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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.