House Speaker Frank Chopp doesn’t like the spotlight, unless it’s pointed at the issues he cares about. Over the years Chopp has accomplished a great deal for his Seattle district…
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House Democrats select leaders for 2015-16
The House Democratic Caucus met in Olympia today and selected a number of leaders for the next Legislature. Frank Chopp (Seattle): House Speaker-designate Pat Sullivan (Covington): Majority Leader Eric Pettigrew…
Election-year restrictions limiting communications are in effect
Thank you for visiting my website. Since this is an election year, certain election-year restrictions on my external communications go into effect on July 1. Those restrictions include not posting…
43rd District legislators hosting town hall Saturday, Feb. 22
House Speaker Frank Chopp, Sen. Jamie Pedersen and Rep. Brady Walkinshaw will hold a town hall meeting on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 1:30 p.m. at Seattle First Baptist Church on…
ICYMI: America’s story
Did you catch Speaker Chopp telling America’s story on the opening day of session? America Yorita-Carrion was an honors and an International Baccalaureate student with a 3.8 GPA at Davis…
Speaker Chopp is open government champion
Speaker of the House Frank Chopp was given the Washington Coalition for Open Government‘s highest award Tuesday evening. The Ballard Thompson Award is given to the state legislator who demonstrated…
House opens with Dreams
The Washington House wasted no time getting down to business today: the gavel dropped at noon, and before 1:00 pm, the Washington Dream Act was once again on its way…
Speaker Chopp’s opening day remarks
Opening Day Remarks (as written) Thank you. Before I begin my remarks, please let me introduce my wife, Nancy Long. With only 60 days, we have plenty of challenges and…
Statement from House Speaker Frank Chopp on the announcement by House Minority Leader Richard DeBolt today
Speaker of the House Frank Chopp released the following statement regarding House Minority Leader Richard DeBolt’s announcement that he was stepping down from his leadership position: “I have worked with…
Statement from Speaker Frank Chopp on Governor Inslee’s budget and revenue proposal
Speaker Frank Chopp issued the following statement on Governor Inslee’s budget and revenue proposal: “Governor Inslee made a strong commitment to education in his proposal – one that we agree…