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Did Marie Gluesenkamp Perez help renew Secure Rural Schools funding?

Matches stated direction. She cosponsored the House bill and voted for the Senate version that became law in December 2025; it passed 399 to 5, so her share is unclear.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Secure Rural Schools money

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What they say

In the October 7 KOIN 6 debate, Gluesenkamp Perez said Secure Rural Schools funding was pivotal, with schools closing or talking about four-day weeks, and that she championed bringing those tax dollars home. In her closing she said she secured funding for rural schools.

What the record shows ·

She was an original cosponsor of the House bill to renew the Secure Rural Schools program, H.R. 1383, introduced by Rep. Doug LaMalfa on February 14, 2025. The Senate's version, S. 356, passed the House 399 to 5 on December 9, 2025 with her Yea (Roll Call 315), and became Public Law 119-58 on December 18, 2025. It extends the program's payments through fiscal 2026 and orders the 2024 and 2025 payments made within 45 days.

Limit: Her cosponsorship and vote show support. The bill passed the House 399 to 5, and the record does not show her share of the result.

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  1. KOIN 6 WA-03 debate, Gluesenkamp Perez on rural schools money, 52:15https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY7ixWLOS8U&t=3135s

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

    52:15-52:23, and 53:45-53:47 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. H.R. 1383, Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1383

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Introduced February 14, 2025 by Rep. Doug LaMalfa; she is an original cosponsor.

    official legislative record

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  3. Roll Call 315 (2025), S. 356, Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025315

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    December 9, 2025; passed 399 to 5. She voted Yea.

    official legislative record

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  4. S. 356, Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025, Public Law 119-58https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ58/html/PLAW-119publ58.htm

    GovInfo · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Signed December 18, 2025. Extends the program's payments through fiscal 2026 and orders the 2024 and 2025 payments within 45 days.

    official legislative record

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