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WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) participated in an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing about the ongoing baby formula shortage. Rep. Schrier, the first and only pediatrician elected to Congress, pushed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Abbott Nutrition about the steps they have taken to mitigate the shortage and what can be done to make sure it never happens again. Rep. Schrier’s remarks can be found here and here.
"'At a time when people across the country are feeling the pinch at the gas pump, Congress needs to be doing all it can to bring down costs for American families,' said Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., who co-sponsored the bill.
She called it 'infuriating' that spikes in gas prices were 'happening at the same time that gas and oil companies are making record profits and taking advantage of international crises to make a profit. This must stop.'"
WASHINGTON, DC – Today the House passed Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08)’s bill, the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act that she recently introduced with Congresswoman Katie Porter (CA-45) to protect families’ wallets at the gas pump. Rep. Schrier’s remarks can be found here. Earlier this year, Congresswoman Schrier introduced a bill that would temporarily remove a gas tax through the end of the year.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) announced her Community Project Funding (CPF) priorities for this fiscal year. Community Project Funding provides the opportunity for Representatives to directly identify important local projects that can benefit from federal funding. All 10 of Rep. Schrier’s priorities from last year were funded as part of the government funding bill that was signed into law in March.
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.