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In one of the first major steps in discussing widespread regulations for artificial intelligence legislation at the federal level, members of the House subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade met Wednesday to discuss the United States' place in the global AI race.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Twenty-one hours into a crucial committee hearing on the Republican plan to subtract an estimated $880 billion from Medicaid programs, U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier had a question.

"How," the 8th District Democrat asked Rep. Morgan Griffith, acting chair of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, "does kicking or shifting 13.7 million Americans off of their health insurance 'make America healthy again?'"

Physicians in Congress split along party lines in debate over the potential effects of Medicaid reform.

Rep. John Joyce, MD (R-Pennsylvania) and Rep. Raul Ruiz, MD, MPP, (D-California), and Rep. Kim Schrier, MD (D-Washington), were among the speakers making opening statements in the May 13 hearing of the House Energy & Commerce Committee.

Starting today, passengers in east King County will be able to take light rail between downtown Redmond and South Bellevue and easily make convenient connections to the regional transit network. The 3.4-mile extension of the 2 Line includes stations at Marymoor Village and Downtown Redmond, as well as 1,400 new parking spaces at Marymoor Village.   

Representative Neal Dunn (R-FL) is spearheading a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would ease treatment coverage for anomalous congenital disabilities.

Specifically, the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act (ELSA) requires all health insurance plans for individuals or groups to cover medical necessities for congenital disabilities affecting eyes, ears, teeth, mouths, or jaws.

In a wide-ranging conversation May 6 at the 2025 AHA Annual Membership Meeting, Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., spoke about the upcoming budget reconciliation process, the youth mental health crisis, the Department of Health and Human Services’ potential action on vaccines, and the importance of protecting Medicaid.

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle shared clashing views on the potential impacts of a second Trump administration on trust in science and public health during a discussion hosted by The Hill on Thursday.

In a conference room at Columbia Valley Community Health’s Behavioral Health Clinic, two members of Congress sat alongside hospital executives, doctors and community health stakeholders from across North Central Washington. Each health care worker at the roundtable warned that Medicaid cuts would cripple rural health care and the communities that rely on it.