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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) today announced that she was elected by her Committee colleagues to be the Vice Ranking Member on the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee. This will be Rep. Schrier’s 2nd term on the Committee. The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest continuous standing committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and has the broadest jurisdiction of any authorizing committee in the House.
New York (CNN Business)A group of Democrats in Congress is calling on President Joe Biden to keep releasing oil from America's emergency stockpile through at least the end of the year.
In a letter obtained first by CNN, eight House Democrats urged Biden on Friday to immediately scrap his current plan to halt releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve next month.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) helped pass the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that will bring down costs for families and invest in concrete ways to slow climate change. The bill now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law. Rep. Schrier’s floor remarks can be found here.
The Seattle Times
"'At a time when people across the country are feeling the pinch at the gas pump, Congress needs to be doing all it can to bring down costs for American families,' said Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., who co-sponsored the bill.
She called it 'infuriating' that spikes in gas prices were 'happening at the same time that gas and oil companies are making record profits and taking advantage of international crises to make a profit. This must stop.'"
WASHINGTON, DC – Today U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Katie Porter (CA-45) introduced a bill, the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, that will stop price gouging at the gas pump. Earlier this year Rep. Schrier introduced a bill that would implement a temporary federal gas tax holiday through the end of the year.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Rep. Ann Kuster (NH-02) sent a letter urging the E&C’s subcommittee on Energy to hold an oversight hearing this month on hydropower to learn more about the incredible potential of this clean, renewable energy source for our country.
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.
The Kent Reporter
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.
Quad City Herald
BioWorld
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.