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Congresswoman Kim Schrier, D-Sammamish, has called for the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Alongside her colleagues in the Democratic Doctors Caucus, they wrote a letter for Kennedy’s resignation, citing repeated actions that have undermined evidence-based public health guidance and jeopardized the health and safety of the American people, according to a Sept. 4 Schrier press release. Schrier held a press conference in Washington, D.C., to announce the call for his resignation.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), alongside her colleagues in the Democratic Doctors Caucus, called for the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., citing repeated actions that have undermined evidence-based public health guidance and jeopardized the health and safety of the American people.
WASHINGTON – Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Kim Schrier (WA-08) led 141 of their House colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the State Department to reverse its decision to halt temporary medical-humanitarian visas for children from Gaza.
A bill calling for more transparency in hydroelectric dam relicensing is making its way through Congress.
Chelan County PUD Senior Policy Advisor Suzanne Grassell said the Hydropower Relicensing Act, or H.R. 3657, would require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to submit annual reports to Congress on the progress of the relicensing process. She said relicensing involves many steps, including studies and a preliminary application five years before a dam is up for relicensing.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: As a part of her “Hire Dr. Schrier” program, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) volunteered at the Granite Falls Library, working as a library programmer alongside staff. Additionally, Congresswoman Schrier led storytime with elementary school students from the local Boys and Girls Club. In previous editions of “Hire. Dr.
The American College of Radiology has thrown its support behind new bipartisan legislation that seeks to shore up enforcement of the No Surprises Act, which aims to protect patients from surprise medical bills.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) issued the following statement on the House passage of President Trump’s request to cancel $9 billion in congressionally appropriated funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and essential foreign assistance, including global health and food programs.
House Energy & Commerce Republicans held a hearing Wednesday (July 16) to discuss a series of bills aimed at strengthening rural health care -- an effort that committee Democrats told Inside Health Policy is nothing more than damage control amid mounting backlash over the GOP’s near $1 trillion Medicaid cut in their recently passed reconciliation package.
Washington Democratic Congress members are demanding answers after the Trump administration froze billions of dollars of education funding nationwide, including nearly $137 million meant for the Evergreen State’s public schools. U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland led her colleagues in writing a letter advocating for the release of those federal funds to Washington by Aug. 1.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers began their first meeting Wednesday under intense scrutiny from medical experts worried about Americans’ access to lifesaving shots.