The Executive Briefings

A complete ledger of our fight for accountability, transparency, and common sense in Olympia.

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Representative Joshua Penner speaking at the legislative podium regarding General.

Budgeting Over Human Lives: Saving Disability Care

General

## The Fight for Our Residents The 2025 legislative session brought a grave crisis to the doorstep of our state. The majority party attempted to forc...

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Representative Joshua Penner speaking at the legislative podium regarding Infrastructure.

Fixing Our Crumbling Reality

Infrastructure

The people of the 31st District do not commute on political promises. We commute on asphalt, concrete, and steel. And right now, that foundation is fa...

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Representative Joshua Penner speaking at the legislative podium regarding State Overreach.

Protecting Our Communities

State Overreach

## The Threat to Local Control Unelected transit agencies attempted to seize control over land use decisions that belong to our communities. These a...

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Representative Joshua Penner speaking at the legislative podium regarding General.

Restoring Common Sense to Olympia

General

## The Fight for Our Residents The 2025 legislative session brought a crisis to the heart of our state. The majority party attempted to force the clo...

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Representative Joshua Penner speaking at the legislative podium regarding General.

Restoring Common Sense to Washington

General

## The Cost of Bureaucratic Failure I stood on the House floor during the 2026 legislative session. I held the heavy truth of our failures in my hand...

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Representative Joshua Penner advocating for General in the Washington State legislative chamber.

Restoring Fiscal Responsibility to the Operating Budget

General

## Doing Less For More The core duty of our state government is to manage taxpayer money with discipline and transparency. However, during the 2026 l...

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Representative Joshua Penner reviewing legislative documents at his desk in the chamber.

Stop the Tyranny: Protecting Washington's Small Businesses

State Overreach

Olympia recently pushed legislation that would give the Attorney General’s Office unprecedented, unchecked power to demand endless records from small ...

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Representative Joshua Penner speaking at the legislative podium regarding General.

Taxation Without Accountability: Reigning in Sound Transit

General

## The Expansion of Unchecked Authority Sound Transit operates as an unelected board hoarding billions in debt. Yet, they collect massive amounts of ...

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Representative Joshua Penner reviewing legislative documents at his desk in the chamber.

The Unacceptable Tragedy of State Neglect

Child Welfare

## The Human Cost of Bad Policy The debate on the House floor during the 2026 session marked one of the darkest moments in our state's history. We we...

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State Failure

The Tragedy of State Neglect

The 'Keeping Families Together Act' elevated standards for child removal so high that caseworkers were unable to rescue infants from lethal fentanyl-exposed environments.

My Direct Action

Demanding Immediate Action

Led the charge on the House floor to dismantle this deadly standard so our caseworkers can intervene proactively and save children's lives.

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