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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.
ISSAQUAH, WA – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) announced today that counties and towns in the 8th District will be receiving federal recovery funding in the next month. The American Rescue Plan provided $350 billion for qualifying states, counties, tribes, and cities to help turn the tide of the pandemic and lay the economic foundation for recovery from the pandemic. This week the Treasury Department announced a process for local entities to request their allocation.
8th District Representative Kim Schrier discussed her efforts to address wildfire concerns on the federal level.
Schrier said it's alarming that the region already has had over 200 fires and we're not even in fire season yet.
"We do need sort of a conservation corps to go and make our forests resilient. At least get the areas of our forest where there is a wildland/urban interface." Schrier said, "Communities that are right in the thick of it need to be able to thin the forest surrounding that area where people live."
Although much is still being learned about the side effects of the coronavirus, a local legislator feels like more progress can be made to educate constituents about the benefits of vaccines and their effects in the long battle against the pandemic.
U.S. Eighth District Rep. Kim Schrier (D) took time to talk with reporters last week in a virtual roundtable event, where she used her experience as a physician to weigh in on issues related to the pandemic.