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Did Marie Gluesenkamp Perez get full funding for the Chemical Safety Board?

Matches stated direction. A House committee raised the board's 2027 money from $8.2 million to $14 million in June, in a bill not yet passed or law; her office calls the raise hers.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Funding for the Chemical Safety Board

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What they say

In the October 7 KOIN 6 debate, Gluesenkamp Perez said that when the President tried to defund the independent agency investigating the Longview mill disaster, she worked with Republicans to get it fully funded.

What the record shows ·

The President's 2027 budget proposed no money for the Chemical Safety Board. The House Appropriations Committee's draft of the 2027 Interior bill gave it $8,235,000. On June 3, 2026 the committee adopted subcommittee chairman Mike Simpson's manager's amendment by voice vote, which raised that to $14,000,000, and it reported the bill (H.R. 9171) with $14,000,000 on June 5. Her office says the increase was her amendment.

Limit: This is a committee bill. The full House has not voted on it, so the money is not law. The increase came in the Republican subcommittee chairman's amendment; that it was hers is her office's account.

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  1. KOIN 6 WA-03 debate, Gluesenkamp Perez on Chemical Safety Board funding, 22:14https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY7ixWLOS8U&t=1334s

    KOIN 6 · Published Oct 7, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    22:14-22:25, answering on the Longview mill disaster. Paraphrased, not quoted: the only transcript is the video's English captions, with no second transcript to check the wording against.

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  2. Chemical Safety Board, FY 2027 budget request (document)

    U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The agency's own budget document: the President's budget proposes $0 for the board for fiscal 2027.

    official office record

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  3. Fiscal 2027 Interior bill, full committee print (document)

    House Committee on Appropriations · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The committee's draft before amendments, posted for the June 3, 2026 markup. It gives the Chemical Safety Board $8,235,000.

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  4. Fiscal 2027 Interior markup: amendments (document)

    House Committee on Appropriations · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Scanned amendments from the June 3, 2026 markup. The manager's amendment of Mike Simpson, chairman of the Interior subcommittee, strikes $8,235,000 for the board and inserts $14,000,000.

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  5. Committee Approves FY27 Interior and Environment Appropriations Acthttps://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/committee-approves-fy27-interior-and-environment-appropriations-act

    House Committee on Appropriations · Published Jun 3, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    June 3, 2026. The committee approved the bill 35 to 27 and adopted the Simpson manager's amendment by voice vote. It names Mike Simpson as chairman of the Interior subcommittee; Tom Cole chairs the full committee.

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  6. H.R. 9171, Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2027, as reportedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr9171rh/html/BILLS-119hr9171rh.htm

    GovInfo · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Reported June 5, 2026 and placed on the House calendar. It gives the Chemical Safety Board $14,000,000. Its action list shows no House vote.

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  7. Gluesenkamp Perez Secures Full Funding for Federal Agency Investigating Mill Incident in Longviewhttps://gluesenkampperez.house.gov/posts/gluesenkamp-perez-secures-full-funding-for-federal-agency-investigating-mill-incident-in-longview

    Office of Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez · Published Jun 3, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Her office's release of June 3, 2026, calling the committee's increase her amendment. Her own account of her role.

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