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BONNEY LAKE, Wash. — Western Washington fire officials and lawmakers are urging residents to get prepared ahead of wildfire season.
Washington Representatives Kim Schrier and Marilyn Strickland hosted a press conference Wednesday with Pierce County fire officials who emphasized the importance of creating a "defensible space" around homes ahead of a projected warm and dry summer.
WENATCHEE — U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier of Washington's 8th District stopped by the NCWLIFE studios this week to talk about wildfire suppression, federal earmarks, the Jan. 6 insurrection, and a host of other topics. High on the list for the Sammamish-based congressmember and pediatrician: The National Prescribed Fire Act of 2021, which funds and mandates prescribed burning and forest thinning on federal lands.
Rep. Kim Schrier of Washington State's 8th Congressional District, talks with KOHO Morning Show host Chris Hansen about the diversity of public reactions to the current state of the pandemic within her voting jurisdiction. Schrier also discusses the 2021 wildfire season and a recent visit she made to several communities in North Central Washington.
Last spring, as the novel coronavirus spread around the world and the nightly news was full of closures, cancelations and grim warnings, we Americans were just coming to realize the once-in-a-generation crisis this virus would represent. And while today we have three approved vaccines and there are signs of a return to normalcy, too many of our friends and neighbors are still hurting.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) participated in an Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on building confidence in COVID-19 vaccines. During the hearing, Rep. Schrier's remarks focused on reducing vaccine hesitancy among families. A clip of Rep. Schrier's remarks can be found here.
U.S. Reps. Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Kim Schrier (D-WA), and Mike Simpson (R-ID) recently introduced a measure they said is designed to protect communities from the catastrophic impact of wildfires.
The National Prescribed Fire Act of 2021 would invest in hazardous fuels management by increasing the pace and scale of prescribed burns while also creating a preseason controlled burn workforce and streamlining smoke regulations in winter months.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), Mike Simpson (ID-02), and Kurt Schrader (OR-05) introduced the National Prescribed Fire Act of 2021 to protect our communities from the catastrophic effects of wildfires. This bipartisan bill would invest in hazardous fuels management by increasing the pace and scale of prescribed burns, create a technically skilled preseason controlled burn workforce, and streamline smoke regulations in winter months to reduce catastrophic fires and smoke in the summer.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers unviewed legislation Monday that will direct federal land management agencies to digitize and standardize mapping records. Supporters of the Modernizing Access to our Public Land Act, better known as the MAPLand Act, says this legislation will allow hunters, anglers, and millions of other federal land users to access essential information about public lands as well as their respective management agencies.
"I fully support President Biden's call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. And I agree that as Israel exercises its fundamental right to defend itself from thousands of Hamas launched rocket attacks, it should continue to safeguard innocent civilians to the greatest extent possible. The loss of innocent Palestinian and Israeli lives is tragic. The escalation of violence has been devastating. And the tensions that continue to build on the ground will require ongoing involvement of the United States to create the conditions for a two state solution and enduring peace."
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) was joined by Representatives Blake Moore (R-UT), Joe Neguse (D-CO), and Russ Fulcher (R-ID) in introducing Modernizing Access to our Public Land (MAPLand) Act, which would direct federal land management agencies to digitize and standardize mapping records.