Washington, D.C. - American workers and American steel should be building the projects of America's future. With a stroke of a pen, President Bush recently signed the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act, and along with it two key provisions championed by Congressman Brian Baird (D-WA-03) that strengthen enforcemen of the Buy America Act. In response to the new law, Congressman Baird also sent the attached letter to the Acting Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration James Ray highlighting the law's new provisions, and offering a meeting to

Washington, D.C. –Our oceans are becoming more acidic by the day, threatening the survival of everything from plankton, to shellfish, to coral reefs and countless other aquatic species. Today Congress took decisive action to reverse that by overwhelmingly approving the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2007 (FOARAM, H.R. 4174).

Washington, D.C.— With millions of Americans teetering on the financial edge, Congressman Brian Baird (D-WA-03) has joined with a bipartisan Congressional majority to provide some much needed cover to families all across the country, many of whom are just a missed payment away from disaster.

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brian Baird voted today to secure our nation’s borders and called on Congress to pass even stronger measures to deal with the illegal immigration problem. The Secure Fence Act of 2006 (H.R. 6061) will enact physical barriers, surveillance systems, and other security mechanisms along the U.S. borders to help stop the tide of illegal immigration. The bill passed the House, 283 to 138.