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Did Marie Gluesenkamp Perez bring $2.1 billion to the I-5 bridge?

Matches stated direction. The bridge got about $2.1 billion in two federal grants; she signed a letter backing one, her office says she led one backing the other, and the record does not show her share.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

$2.1 billion for the I-5 bridge

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What they say

In the October 7 KOIN 6 debate, Gluesenkamp Perez said that from day one she put muscle behind getting as much federal money as possible for the I-5 bridge, and that she brought back $2.1 billion for the project.

What the record shows ·

The bridge program has two large federal grants: $600 million from the Mega program in December 2023 and $1.499 billion from the Bridge Investment Program in July 2024, about $2.1 billion together, plus a $1 million planning grant in 2022. Both large grants were awarded on applications from the states' transportation departments. She signed the August 2023 letter backing the Mega application with all of Washington's congressional delegation. Her office says she led a November 2023 letter with Senators Murray and Cantwell backing the second grant.

Limit: The record shows the grants and her letters of support, not her share of the result. The $600 million grant also has its own card.

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  1. KOIN 6 WA-03 debate, Gluesenkamp Perez on federal money for the I-5 bridge, 44:31https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY7ixWLOS8U&t=2671s

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

    44:31-44:40, and 53:42-53:45 in her closing statement. 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. Interstate Bridge Replacement program awarded $600 million in USDOT Mega Grant Program fundinghttps://www.interstatebridge.org/resources/program-news/interstate-bridge-replacement-program-awarded-600-million-in-usdot-mega-grant-program-funding/

    Interstate Bridge Replacement Program (WSDOT and ODOT) · Published Dec 15, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The two states' bridge program's own announcement of the award, published December 15, 2023: the amount, the joint state application of August 2023, and toll revenue among the planned funding sources.

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  3. Bridge Investment Program awarded projectshttps://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/bip/recipients/index.cfm

    Federal Highway Administration · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Lists $1,499,000,000 in 2024 for the Interstate Bridge Replacement Project (Oregon DOT, Vancouver and Portland) and a $1,000,000 planning grant in 2022.

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  4. Letter to Secretary Buttigieg supporting the Interstate Bridge Replacement Mega grant application (document)

    Office of U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell · Published Aug 29, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The letter itself, dated August 29, 2023, supporting the joint WSDOT and ODOT application to the Mega program. All twelve members of Washington's congressional delegation signed it; her name is third, after Senators Cantwell and Murray. Linked from Senator Cantwell's July 2024 summary of her work on the bridge.

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  5. Gluesenkamp Perez, Murray, Cantwell Announce Whopping $1.499 Billion Award for I-5 Bridge Replacement Projecthttps://gluesenkampperez.house.gov/posts/gluesenkamp-perez-murray-cantwell-announce-whopping-1-499-billion-award-for-i-5-bridge-replacement-project

    Office of Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez · Published Jul 12, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Her office's release of July 12, 2024. It says she led a November 2023 letter with Senators Murray and Cantwell backing the grant. Her own account of her role.

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