Val Stevens
District 39
Citizens for Val Stevens
PO Box 3236
Arlington, WA 98223
(360) 435-3367
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Tax ID: 91-1550229
Senator Val Stevens represents the 39th Legislative District, which includes parts of King and Snohomish counties. Senator Stevens served in the House for 4 years, before her election to the Senate in 1996. Stevens is working hard to protect our children from pedophiles and sexual predators, keep felons off the streets, protect our home from flood damage and reduce the government's impact on small businesses. Val and her husband, Keith, are lifetime residents of Washington state. They have two adult sons and five grandchildren.
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DSHS management hurts kids; we must break it up now
Opinion - The Olympian - 8/18/2007
Children under Child Protective Services' supervision have been beaten, tortured, starved and even killed - despite repeated warnings from teachers, neighbors and law enforcement officers.
Most recently, CPS workers sent a 12-year-old boy back to live with his grandparents after they beat and burned him and poured vinegar into the wounds.
In 2006, I introduced legislation to split up the agency and place the Children's Administration directly under the governor, where it could be held accountable.
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China's education system is a wake-up call for America
Opinion - The Everett Herald - 7/22/2007
Last month, I joined a group of American legislators and educators for a tour of Chinese schools, the equivalent of our K-12 system. The trip was a real eye-opener.
From what I saw, we are in deep trouble here in America.Our K-12 education system is so far behind China's, there is no way we can catch up in the near future, let alone the next 10 years, without a change in the political correctness that plagues our system.
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Traffic woes too big for Monroe
The Everett Herald - 9/19/2007
Traffic often gets congested on U.S. 2 through Monroe. That makes it difficult for the city to grow successfully, Sen. Val Stevens, R-Arlington, said.
The state has studied a U.S. 2 bypass around the north side of Monroe for years. It's time to build one to improve traffic in the area, Stevens said.
"Let's start by building the Monroe bypass," she said. "I don't want to study it again."
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Bill to reshape DSHS faces an uphill battle
The Everett Herald - 1/19/2007
OLYMPIA - An Arlington lawmaker made her case Thursday to break up the massive Department of Social and Health Services by creating an independent agency to handle all child welfare issues. State Sen. Val Stevens, a Republican, outlined to the Senate's human services panel her bill to improve the state's services for children and families by creating a new agency. "An independent agency will be more efficient and more effective," she wrote in the legislation.
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