On the Hill: Last week was a big week in DC. While the House considered a number of appropriation bills, the Senate Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee (CJS) passed the Senate’s FY16 CJS appropriations bill. While the House version of this bill contained language that would direct the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund […]
As DC warms up, so have things for the House and Senate. The America Competes Act- commonly known as Competes- is the authorizing legislation for all Federal science research investments, particularly those that support partnerships with public research institutions like WSU. The bill will be on the floor this week, likely Wednesday. Encompassed in this legislation is […]
What’s coming up this week: Last week the Budget Resolution was passed, leaving this week to mark the beginning of a short congressional recess. While members have departed for their respective destinations, staffers will be using this two-week recess for a fair amount of catch up and preparation for the upcoming weeks of session. Recess […]
Duane Fladland, State Director of the Washington Small Business Development Center, along with Andrew DePaula a Washington State constituent, who is also the CEO and Founder of IntelliPaper visited the Hill this week. Highlighting his tech-savvy concept, DePaula was well received on the Hill. Presenting at the SBDC 35th Anniversary reception, DePaula had a moment […]
Last week, was a busy week for the WSU Office of Federal Relations. WSU Spokane Chancellor Lisa Brown and Acting Dean of the Medical Sciences, Ken Roberts traveled to DC to share updates with the Congressional delegation on the WSU Spokane Medical Science Campus. In addition, Dr. Jim Moyer, the Director of the WSU Agriculture […]
Last week, ASWSU President Jared Powell and Jansen VanderMeulen were on Capitol Hill to discuss the great work students at Washington State University are doing to combat the serious issue of sexual assault and violence on college campuses. Powell and VanderMeulen invited members of the Washington delegation to join them this spring for an It’s […]
On Wednesday, January 6th the 114th Congress was sworn into office. Amid, enthusiasm and ecstatic greetings, Washington’s Congressional members welcomed visitors in their offices. To join in the occasion, Washington State University greeted the members of the Washington State delegation with some Cougar Gold and fresh baked bread from the WSU Mt. Vernon Research Extension. […]
Update on the Results of the Election from Glynda Becker, Director of Federal Relations The election is finally behind us and it brought little change to Washington DC. Congratulations to President Obama and his team on re-election and to Senator Maria Cantwell and our Congressional Delegation up for re-election! Democrats maintained and grew their majority […]
Please see excerpts from the Washington DC activities update, by McBee Strategic prepared for Washington State University. Covered in the document are: 2012 fiscal year appropriations and the introduction of a Continuing Resolution, and President Obama’s deficit reduction proposal, related to agriculture and biofuels Please contact Kristi Growdon in Federal Relations with any questions you […]
Just this morning, a public organizational meeting of the Super Committee took place marking the beginning of debt negotiations by this special committee. The group is made up of 12 members from both Houses and is charged to produce a proposal to create $1.5 trillion in debt savings over the next 10 years. See the […]