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During Monday’s House Appropriations Committee, Ranking Republican, Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, took an uncompromising stand against a bill he described as state-sponsored kidnapping. Senate Bill 6184 would let youth shelters and...

March 2, 2026

House Republican Budget Leader Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, led the fight for Republicans Saturday during the more than nine-hour debate on the majority Democrats’ proposed budget. Couture and House Republicans orchestrated...

March 2, 2026

State Reps. Travis Couture, Jim Walsh, and Matt Marshall issued a sharp warning Friday after House Democrats advanced a controversial plan that redirects billions from the Law Enforcement Officers’ and Firefighters’...

Feb. 20, 2026

I hope you and your family enjoyed the summer. Like many of you, my family has been busy with back-to-school shopping — and feeling the sting of how much more expensive...

Aug. 30, 2025

Rep. Travis Couture, House Republican budget leader, says new data shows legislative Democrats in Olympia cut Medicaid by nearly $800 million in the state operating budget in April, long before Congress...

Aug. 18, 2025

The House Republican budget leader says state Democratic budget writers slashed Medicaid in Washington by nearly 800-million dollars in April, months before Congress acted. John Sattgast reports. Wash. House Republicans ·...

Aug. 18, 2025

Today, members of House Republican leadership sent the following letter to Gov. Bob Ferguson and Department of Children, Youth, and Families Secretary Tana Senn, urging immediate action to prevent the loss...

June 27, 2025

In a united act of protest, every Republican member of the House Appropriations Committee walked out of Wednesday’s hearing following the majority party’s callous passage of Senate Bill 5393 — a...

April 23, 2025

Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, the ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after House Democrats passed their operating budget: “The budget passed by House Democrats this morning...

April 1, 2025

In his years-long effort to stop the needless deaths of children exposed to fentanyl by parents struggling with addiction, Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, has prefiled legislation to protect children from fentanyl...

Jan. 6, 2025