, 2002
January,
2002
Brief
Comments Following State of the Union Address -- January 29, 2002
December,
2001
Dept
of Labor Grant will aid Pt. Townsend Paper Co. workers -- Dec. 21, 2001
VA Funding Approved for Retsil Veterans Home --
Dec. 21, 2001
Boeing
767 Tanker Leasing Approved by Conference Panel -- Dec. 18, 2001
Statement
in support of H.R. 3005, Trade Promotion Authority -- Dec. 6, 2001
November
2001
GAO Critical of Fed's Role in Fish Passage --
Nov. 29, 2001
Wildlife Grants Issued to Wash. State --
Nov. 19, 2001
Rep. Dicks, Sen. Murray Boost NW Fisheries
Funding -- Nov. 13, 2001
Combined
Sewer Funds, YWCA Grant in HUD Bill -- Nov. 9, 2001
Three
Pierce County Grants in HUD Appropriations Bill -- Nov. 8, 2001
Rep.
Dicks' Comment on Microsoft Settlement Announcement -- Nov. 2, 2001
Lockheed
May Include Boeing in JSF Contract -- Nov. 1, 2001
October
2001
USS Stennis
Arrives in Bremerton Late 2004 -- Oct. 31, 2001
AF
Funds for Boeing 767s Added to Defense Budget -- Oct. 24, 2001
Submarine Conversion Funds Approved -- Oct. 24,
2001
Final
version of Military Construction Spending Bill -- Oct. 16, 2001
Final
version of Interior Spending Bill Approved -- Oct. 10, 2001
September,
2001
Coast
Guard to Maintain Quillayute River Station -- Sept. 5, 2001
July, 2001
Military
Construction Budget for Next Year -- July 5, 2001
June 2001
Statement
of Rep. Dicks on Microsoft Decision -- June 28, 2001
Earthquake
Funds in Supplemental Bill -- June 14, 2001
Interior
Bill Funds Elwha Restoration Program -- June 7, 2001
March 2001
House
Approves Lighthouse Property Transfer -- March 29, 2001
February 2001
Congress
will reject disaster program cuts -- February 28, 2001
Rep. Dicks Introduces Defense Supplemental bill
-- February 13, 2001
Rep.
Dicks Announces 2001 Academy Appointments -- February 13, 2001
January, 2001
December, 2000
October,
2000
Final
Version of Interior Bill Passes House -- October 3, 2000
September, 2000
New
Land Conservation Initiative Approved -- September 28, 2000
FTA
Issues Commitment for Light Rail Project -- September 8, 2000
Reaction
to President's Missile Defense Decision -- September 1, 2000
August, 2000
Grant
for New Water Line to Hoquiam -- August 29, 2000
July, 2000
Response to Issuance of Federal Salmon Plan
-- July 27, 2000
Reps.
Dicks and Smith Announce Housing Grant to Tacoma -- July 26, 2000
June, 2000
Final
Military Construction Budget Approved by House, Senate -- June 30, 2000
May, 2000
Remarks
in support of Permanent Normal Trade Relations for China - May 24, 2000
Agreement keeps Chihuly Glass exhibit in Tacoma's
Union Station -- May 24, 2000
Rep. Dicks Appeals for firefighting funds for public lands -- May 12, 2000
Defense
bill Approved by House Subcommittee -- May 11, 2000
Subcommittee
Approves FY 2001 Military Construction bill -- May 2, 2000
April, 2000
Brief
comment Following Decision in Microsoft Case -- April 3, 2000
March, 2000
Navy
buys ship constructed at Westport Shipyard -- March 14, 2000
Navy
will base USS Jimmy Carter at Bangor -- March 7, 2000
February, 2000
Sen.
Bradley Defense Policy Wrongheaded -- February 24, 2000
Rep.
Dicks comments on new SBA Program -- February 23, 2000
Defense
Secretary Announces Reversal of Housing Policy -- February 23, 2000
Defense Dept. to Change Housing Policy --
February 17, 2000
Budget
contains $105 million for Defense Construction in State -- February 7,
2000
Rep.
Dicks Announces Academy Appointments -- February 7, 2000
January, 2000
Transcript of Fox News Sunday
Interview -- January 2, 2000
December, 1999
Neah Bay Tug Arrives Today --
December 15, 1999
November, 1999
State Salmon Funds
in Final Version of Spending Bill -- November 18, 1999
Funds Approved
to Equip New Brigade at Fort Lewis -- November 18, 1999
Provision Aids
Seniors in Clallam County -- November 18, 1999
Rep. Dicks
Applauds VP's Plan for New Tug Demonstration -- Nov. 12, 1999
Comments
in Response to Court Findings in Microsoft Case -- November 5, 1999
October, 1999
Navy Officer in
Laser Incident Promoted -- October 22, 1999
Admiral Theater to Receive Economic Development Grant -- October
14, 1999
Remarks of Rep.
Dicks/Unveiling Speaker Tom Foley Portrait -- October 13, 1999
Fort Lewis Units Selected for new Army Brigade Concept -- October 12,
1999
Defense Budget Conference Agreement -- Kitsap Impact -- October 6,
1999
Federal Grant Awarded to Satsop Site --
October 5, 1999
September, 1999
Navy Agreement Brings Jobs to Kitsap County -- September 23, 1999
August, 1999
August Recess Schedule of Town Hall Meetings
July, 1999
Funds
for North Jetty Reconstruction approved -- July 30, 1999
June, 1999
Interior Appropriations Approves State Funds --
June 29, 1999
Military
Construction Appropriations Bill passed -- June 28, 1999
Transportation
Appropriations Bill Includes State Funds -- June 22, 1999
Rep Dicks
Applauds US-Canada Salmon Accord -- June 3, 1999
May, 1999
Remarks on Release of Unclassified Report -- China Committee
-- May 25, 1999
[Read the Full
Version of the Unclassified Report]
April, 1999
Opening
Statement by Rep. Dicks at April 7 Salmon Field Hearing -- Apr. 7, 1999
Gorton, Dicks Announce Panelists for Salmon Hearing -- Apr.
1, 1999
March, 1999
Hanford
Reach Legislation Introduced -- Mar. 25, 1999
Transcript of
Rep. Dicks' Remarks on Meet the Press -- Mar. 14, 1999
Rep. Dicks Urges Approval of Counterintelligence Program -- Mar. 6, 1999
February, 1999
Navy
Will Station Tug At News Bay -- Feb. 5, 1999
Remarks of Rep.
Dicks to News Conference on Neah Bay Tug -- Feb. 5, 1999
January, 1999
President's
Budget Contains Military Construction in Wash. State -- Jan. 30, 1999
Rep. Dicks Applauds World Trade Organization Decision -- Jan.
25, 1999