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WASHINGTON, DC – This week Congresswomen Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) re-introduced the Healthy Meal Time Act. The Healthy Meal Time Act would provide schools with best practices for scheduling lunch and recess to ensure that students have enough time to eat a balanced, nutritious meal and reduce food waste.
ISSAQUAH, WA – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) has introduced a bipartisan bill that will protect consumers and ensure that companies are providing correct and accurate data to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
“The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition today will formally launch three task forces focused on tackling key aspects of the climate crisis, The Climate 202 scoops this morning.
Kim Schrier (Wash.) will co-chair the Climate and Agriculture Task Force, which will aim to ensure that the next farm bill empowers farmers to address the climate crisis.
WENATCHEE, WA – Today Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) was in Wenatchee with USDA Under Secretary Jenny Lester Moffitt to announce the availability of $72.9 million through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). This program funds innovative projects designed to support the expanding specialty crop sector and explore new market opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products. The 8th District is home to over 4,000 farms.
ISSAQUAH, WA – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) took action this week to expand access to at-home, rapid tests for seniors and military families. Earlier this month a federal rule went into effect that would require private insurers to cover eight at-home test purchases at pharmacies. But millions of Americans don’t have private insurance. The two letters Rep. Schrier led would require Medicare and TRICARE to cover or reimburse the cost of rapid tests, giving our seniors and our men and women in uniform another tool in the toolbox to combat this virus.
ISSAQUAH, WA – This week Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) participated in an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing called "Cleaning Up Cryptocurrency: The Energy Impacts of Blockchains." Rep. Schrier welcomed Steve Wright, former General Manager of Chelan PUD, as a witness at the hearing to speak about how counties in North Central Washington took action to keep electricity affordable and reliable for consumers in the face of increased demand from crypto mining companies.
Quality masks would help keep schools open and protect kids who are not yet eligible to be vaccinated
ISSAQUAH, WA – Today Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging his Administration to take action on making more quality masks available for children. The Biden Administration announced this week that they will be making 400 million N95 masks free for pickup at pharmacies and community health centers across the country.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) participated in an Agriculture Committee hearing with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on the current state of the farming industry and discussed how the USDA can ensure growers and producers in the 8th district are supported by the Department’s trade, supply chain, and climate strategies.
“Washington Rep. Kim Schrier says the promised 10 million rapid tests in schools are a step in the right direction, but she wants more.”
“'This vaccine has now been around for well over a year, it’s been tried and tested in hundred of millions of people. For people who are thinking about risk-benefit, you’re either choosing a vaccine, which will allow your child to be safe, to not get hospitalized, to not quarantine, to be able to be with other people. Or, you’re choosing a disease, and we know that disease can potentially cause long COVID and severe illness in children. As parents are weighing the risks, the decision is not between vaccine and no vaccine, it is between vaccine and disease.' – Rep.