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U.S. Representative Kim Schrier is leading a demand for the Department of Energy to reverse its decision to terminate the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub. In a letter, Schrier, who represents Washington’s 8th District, and 14 other colleagues called the cancellation of $1 billion in funding “disgraceful.” The hub, located throughout Washington, Oregon and Montana, was sent forward after years of bipartisan advocacy that argued it would increase domestic energy production. The hub is expected to create more than 10,000 jobs and contribute $4 million in workforce training programs.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswomen Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) led 13 of their colleagues on a letter demanding that Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright reverse the harmful decision to cancel $1 billion in federal funding for the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub.
The Spokesman Review
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Energy is canceling more than $7.5 billion in grants nationwide, including funding for research at Washington State University, an electrical grid project in Spokane and a billion-dollar effort to turn the Northwest into a hub of the hydrogen energy industry.
Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier (WA-08) released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to cut hydrogen hub funding for Washington:
“I am outraged by the Trump Administration’s senseless decision to gut one billion dollars in funding that supports the emerging hydrogen economy across the Pacific Northwest, including in Washington’s Eighth District.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), and Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33), members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, introduced the Efficient Nuclear Licensing Hearings Act. This bipartisan bill aims to reform federal nuclear licensing processes and improve the overall effectiveness of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
The Wenatchee World
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.
WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, the House passed Congresswoman Kim Schrier’s M.D. (WA-08) Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act. The bipartisan legislation supports Washington’s clean energy sector and affordable energy for ratepayers by enhancing efficiency and transparency for all parties involved in the hydropower dam licensing process. Congresswoman Schrier introduced this bill alongside Congressman Russ Fulcher (ID-01).
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier’s M.D. (WA-08) bipartisan bill, the Hydropower Relicensing Transparency Act (H.R. 3657), passed through the Energy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. This bill will support clean, reliable, and affordable energy for Washington state ratepayers by enhancing efficiency and transparency for all parties involved in the hydropower dam relicensing process.
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (D, WA-08) led their colleagues in Washington’s Congressional delegation—U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, Congresswomen Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) celebrated a huge win that will ensure Washington State remains a leader in clean energy production.