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“A regionwide project decades in the making is forging ahead with the help of a new infusion of both state and federal funding, and the results can be seen right here on the ground in Kittitas County.
“Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) are reintroducing the Healthy Meal Time Act to reduce food waste in schools and further ensure that kids have the time to eat a proper meal.
“The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition today will formally launch three task forces focused on tackling key aspects of the climate crisis, The Climate 202 scoops this morning.
Kim Schrier (Wash.) will co-chair the Climate and Agriculture Task Force, which will aim to ensure that the next farm bill empowers farmers to address the climate crisis.
“Washington Rep. Kim Schrier says the promised 10 million rapid tests in schools are a step in the right direction, but she wants more.”
“'This vaccine has now been around for well over a year, it’s been tried and tested in hundred of millions of people. For people who are thinking about risk-benefit, you’re either choosing a vaccine, which will allow your child to be safe, to not get hospitalized, to not quarantine, to be able to be with other people. Or, you’re choosing a disease, and we know that disease can potentially cause long COVID and severe illness in children. As parents are weighing the risks, the decision is not between vaccine and no vaccine, it is between vaccine and disease.' – Rep.
“There's no word from the United States Postal Service on why many residents in Covington haven’t received mail in several days.
In a statement to KING 5, a representative for Congressmember Kim Schrier said her office has 'reached out to USPS.' Calling this issue 'concerning,' and adding that a “delay in mail delivery means a delay in life-saving medicine, paychecks, and bills.'”
“That surge has led to stalls in the supply chain as ports struggled to keep up with a throng of ships, rail and truck traffic waiting to load and unload containers full of goods. At the Port of Tacoma, leaders hope a new project to build added storage capacity for containers will help operations run more smoothly.
Kim Schrier, a Democrat, is a physician and represents Washington’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House.
In the midst of the holiday season and with omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant, spreading around the world, this is a time when the United States ought to be providing inexpensive — or, even better, free — rapid coronavirus tests to anyone who wants one.
“8th District Representative Kim Schrier’s bill, the National Forest Restoration and Remediation Act, is moving through to the Senate after the House approved the bipartisan legislation. The legislation aims to allow the U.S. Forest Service to retain interest on settlement funds and then apply the additional resources for restoration work.
“The Supporting Health Care Providers During the Covid-19 Pandemic Act, which has bipartisan support from leadership in the House and Senate, would blunt some of the cuts — but not all.
'A pandemic is not the time to be cutting access to doctors for patients on Medicare,' Kim Schrier, (D-Wash.) who introduced the bill along with Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), said in a statement.”