How to help employers and those struggling to get into the workforce | U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer
If we are strategic, we can solve problems for employers that are desperate to create jobs and grow their businesses and we can help people...
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‘New normal’ must address pre-virus inequities | Op-Ed
Maybe getting back to normal means folding the lessons learned from this pandemic into a new normal. Let’s make sure the new normal is better than...
Protecting more of the Olympic Peninsula would be a win for public lands and the economy | Op-Ed / U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer
Our region’s character is defined by its natural beauty, and its future depends on a strong, diversified economy. This bill helps ensure that we can...
Restore the Federal Election Commission for the sake of our democracy | Derek Kilmer
The federal elections watchdog has lost its power. Here's how to fix it.
If we don’t start investing in our parks, we risk loving them to death | Op-Ed
Passing the Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act will establish a long-term investment in our parks that will create jobs and boost economies throughout...
Facebook hearings are not enough: Congress must act to defend democracy | Op-Ed
Internet transparency ought to be the law.
A threat to a religious center should be a hate crime | Op-Ed
A rash of bomb threats called into dozens of Jewish community centers is an assault that should not go unpunished, writes U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer.
A bipartisan plan to tackle broken mental-health system | Op-Ed
We can continue with a mental-health system that leaves our communities stuck in a loop of patients cycling through emergency rooms and jail cells. Or...
How to take big money out of congressional races | Guest columnist
Americans are outraged that big-money donors and special interests keep finding new ways to capture the political machinery in Washington.
Fix broken defense contracting | Guest columnist
Defense contracting netted $15 billion for Washington state in the last three years.