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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Barry Moore (AL-01) introduced the Forest Data Modernization Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would modernize data collection efforts of the USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier M.D. (WA-08), Congressman Dan Crenshaw (TX-02), Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), and Congressman Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) introduced the Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act. This bipartisan bill will improve access to primary care by strengthening Medicaid’s ability to engage in direct primary care arrangements.
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) introduced the bipartisan Agriculture Export Promotion Act. This legislation would support Washington farmers and producers by increasing investment in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Market Development Program (FMDP) and Market Access Program (MAP), both of which help promote and sustain agriculture exports.
Protection of access to care for Medicare beneficiaries, particularly in rural and underserved areas, has drawn a proposal from a North Carolina congressman in part combatting a 2024 rule finalization from the Biden administration.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in November finalized the rule implemented Jan. 1, cutting Medicare reimbursement to physicians by 2.83%. The agency projected a 3.6% increase in practice cost expenses in 2025, meaning a 6.43% cut for physicians.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's order freezing federal grants and loans while they're reviewed for ideological consistency sowed confusion in Congress, one central Washington Democratic legislator said.
Kim Schrier, D-WA, introduced legislation to improve the quality and nutrition of school lunches by allowing public schools to serve reduced fat and whole milk.
Bipartisan members from both chambers of Congress have introduced the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which would allow for unflavored and flavored whole and reduced fat (2 percent) milk to be offered in school cafeterias.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025, which would allow schools to serve whole and reduced-fat milk through the National School Lunch Program.
Led by U.S. Senators Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Peter Welch (D-VT), and Representatives G.T. Thompson (R-PA) and Kim Schrier (D-WA), the bill seeks to improve children’s nutrition by addressing the nearly 90% of Americans who fail to meet daily dairy intake recommendations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) introduced H.R. 649, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, a bipartisan bill that aims to improve the quality and nutrition of school lunches by allowing public schools to serve reduced fat and whole milk. Congresswoman Schrier is introducing this bill together with Congressman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-15), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture.
Nearly two months after a bomb cyclone weather event swept across the Pacific Northwest, killing four people (two in Washington) and knocking out power for nearly one million customers in Oregon, Washington and parts of Canada, Washington representatives are asking for financial assistance from the federal government.
U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) sent a letter to President Biden asking for the federal government to declare the event as a major disaster, echoing former Governor Jay Inslee’s request.