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“'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.”
'"I’m glad to support Rep. Larsen’s POMM Act that takes a science and evidence-based approach to protecting whales from collisions with and noise from ships. Our beloved and endangered native orca populations and other marine mammals are critical to the Pacific Northwest ecosystems. We must continue to do all that we can to protect them,' said Rep. Schrier."
“Chelan County’s congresswoman, Kim Schrier, is reportedly answering the call from countless veterans who feel they’ve been stonewalled by Wenatchee’s VA Community Outpatient Clinic. Schrier visited the Wenatchee Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) last Thursday. The CBOC in Wenatchee serves Veterans in six Washington counties.
With the West’s wildfire season coming to an end, now is the time to examine our forest management strategies and ways to improve them as we grapple with climate change. This year brought another catastrophic wildfire season to Washington state. And wildfires are only going to get hotter and more destructive as climate change worsens. It is time to use all the tools we have to prevent uncontrolled wildfires and protect our forests, private property, and most important, lives. This strategy must include prescribed fire.
"The legislation looks to make it easier for people with diabetes to access training to manage their blood glucose levels and prevent hospitalizations. Nearly one-third of all adults in the U.S. have either diabetes or prediabetes.
Schrier said, 'As someone who has managed my own Type-1 Diabetes for 36 years, I understand that it can be complicated. And if you get it wrong, it can be life-threatening.'"