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ISSAQUAH, WA – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) announced today that several of her priorities have been included in the Energy and Commerce Committee's portion of the Build Back Better Act. The Energy and Commerce Committee held a meeting over the last three days to pass its section of the bill which will lower health care costs, strengthen vaccine confidence, expand Medicare vision coverage, combat climate change, improve access to high-speed internet, and bolster clean energy infrastructure.
"Schrier said in spring that test prices were high because “big companies are buying up all the supplies.” Also, “their profit is far higher making 1,000 $30 tests than 30,000 $1 tests” — in other words, they can make the same amount of money for many fewer tests.
ISSAQUAH, WA – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) announced today that several of her priorities were included in the House's Build Back Better legislation. The House Agriculture Committee is holding a meeting today to pass its sections of the bill, which would bring hundreds of millions of dollars to Washington state to prevent wildfires and jumpstart rural development and job creation.
"Although the Biden administration sought to kick-start coronavirus screening in schools with $10 billion in American Rescue Plan funding, few states and schools have implemented widespread screening. U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash, has demanded answers about how the money is being used for school testing.”
ISSAQUAH, WA – Today Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Defense, and the Department of Education pushing for an update on COVID-19 rapid test procurement and distribution plans in light of the Delta variant's rapid spread and children, mostly unvaccinated, returning to school.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) sent a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland urging them to visit Central Washington to see the destruction wildfires have caused in the last 12 months.
WASHINGTON, DC – This week Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) introduced a new bill to address the alarming rates of suicide among children and young adults. The Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act would invest in training and expanded resources for health care providers to better identify and support young people at risk for suicide.
Monday, August 16, 2021
"I am continuing to monitor the heartbreaking and alarming situation unfolding in Afghanistan. We must focus on taking every possible measure to evacuate our Afghan partners who fought alongside us for 20 years.
ISSAQUAH, WA – Today, U.S. Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) released a report highlighting health care savings secured for the residents of Washington's 8th Congressional District from the American Rescue Plan.