Chris Gildon

The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Gildon’s subscribers Jan. 9, 2024. To subscribe to Sen. Gildon’s email updates, click here. Dear Friends and Neighbors, I hope this message finds you well. Our 2024 legislative session in Olympia is off to a busy start, with opening ceremonies in the House...

When war broke out in the Ukraine, I sponsored a $19 million budget amendment to support Ukrainian refugees in Washington state. Now it’s time to ask – how are we doing? Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Chris Gildon’s subscribers Sept. 25, 2023. To subscribe to Sen. Gildon’s...

Gildon, Braun, honorary Ukrainian consul to lead ‘listening session’ with refugees, community leaders Download the flier OLYMPIA – Washington put out the welcome mat last year when war broke out in the Ukraine. Now lawmakers say the more than 16,000 Ukrainian refugees who heard the state’s call deserve Washington’s attention....

  Phillips 66 refinery at Cherry Point, north of Bellingham.   Sen. Chris Gildon, R-Puyallup, released the following statement in response to Gov. Jay Inslee’s proposal targeting Washington oil refiners for passing the cost of the state’s new cap and trade program to consumers. The program, launched in January, sent...

Mandatory tax pays for long-term care insurance many will never collect – and there is no way out Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Chris Gildon’s subscribers July 17, 2023. To subscribe to Sen. Gildon’s e-newsletters, click here. This week I joined Senate Republican leaders in calling for...

Gildon letter outlines plan for state agency to end nation’s highest gas prices To see letter, click here. OLYMPIA – Forty-three lawmakers have signed a letter urging the Department of Ecology to back off on stringent new regulations that have given Washington the highest gas prices in the nation. The...

OLYMPIA… Several of Washington’s Senate Republicans say the next time legislators are in session, they’ll try again to give workers an opportunity to opt out of the mandatory long-term care tax that began cutting into paychecks July 1. “Workers around our state are looking at their pay stubs and saying...

Senator urges fixes to cap and trade, asks lawmakers to sign letter to Ecology Sen. Chris Gildon, R-Puyallup, is seeking the Legislature’s support in an effort to mitigate damage being done by Washington’s highest-in-the-nation gas prices. It won’t take much. He says it can be done with simple rule changes...

I joined my 25th District seatmates, Kelly Chambers and Cyndy Jacobsen, in this report about the 2023 legislative session. If you missed it in the mail, you can read it here.