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“There's no word from the United States Postal Service on why many residents in Covington haven’t received mail in several days.
In a statement to KING 5, a representative for Congressmember Kim Schrier said her office has 'reached out to USPS.' Calling this issue 'concerning,' and adding that a “delay in mail delivery means a delay in life-saving medicine, paychecks, and bills.'”
“That surge has led to stalls in the supply chain as ports struggled to keep up with a throng of ships, rail and truck traffic waiting to load and unload containers full of goods. At the Port of Tacoma, leaders hope a new project to build added storage capacity for containers will help operations run more smoothly.
Kim Schrier, a Democrat, is a physician and represents Washington’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House.
In the midst of the holiday season and with omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant, spreading around the world, this is a time when the United States ought to be providing inexpensive — or, even better, free — rapid coronavirus tests to anyone who wants one.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today President Joe Biden signed a bill that U.S. Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) introduced earlier this week. The Supporting Health Care Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Act will mitigate Medicare payment cuts to providers. Without this law, cuts would have gone into effect next month, threatening to close practices and interrupt care. This is a necessary law that to support providers and keep the health care system stable in this pandemic, allowing patients to receive the care they need.
“8th District Representative Kim Schrier’s bill, the National Forest Restoration and Remediation Act, is moving through to the Senate after the House approved the bipartisan legislation. The legislation aims to allow the U.S. Forest Service to retain interest on settlement funds and then apply the additional resources for restoration work.
WASHINGTON, DC – This week U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier, M.D. (D-WA) and Rodney Davis (R-IL) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing the Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act. The goal of this legislation is to identify how supply chain issues can be mitigated and how more goods, that come with jobs, can be created in the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House passed Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08)'s bipartisan bill to fund the remediation and restoration of damaged public lands with a vote of 385-42.
“The Supporting Health Care Providers During the Covid-19 Pandemic Act, which has bipartisan support from leadership in the House and Senate, would blunt some of the cuts — but not all.
'A pandemic is not the time to be cutting access to doctors for patients on Medicare,' Kim Schrier, (D-Wash.) who introduced the bill along with Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), said in a statement.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Today U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Steven Horsford (NV-04) introduced the Supporting Health Care Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Act that will mitigate Medicare payment cuts to providers. Without this legislation, cuts would go into effect next month, threatening to close practices and interrupt care. This is necessary legislation to support providers and keep the health care system stable in this pandemic, allowing patients to receive the care they need.
WASHINGTON, DC – This week Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) kicked off her 8th District infrastructure tour, visiting projects that could be expanded with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that President Biden signed earlier this month.