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Rick Larsen

DemocratRepresentative · WA-2Official site ↗JSONReport an error
2 press releases on AI$32K from AI-industry employees and PACs

Data as of: votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026 · contributions Oct 19, 2026 · super PAC spending Oct 23, 2026. What changed

Said and voted

Same bill, both records

Bills this member both voted on and cited in a release. Shown side by side; no score is drawn from them (why).

Ratepayer Protection Act
YEA
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

passage under suspension · Sep 16, 2026 · Passed 417-3

toward oversightSep 16, 2026

Larsen supported the Ratepayer Protection Act and called for further restrictions on data centers, including cost pass-through limits, tax break rollbacks, and community approval requirements.

Read the release ↗

What they said

toward oversightSep 23, 2026

Larsen and House Democrats demand strict guardrails, labor standards, and community/ratepayer protections on AI data center construction, opposing federal tax breaks for them.

“U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) joined 110 House Democrats in a letter to tech industry leaders last Friday demanding that all data center construction follow strict guardrails to protect cons…”

toward oversightSep 16, 2026

Larsen supported the Ratepayer Protection Act and called for further restrictions on data centers, including cost pass-through limits, tax break rollbacks, and community approval requirements.

“Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to pass the Ratepayers Protection Act 417 to 3. “I voted for the Ratepayers Pr…”

Summaries and stance tags are written by a model; the release is the record.

How they voted

YEASep 16, 2026
Ratepayer Protection Act

passage under suspension · H.R. 9340 · Passed 417-3

YEAJul 22, 2026
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

motion to recommit · H.R. 8800 · Failed 213-216

NAYJul 22, 2026
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

passage · H.R. 8800 · Passed 216-212

YEAJun 29, 2026
KIDS Act

passage under suspension · H.R. 7757 · Passed 267-117

YEAJan 20, 2026
AI for Main Street Act

passage under suspension · H.R. 5764 · Passed 395-14

YEADec 10, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

procedural · S. 1071 · Failed 209-216

YEADec 10, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

passage · S. 1071 · Passed 312-112

Contributions from AI-industry employees and PACs

Itemized receipts to this member's campaign committee where the contributor's employer or the contributing PAC is on the alias list. An employee's personal gift is not the company's.

$18K

From employees and investors, personally

$14K

From company PACs

By employer

Company PACs in teal; employees' personal gifts in black. Spellings are unified through the alias list.

Largest gifts

DateContributorEmployer, as filedAmountFiling
Jun 22, 2026AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)PAC$5K↗
Jun 15, 2026Charles SimonyiMICROSOFT$4K↗
Mar 17, 2026Udit MadanAMAZON.COM, INC.$3K↗
Jun 25, 2025AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)PAC$3K↗
Feb 24, 2025AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)PAC$3K↗
Jul 7, 2026GOOGLE INC. NETPACPAC$2K↗
May 7, 2026GOOGLE INC. NETPACPAC$2K↗
Jul 3, 2026John TagawaAMAZON.COM, INC.$1K↗
Jun 24, 2026Zane Brown Jr.AMAZON$1K↗
Jun 18, 2026Thomas RobertsonMICROSOFT$1K↗
Jun 10, 2026Marc WaltersMICROSOFT$1K↗
Oct 22, 2025John FrankMICROSOFT$1K↗
Oct 6, 2025Susan ThayerMETA PLATFORMS$1K↗
Jun 17, 2026Richard ChinMICROSOFT$518↗
Jun 16, 2026Teresa HutsonMICROSOFT$518↗

Source: OpenFEC Schedule A, itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Oct 19, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.