Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – In case you missed it, on Friday, U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier, M.D. (D-WA) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra about the worsening shortage of infant formula.
WASHINGTON, DC – This week, in honor of National Police Week, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) joined her colleagues from both sides of the aisle to push leadership for a vote on the bipartisan, bicameral Invest to Protect Act. The Invest to Protect Act will help ensure that police departments in small towns and communities with fewer than 200 officers have the resources and training they need to keep themselves and families across their communities safe.
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday the Energy Subcommittee held a hearing with environmental and hydropower experts in response to a letter sent by Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) earlier this month requesting a hearing on hydropower. Rep.
COVINGTON, WA – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) recently met with Covington City Manager Regan Bolli, Councilmember Kristina Soltys, Councilmember Joseph Cimaomo, Councilmember Elizabeth Porter, Acting Police Chief Adam Easterbrook, and Covington Police Officers to discuss public safety, including the uptick in property crimes affecting Covington businesses and the officer staffing shortages felt across the county.
RENTON, WA – Today Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra toured a school-based health clinic at Renton High School to bring awareness to the drop in routine childhood vaccinations. Rep. Schrier, a pediatrician, has been urging parents to make sure their children are up-to-date with these life-saving vaccines.
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.
ISSAQUAH – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and 99 of her House colleagues sent a letter Wednesday to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar requesting their support of California’s Proposition 12 ahead of the Supreme Court hearing National Pork Producers Council v.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) released the following statement this morning after reports of a leaked draft opinion by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade:
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.