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Rep. Kim Schrier (D-Wash.), a pediatrician, said she has witnessed firsthand the swirling misinformation about coronavirus vaccines on social media.
When she posted about a vaccines act she introduced, comments popped up on her Facebook page threatening her and spreading false claims about harms associated with vaccines.
ISSAQUAH, WA – U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier, M.D. (D-WA), John Joyce, M.D. (R-PA), G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) and David McKinley, P.E. (R-WV) today introduced the Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act that will build on and improve the successful Vaccines for Children (VFC) program. The VFC program helps ensure all children receive recommended vaccines by providing no-cost immunizations. Almost half of all childhood vaccines are provided through the VFC program.
ISSAQUAH, WA – U.S. Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) today announced that her office is accepting requests for Community Project Funding (CPF) for Fiscal Year 2022. This new program allows each Member of Congress to recommend up to 10 important local projects for federal funding. The deadline for submissions is April 7, 2021.
ISSAQUAH, WA – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Auburn Schools Superintendent Dr.Alan Spicciati visited the rapid testing pilot program site at Bowman Creek Elementary School in Auburn. The Auburn School District is the first of 8 Washington school districts to participate in a new rapid testing partnership program with Seattle Children's Hospital. Rep.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) participated today in a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing about misinformation on social media platforms. The CEOs of Google, Twitter, and Facebook were asked about what they are doing to combat misinformation online.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, on the 11th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing on ways to enhance the ACA. And one of the bills that was considered was the Kids' Access to Primary Care Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) to expand access to care by aligning Medicaid rates with Medicare payment rates.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the U.S. House passed the bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act (HR 1603) sponsored by Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08). The Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which was negotiated with input from agricultural stakeholders and labor organizations, makes meaningful reforms to the H-2A agricultural guestworker program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eighth DistrictCongresswoman Kim Schrier got a chance to question the nation's top infectious disease doctor yesterday.
Dr. Anthony Fauci sat for questions with the House Oversight and Investigations committee. Schrier, who's also a pediatrician, asked Fauci and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky about increasing the availability and safety of COVID-19 vaccines, and the need for more rapid testing to control the coronavirus.
WASHINGTON — Federal protocols and other regulatory hurdles are compromising a tool critical to containing the ever-evolving coronavirus: cheap, rapid antigen tests growing in use across Europe to safely reopen schools, public health officials and some members of Congress say.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) today participated in an Oversight and Investigations hearing about increasing the availability of COVID-19 vaccines. In the course of Rep Schrier's questioning, Dr. Anthony Fauci agreed that all three authorized vaccines are safe, extremely effective at preventing death and hospitalization, and that every American would do well to take whichever vaccine they can. Dr. Fauci and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky also agreed that more rapid testing is needed to crush the coronavirus.