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WASHINGTON, DC – Today Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) voted for the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act (H.R. 5118), a package that would fund comprehensive mitigation and resiliency efforts to prevent wildfires and reduce the effects of drought across the West. The bill also includes provisions from Rep. Schrier’s previously introduced legislation to increase prescribed burns, fund the clean-up of damaged forest lands, and close gaps in wildfire detection. Rep.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) again joined the House Veterans Affairs Committee for a hearing on the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system rollout at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, which has affected the Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Wenatchee. Last year the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) began the deployment of the Cerner EHR in Spokane. Several Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports have since come out that show major flaws in the rollout that have led to patient harm. Rep.

CARNATION, WA – Today Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) hosted a House Agriculture Committee Listening Session on next year’s Farm Bill. The listening session allowed farmers, producers, and other agriculture partners in Washington State to voice their thoughts and concerns. Committee members will take this information back to Washington, DC to craft legislation that addresses the needs and challenges of today’s farmers as they draft the 2023 Farm Bill.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, two West Coast U.S. Representatives, Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07), introduced the Fire Ready Nation Act. This legislation will allow the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to be more involved in the detection and response of wildfires. U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) has introduced companion legislation in the Senate.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) announced that ten of her requested Community Project Funding (CPF) priorities and an amendment to fund agricultural research infrastructure have passed the House as part of government funding bills for the upcoming fiscal year. Community Project Funding provides the opportunity for Representatives to directly identify important local projects that can benefit from federal funding. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), the only pro-choice woman doctor in Congress, participated in an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the recent Supreme Court decision on abortion rights. The Subcommittee heard from several doctors about the impacts of the decision on patients seeking abortions and doctors who provide abortion care. Rep. Schrier’s remarks can be found here.

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) sent a letter to President Joe Biden regarding the Council on Environmental Quality's recent actions related to the Lower Snake River Dams. In the letter Rep. Schrier requests more information about the timing of the release of the draft reports and which stakeholders were involved. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) released the following statement after voting in support of the Women’s Health Protection Act and the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act, two bills that will make sure every woman, no matter where she lives, can access abortion care: