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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.
Rep. Kim Schrier: “This is really groundbreaking for all of the people in this country who depend on insulin. We can talk about Type 1 diabetics who will die without insulin. We can talk about Type 2 diabetics who will not be able to manage their blood sugars and get extremely sick without insulin.
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:
“8th District Representative Dr. Kim Schrier is calling the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that could lead to the overturning of Roe v Wade a massive step backward, saying the news has left her 'devastated and angry.'
In a statement released shortly after the leak was reported, Schrier said that women in more than half of the states in the U.S. would lose the freedom to make their most important healthcare decision and will be blocked from getting the safe healthcare they need.”