Senator Perry Dozier

Let’s fix unemployment-insurance problems first before we create new ones By Sen. Perry Dozier Note: The following op-ed appeared in the Prosser Record-Bulletin and the Dayton Chronicle during the week of Feb. 8. The meltdown at the state Department of Employment Security ought to teach us a lesson. It’s easy for government to create problems, not so easy for the... Read More...

Sen. Dozier passes first bill, allowing mortgage originators to work from home Sen. Perry Dozier speaks on the Senate floor Wednesday night. Due to COVID restrictions, only a handful of members are permitted on the Senate floor at any given time, and masks are required. To see video of the first-bill festivities, click here. OLYMPIA – Sen. Perry Dozier, R-Waitsburg, passed his... Read More...

Overwhelming support for safe-business-reopening bill shows economic recovery should be state’s top priority, Dozier says Far more important than agenda-driven bills now under consideration by Legislature OLYMPIA – A huge turnout for a Senate hearing on a bill to reopen shuttered restaurants, gyms and other businesses demonstrates economic recovery ought to be the Legislature’s top priority, says Sen. Perry Dozier, R-Waitsburg. Some 1,620 people signed... Read More...

Our biggest challenge: Restoring trust in government By Sen. Perry Dozier, Rep. Mark Klicker, Rep. Skyler Rude Note: The following op-ed appeared in the Prosser Record-Bulletin and Dayton Chronicle during the week of Jan. 18. This week a new delegation of legislators from the 16th District began the 2021 session. The 16th District stretches from Prosser to... Read More...

In first speech, Dozier leads fight to reopen restaurants, gyms, entertainment venues Democrats reject proposal, vote to extend emergency proclamations indefinitely   OLYMPIA – In his first speech on the Senate floor Wednesday, Perry Dozier, R-Waitsburg, led an effort by Senate Republicans to relax coronavirus lockdown restrictions that have forced the closure of restaurants, entertainment venues and gymnasiums across the state. Majority... Read More...

Dozier takes office in state Senate as Legislature opens 2021 session   OLYMPIA – Sen. Perry Dozier, R-Waitsburg, newly elected to represent the 16th Legislative District, took his seat in the state Senate Monday – in his office, not on the Senate floor. COVID precautions this year are forcing lawmakers to keep their distance, and most lawmakers are participating from their... Read More...