Press Releases
Kilmer Secures New Federal Funding to Support Affordable Housing & Jobs on Tacoma’s Hilltop
Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed new federal funding that has been championed by U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) to support two projects that aim to provide more affordable housing and job opportunities in the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma. The investments aim to revitalize a historic Tacoma neighborhood and to help ensure the residential and business spaces will be attainable to community residents and BIPOC-owned businesses. The House passed $3 … Continue Reading
March 09, 2022
Kilmer Secures New Federal Funding for Port Angeles Food Bank’s Nourish to Flourish Expansion
Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed critical funding that has been championed by U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) to support the Port Angeles Food Bank's Nourish to Flourish expansion. The twelve-bill government funding package, which passed the House with bipartisan support, included $900,000 in federal funding for the expansion project, which is intended to allow the Port Angeles Food Bank to finalize the purchase of the building in which they currently … Continue Reading
March 09, 2022
Kilmer Secures New Federal Funding to Support Duckabush Estuary Restoration Project
Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed critical funding that has been championed by U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) to support the Mason PUD 1's power line relocation project in conjunction with the Duckabush Estuary Restoration Project. The restoration project aims to reconnect the Duckabush River to neighboring floodplains and wetlands by modifying local roads, elevating Highway 101, and rerouting utilities. The $1 million in federal funding will assist … Continue Reading
March 09, 2022
Kilmer Secures New Federal Funding to Help Revitalize Downtown Bremerton
Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed new federal funding that has been championed by U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) to support the City of Bremerton's Quincy Square Project - which aims to revitalize a downtown street into an active, housing-based, day-to-night urban center with focused arts, entertainment, and evening-centric retail spaces. The twelve-bill government funding package, which passed the House with bipartisan support, included $2.5 million … Continue Reading
March 09, 2022
Kilmer Secures New Federal Funding to Invest in STEM Education on the Olympic Peninsula
Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed critical funding that has been championed by U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) to support the West Sound STEM Network's "Empowering the Peninsula" project. The project aims to increase geographic equity in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) programming on the Olympic Peninsula, develop K-12 and higher education partnerships with representation from underserved populations, and establish an Olympic … Continue Reading
March 09, 2022
Kilmer Secures New Federal Funding to Protect Grays Harbor
Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed critical funding that has been championed by U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) to support the Aberdeen-Hoquiam Flood Protection Project, which aims to provide coastal flood protection, improve the storm drainage systems in the cities of Aberdeen and Hoquiam, and reduce flood insurance costs for local homeowners. The twelve-bill government funding package, which passed the House with bipartisan support, included $9,950,000 … Continue Reading
February 25, 2022
9 Democrats, 9 Republicans Introduce Legislation to Reduce Polarization and Support Community Bridgebuilding
Washington, DC - Today, nine Republicans and nine Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Building Civic Bridges Act - bipartisan legislation to empower communities to tackle sources of division while assisting local civic and community organizations with ongoing efforts to address contentious issues and ultimately, bridge divides. According to an NBC News poll conducted in January 2022, 70 percent of Americans agree with the statement that "America has become so … Continue Reading
February 22, 2022
Kilmer, Cantwell, Murray, Celebrate $7.7 Million Federal Grant for Kitsap Transit Zero Emission Passenger Ferry
Bremerton, WA - Today, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced that Kitsap Transit will receive $7,700,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Passenger Ferry Grant Program. The funding will help Kitsap Transit replace a passenger-only diesel-powered vessel on the Port Orchard and Annapolis routes with a new passenger-only, zero emission battery-electric ferry. The proposed battery-electric, … Continue Reading
February 14, 2022
Kilmer, Newhouse Introduce Legislation to Spur Growth in Blue Energy, Create Jobs in Washington
Tacoma, WA - Today, U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Dan Newhouse (WA-04) introduced the Blue Energy Innovation Act - bipartisan legislation which aims to redouble America's efforts to harness the blue economy and reassert the United States as the global leader in the research and development of blue energy technologies. Over the last decade, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has made strides in developing energy technologies that are essential for powering the 21st-century … Continue Reading
February 11, 2022
Kilmer Calls for Additional Support for Washington’s Local Restaurants
Tacoma, WA - Today, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) joined Rep. Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) and members of the Washington congressional delegation in a letter to congressional leadership urging them to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) or provide additional financial relief to restaurants in Washington state by any means necessary. Please find the letter text and list of delegation signers here. "Local restaurants contribute to the vitality of our communities," said … Continue Reading
February 09, 2022
Kilmer, DelBene, Cantwell Lead Call for Federal Assistance for Tribal Small Businesses
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Suzan DelBene (WA-01), along with U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), led a letter to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to help ensure that small businesses and fisheries from federally-recognized Tribal communities can equitability benefit from the agency's resources in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Following the SBA's recent announcement of their new Tribal Consultation Policy, the lawmakers … Continue Reading
February 09, 2022
Kilmer Votes to Strengthen U.S. Postal Service
Washington, DC - On Tuesday, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) voted to support the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, bipartisan legislation aimed at helping the U.S. Postal Service remain financially viable and ensuring it provides the high quality of service Americans expect and deserve. By saving billions in funding and increasing performance transparency the bipartisan legislation aims to continue reliable, on-time mail service to Washingtonians who rely on the Postal Service to … Continue Reading
February 04, 2022
Kilmer Votes to Strengthen America’s Competitiveness, Create Jobs
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) voted to support the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (America COMPETES) Act of 2022 - a legislative package that aims to build jobs and economic opportunity in America and strengthen American competitiveness. The package makes transformational new investments in research, innovation, and American manufacturing by accelerating U.S. production of critical … Continue Reading
January 25, 2022
Kilmer’s Bipartisan Legislation to Spur Economic Growth & Create Jobs Included as Pilot Program in U.S. Competition Bill
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) announced that a pilot version of the bipartisan Rebuilding Economies and Creating Opportunities for More People Everywhere to Excel Act (RECOMPETE Act) was included in the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength Act of 2022 (America COMPETES Act of 2022). The RECOMPETE Act, which Rep. Kilmer introduced with U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and the support of over 50 … Continue Reading
January 20, 2022
Kilmer Delivers Over $18 Million for Army Corps Infrastructure Projects from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will invest over $18 million in three infrastructure projects in Washington's sixth congressional district. The funding for the projects in Grays Harbor and Clallam Counties was secured through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), bipartisan legislation passed by Rep. Kilmer and signed into law by President Biden in November 2021. The new investments include … Continue Reading
January 14, 2022
Kilmer Delivers Over $605 Million for Washington Bridges from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) announced the first round of investments in repairing Washington bridges under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Law that he helped pass. Through the historic Bridge Replacement, Rehabilitation, Preservation, Protection, and Construction Program (Bridge Formula Program), Rep. Kilmer helped deliver $121 million to fix bridges in Washington this year in Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22), part of a total of $605.1 million investment over … Continue Reading
January 13, 2022
Kilmer Encourages Washington Disaster Survivors to Apply for FEMA Assistance
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) urged residents of Clallam County and members of the Quileute Tribe who were affected by the Nov. 13-15, 2021 floods and mudslides to apply to FEMA for help with temporary housing expenses, basic home repairs or other essential disaster-related needs that are not covered by insurance. In December Rep. Kilmer, along U.S. Senators Murray and Cantwell, led the full Washington state congressional delegation in a letter to President … Continue Reading
January 13, 2022
Kilmer Votes to Protect Voting Rights, Strengthen Democracy
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) voted in favor of the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act - a sweeping package of reform bills aimed at strengthening the voice of the American people in their democracy by making it easier for eligible voters to vote, ending the dominance of big money in the political process, and ending partisan gerrymandering. The legislation includes the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act - historic legislation that aims to ensure every … Continue Reading
January 06, 2022
Representatives Kilmer, DelBene, and Larsen, Senators Murray and Cantwell, Applaud Biden Administration Major Disaster Declaration Following Winter Storms, Flooding in Northwest Washington
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-06), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), and Rick Larsen (WA-02), and Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), applauded the Biden Administration's approval of a major disaster declaration following winter storms and flooding in Northwest Washington. This declaration will allow funding to be available to affected individuals in the counties of Clallam, Skagit, and Whatcom and the Lummi Nation, Nooksack Indian Tribe, and Quileute … Continue Reading
December 22, 2021
Kilmer Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Support Long-term Care Needs of Veterans, Help Improve VA Oversight and Support for State Homes
Tacoma, WA - Today, U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) introduced the Planning for Aging Veterans Act - which aims to pave the way for future investments in long-term care, improve the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) relationship with State veterans' homes, and expand the care veterans residing in state-run veterans' homes receive. "If you served our country, the federal government should have your back," said Rep. Kilmer. "That's why I'm … Continue Reading