Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), introduced her Healthy Meal Time Act to ensure schools schedule enough time for children to eat a balanced, nutritious meal each day. Congresswoman Schrier is joined in introducing this legislation by Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01).
LEAVENWORTH, WA – On Friday, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) joined Chelan County leaders, environmental advocates, and a former U.S. Forest Service employee on a hike in the Enchantments Wilderness Area. During their visit, Congresswoman Schrier and local leaders collected litter on the trail, seeing firsthand the deteriorating conditions in the area that have threatened the environment, visitor safety, conservation efforts, and local economies.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) announced that her Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act was signed into law. The bipartisan legislation will assess and strengthen domestic manufacturing of critical infrastructure goods to bolster manufacturing in rural communities.
BELLEVUE, WA - Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) joined Overlake Medical Center and healthcare leaders, doctors, and patients this week to discuss the rising cost of medications, and her legislation to lower the price of insulin for all Americans.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) joined Congresswoman Val Hoyle (OR-04) and Congressman Ryan Zinke (MT-01) in introducing the Northwest Wetlands Voluntary Incentives Program (NW VIP) Act, bipartisan legislation that would restore and protect wetland habitats and species in the Pacific Northwest. Companion legislation was introduced in the Senate by Sens. Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Ron Wyden (D-OR).
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) led 25 colleagues in a letter to Dr. Erica Schwartz, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to call out efforts to reject settled vaccine science and demand answers about the CDC’s efforts to implement President Trump’s childhood vaccine Executive Order (EO), underreport measles-associated deaths, and delay access to childhood immunizations.
Letter follows Labor Day incident where individuals were arrested in the middle of the night while camping at Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, 4 of 5 are still being held at Tacoma NW ICE Detention Cen
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) joined Washington state’s entire Congressional delegation in a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to approve Governor Bob Ferguson’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance to help families recover and repair damage due to the devastating wildfires that swept through Central and Eastern Washington from July 23 through August 31.