Majority coalition leaders laud committee chairs for bipartisan senate accomplishments

Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom, D-Bellevue, and Senate Republican Leader Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, applauded the Senate’s committee chairs on Feb. 25 for their even-handed approach to moving legislation forward by Friday’s deadline for policy committees to act on Senate bills.

“One of the main reasons I went through with forming the Majority Coalition was because I wanted to put people such as Senator (Steve) Litzow in charge of issues such as education,” said Tom. “We’re bringing a fresh approach to this issue and considering ideas that would have never been brought forward otherwise; I...