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ISSAQUAH, WA – Organized retail crime has become increasingly prevalent across the United States, threatening local businesses and jobs, putting employees and customers at risk, and fueling transnational criminal organizations’ illicit activities, including human, drug, and weapons trafficking. To address this issue, Congresswoman Schrier has co-sponsored the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that takes steps to crack down on organized retail crime.
COVINGTON, WA – Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) hosted a press conference to highlight the challenges that organized retail theft poses to law enforcement and local businesses.
PUYALLUP, WA – Yesterday, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) toured a local Planned Parenthood health center together with Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10). During her visit, Representative Schrier heard from staff about the impact of the Dobbs decision on Washington State and the healthcare workforce issues they’ve encountered. She also discussed her work in Congress to strengthen reproductive rights.
ISSAQUAH, WA – Today, while hosting a roundtable discussion focused on addressing affordable housing, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) announced her new bill, the Lasting Home Affordability Act of 2024, which increases homeownership opportunities and will help bring Washington state’s skyrocketing housing costs down.
WASHINGTON, D.C – On May 20, the EPA selected Forterra NW for a Brownfields Cleanup Grant funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that Congresswoman Schrier voted to pass. Grant funds will be used to clean up the Roslyn Number 4 Mine in the City of Roslyn. The 30-acre coal mine began operations in the 1880s and was shut down in 1909 following a mine explosion. After the closure, a foundry built for the mine continued to process coal from other mines until the mid-1970s.
ISSAQUAH, WA. – Today, Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) was joined by Teri Ohta, Senior Corporate Counsel at T-Mobile, and Lauren Paolini, External Affairs at AT&T, in hosting an event to highlight the impact of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and emphasize the importance of funding and extending the program.
U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier came to Ellensburg’s Morgan Middle School Friday to highlight the impact of the Affordable Connectivity Program and emphasize the importance of funding and extending the program after it runs out this year.
Thanks to funding from the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act, the program has helped expand access to high-speed internet by providing eligible households with a discount of up to $30 per month and a one-time discount on necessary equipment like laptops, desktop computers and tablets, according to Schrier’s communications team.
SEATAC, WA. – Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) visited King County Sheriff's Advanced Training Office with King County Executive Dow Constantine and King County Sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall to celebrate the deployment of body cameras in her district and additional federal funding she was able to secure for King County Sheriff’s Office.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, President Biden released his proposed budget, which included $500 million for the Howard Hanson Dam fish passage facility project.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Kim Schrier M.D. (D-WA) will be joined by local Veteran, Andrew Apple, as her guest to President Biden’s State of the Union Address to Congress.
Andrew Apple is a Veterans Law Fellow who is currently working in Representative Schrier’s office and a recipient of VA benefits made possible by the PACT Act.