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      <excerpt>...it has one of the nation's most efficient health care systems.  Dicks, along with Washington Democratic Reps. Jay Inslee and Rick Larsen, successfully lobbied House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to include a provision requiring the Institute of Medicine, which i</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... Washington, DC - U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement today in response to Boeing&#8217;s announcement that it will locate its second assembly line for the 787 jetliner in Charleston, South Carolina.  From U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...ain&#8217;t over &#8217;til it&#8217;s over.&#8217;&#8221; The governor&#8217;s office said Gregoire, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks and U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen &#8220;are working hard&#8221; on getting the company and the union to agree to put the second 787 assembly line</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...ain&#8217;t over &#8217;til it&#8217;s over.&#8217;&#8221; The governor&#8217;s office said Gregoire, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks and U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen &#8220;are working hard&#8221; on getting the company and the union to agree to put the second 787 assembly line</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Our letter to key House members expressed disappointment with an earlier Congressional letter, signed by Washington Representative Rick Larsen (D-WA 2) and ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen has recently cast two revealing votes: His vote for &quot;cap and trade&quot; reveals that he is in favor of increasing energy taxes on all Americans by more than $1,300 per family per year and in favor of punitive import tariffs which will </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Rick Larsen? - we don&amp;#39;t know. We&amp;#39;re told he receives significant campaign donations from business financiers, certainly self-interested in keeping him ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>&#8220;With President Obama&amp;#39;s signature, the National Park Service now has $6 million available to purchase Mitchell Hill,&amp;quot; said Rep. Rick Larsen, who sponsored the bill. &amp;quot;This funding is a huge win for San Juan Island residents and future ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>&amp;quot;The best aerospace workers in the world are in the Pacific Northwest,&amp;quot; said U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen in a statement. &amp;quot;To build the 787 anywhere else but in the Puget Sound region is a mistake.&amp;quot; John Diamond, communications director for ..</excerpt>
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