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WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) participated in an Energy Subcommittee hearing with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm about the Department of Energy’s (DOE) budget priorities. Rep. Schrier focused on green hydrogen hubs and the ways Washington state is well-positioned to be a leader, creating a new industry and the many jobs that go with it. Rep. Schrier’s remarks can be found here.
Congresswoman Kim Schrier, whose 8th District includes parts of Kent, Auburn and Renton, voted Wednesday, March 10 in support of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.
The House passed the bill 220-211 without a Republican vote. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the only Democrat to oppose it. Senate Democrats approved the measure last weekend 50-49 without a Republican in favor of it. One Republican senator missed the vote due to a family emergency
President Joe Biden, who proposed the plan, is expected to sign the bill on Friday, March 12.
While the Biden administration's America Rescue Plan began its journey through Congress Feb. 3 as the next U.S. effort to address the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers came together to identify steps to improve vaccine distribution and curb ongoing supply shortages.
Testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, Luciana Borio, vice president of In-Q-Tel and a former acting chief scientist at the FDA, warned that the worst days may lie ahead, given the emergence of variants, especially the South African variant that seems to cause more severe disease.
ISSAQUAH — Democratic Congresswoman Kim Schrier, who represents Washington's Eighth District, has announced she will be serving again on the Agriculture Committee.
The House Agriculture Committee has jurisdiction over federal agriculture policy and oversight, as well as nutrition programs like SNAP.
On Tuesday, Congresswoman Kim Schrier announced she will again serve on the House Agriculture Committee. This Committee is in addition to her appointment to the Energy and Commerce Committee.
Washington Congresswoman Dr. Kim Schrier had has introduced legislation that looks to reduce methane emissions produced by livestock. She said the Research to Reduce Agricultural Methane Act will provide funds to study innovative methods to reduce methane emissions in livestock, including through feed additives such as seaweed.
8th District Representative Kim Schrier announced Thursday that she has introduced the Research to Reduce Agricultural Methane Act to the House of Representatives.
The legislation aims to reduce methane emissions in livestock by funding innovative studies into the problem.
