Norm Dicks
Norm Dicks
Norman DeValois "Norm" Dickswas the U.S. Representative for Washington's 6th congressional district, serving between 1977 and 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His district was located in the northwestern corner of the state, and includes most of Tacoma. Norman Dicks retired at the end of the 112th Congress. He currently serves as Senior Policy Advisor at the law and public policy firm Van Ness Feldman LLP. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House...
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We are increasingly hearing from those who are paying the bills for these efforts and experiencing the impacts of additional regulations on their lives that they don't understand how we can ask them to support such costs and at the same time continue to harvest the wild salmon we're trying to protect.
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They have tested some things, and they have the potential to do some things in the future,
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There's a real strong argument that having two strong shipyards on each coast makes good sense,
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I remember those great days when we were at $176 million before the Reagan Revolution came to town.
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He was a prolific legislator, but he was also a wonderful human being.
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In 2003, the value of Airbuss orders was more than twice as much as Boeings.
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Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill.
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This funding from the National Endowment for the Arts has been like the Good Housekeeping seal of approval.
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The American people are going to judge the majority party here today. If they go out here and vote for this rule that allows this provision to be stricken, they are voting against the men and women in the military of our country.
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During the past 30 years, European governments have provided more than $15 billion in the form of low- and no-cost loans to Airbus for the specific purpose of developing new aircraft lines.
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These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost.
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Over 30 years ago, Airbus was founded by a European consortium of French, German, and later Spanish and British companies to compete in the large commercial aircraft industry with U.S. companies.
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More than 60,000 jobs have been lost in the commercial aviation industry in the United States since 1999.
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I remember those great days when we were at $176 million before the Reagan Revolution came to town.