Rick Larsen

Progressive

Democrat

House Representative

Washington - District 2

Current Position: US House Representative WA-2

Running For: House Representative - District 2

Policy Positions

Against sweeping tariffs as a policy tool that raises prices on families
For Social Security expansion; supports making the benefit formula more generous, using cost-of-living formulas accounting for seniors' expenses, and scrapping the income cap subject to Social Security taxes

For raising the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour and guaranteeing equal pay for equal work
For organized labor and union interests; supported Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, and other unions, though faced criticism for supporting Boeing's proposal to replace pensions with a 401(k)-style retirement plan

For universal, affordable health care coverage; voted to let Medicare negotiate drug prices, cap out-of-pocket costs for seniors, and cap insulin at $35/month; supports restoring ACA tax credits; opposes privatization of Medicare and Medicare Advantage accountability; opposes privatization of Social Security; opposes Medicare for All and single-payer health insurance, instead supporting a public option added to the ACA

Against the Green New Deal
For cap-and-trade climate legislation; voted for the 2009 American Clean Energy and Security Act

For abortion rights; supports suspending the filibuster to pass the Women's Health Protection Act to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law, protecting medication abortion via telehealth, and protecting a woman's right to travel across state lines for abortion care; has a 100% voting record on choice and was outraged by the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade
For expanding IVF and adoption assistance coverage under servicemembers' and veterans' health care

For ending partisan gerrymandering, requiring disclosure of dark money, expanding voting opportunities, and restoring voting rights protections
For impeaching President Donald Trump (supported impeachment in July 2019); against impeaching President George W. Bush (opposed in 2007)

For ICE oversight and accountability; will not vote for full-year DHS/ICE funding without higher training standards, visible ID requirements, and body cameras for officers
Against child and family immigration detention and use of private, for-profit immigration detention facilities