Jeff Wilson

OLYMPIA – A new state performance audit says fraud losses at the Department of Employment Security could be nearly twice as big as previously reported, and Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, says it confirms suspicions of widespread dysfunction in Washington’s unemployment-insurance agency. “We’ve been saying for months that Employment Security was...

OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee’s decision to reimpose COVID restrictions in Cowlitz County and two other Washington counties will create hardship and frustration in a region of high unemployment, warns Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview. “The governor just doesn’t get it,” Wilson said. “Orders from on high are meaningless without the...

More expensive fuel a top priority for legislative Democrats – measures OK’d Thursday by Senate Dems would cost 55 cents a gallon by 2028 To see floor speech, click here. OLYMPIA – Measures passed by Senate Democrats Thursday night would force dramatic increases in fuel costs across the state and...

OLYMPIA – A $59 billion budget passed Thursday by the Washington Senate slams middle-class working families, and the worst is still to come, says Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview. Majority Democrats passed their budget bill, Senate Bill 5092, on a caucus-line vote, 27-22. All members of the Senate Republican Caucus were...

‘Bill should be paid in full’ before offenders are restored to full citizenship To see Senate floor speech, click here. OLYMPIA – A bill giving convicted felons the right to vote before they have completed their sentences scorns crime victims and rejects the notion of justice, says Sen. Jeff Wilson,...

State revenue forecast proves Washington’s tax system isn’t broken OLYMPIA – An enormous rebound in the state’s tax collections ought to end efforts by legislative Democrats to force an income tax on the people of Washington, says state Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview. “It’s raining money,” Wilson said. “Our tax system...

Cites experience of other states, statements of prominent Democratic governors To see video of floor speech, click here. OLYMPIA – A starter income tax approved by Senate Democrats Saturday will lead to enormous financial problems, and a big, broad income tax on all the state’s taxpayers won’t be far behind,...

‘I think we have enough already,’ says senator from hard-hit region To see video of floor speech, click here. OLYMPIA – A bill creating a new council on ‘environmental justice’ creates a new way to kill industrial projects and stifle job creation across the state, says Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview....

To see video of floor speech, click here. OLYMPIA – A bill placing new restrictions on “open-carry” rules is yet another attack on Second Amendment rights that threatens to turn law-abiding gun owners into inadvertent lawbreakers, says Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview. Senate Bill 5038 bans the open carrying of firearms...