Rep. Dye to serve on commerce committee

Ninth District Representative Mary Dye of Pomeroy has been appointed to serve on the Communications, Financial Services and Interstate Commerce committee by the National Conference of State Legislatures.

“It’s an honor to be selected as one of Washington state’s representatives on this national committee,” said Dye. “I will continue to advocate for the people of rural Washington to have equal access to the same technology that many urban areas take for granted. I look forward to working with the committee, and its members, on the national level so I may bring insight and reforms back to our state.”

Dye has been working with ports, including the Port of Whitman, to pass legislation to make it easier for ports to install fiber infrastructure. This has brought access to fiber optics in areas passed over by large telecommunications companies.