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June 11, 2026
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, speaks during a May 27 news conference about the implosion of a Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. tank in Longview. (Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times)

Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez advances funding chemical safety board

In the wake of a May 26 chemical tank failure at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill in Longview that killed 11 workers and injured eight others, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, has urged Congress to restore funding for an independent watchdog agency charged with investigating the root cause of major chemical incidents.

May 7, 2026
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D-Skamania

Perez votes to extend Foreign Surveillance Act

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Skamania is one of 42 Democrats who voted last week in favor of a surveillance program opposed by civil liberties and free-press advocates.

May 7, 2026
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
, in plaid, holds a childcare roundtable with Clark County first responders at Vancouver City Hall on June 20, 2024. Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files
Rep. Marie

House approves Rep. Perez’s bipartisan ‘banana bill’

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, is celebrating a personal win this week after the House agreed Wednesday to pass the Cutting Red Tape on Child Care Providers Act championed by Perez since her first term in Congress.

April 23, 2026
Washington Sen. John Braun looks up at the ceiling Sept. 16, 2025, at La Center Wheel Club. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files)

Trump endorses Braun in 3rd District race

President Donald Trump weighed in on Washington’s 3rd Congressional District race Tuesday with a social media post that endorsed state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, and bashed incumbent Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania.