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"Schrier said it has been 37 years since her pediatrician told her she had Type 1 diabetes.
'At that time, insulin was cheap,' Schrier said. 'But the cost of insulin has skyrocketed. And most of us need more than one bottle per month. When people can’t afford insulin, they try to make that bottle last as long as it possibly can. So they ration their insulin, taking just enough to stay alive, but not enough to keep them healthy. And that is sometimes deadly.'"
AUBURN, WA – Today U.S. Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) joined President Joe Biden for an event about lowering costs for American families at Green River College in Auburn. Several 8th District residents joined the Congresswoman and President to speak about how increasing health care and prescription drug costs have affected their families.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today U.S. Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging the Administration to develop and implement a plan to provide order at the Southern border before revoking Title 42. Title 42 has guided Department of Homeland Security border policies throughout the pandemic.
“Most weeks are busy weeks at FISH Community Food Bank, but this last week was particularly special for staff members, as multiple important representatives visited the county to check in on the organization’s progress.
On Tuesday, U.S. 8th District Rep. Kim Schrier along with members of her staff paid a visit to the organization’s Elmview location near Bowers Field in Ellensburg to celebrate the receipt of $900,000 of funding secured for the nonprofit.”
“ Congresswoman Kim Schrier and representatives from the Federal Office of Emergency Management (FEMA) met with fire chiefs and law enforcement in Kittitas County to discuss resources for wildfires.
Congresswoman Schrier discussed getting $750,000 in funds through a recent infrastructure bill to help the city of Roslyn with fire mitigation. This money will allow the city to have prescribed burns to burn underbrush.
WASHINGTON, DC – Last month, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) announced that all 10 of her Community Project Funding requests were granted in the latest government spending bill, bringing home over $11 million to local projects across the district. You may read more about these projects here.
WASHINGTON, DC – During a Health Subcommittee hearing this week, U.S. Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) posed questions to experts on the need for her proposal, the “Supporting Children’s Mental Health Care Access Act,” a bill to reauthorize funding for programs that help address the pediatric mental health workforce shortage. Rep. Schrier’s remarks can be found here and here.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today during an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) pressed oil executives to do more to counter the skyrocketing price of gas at the pump, particularly at a time of crisis abroad, and when oil companies are making record profits and paying big dividends to shareholders. Rep. Schrier pushed the CEOs to use the thousands of leases on public land they already have, and to ramp up extraction at existing sites to boost production and bring down oil prices. Rep.
“The dam, about 21 miles east of Auburn, helps protect Kent, Renton, Tukwila and Auburn from flooding. The Green River watershed is the primary water source for the city of Tacoma. Tacoma Public Utilities also sells and supplies water to the City of Kent, the Covington Water District and the Lakehaven Water District in Federal Way.
WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Bethel School District officials broke ground on a project to construct a school-based health center at Graham-Kapowsin High School. Earlier this month Rep. Schrier announced that this project was one of her 10 priorities to receive funding from the government funding bill.