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April 24, 2025

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle shared clashing views on the potential impacts of a second Trump administration on trust in science and public health during a discussion hosted by The Hill on Thursday.

 

April 21, 2025

In a conference room at Columbia Valley Community Health’s Behavioral Health Clinic, two members of Congress sat alongside hospital executives, doctors and community health stakeholders from across North Central Washington. Each health care worker at the roundtable warned that Medicaid cuts would cripple rural health care and the communities that rely on it.

April 18, 2025

WENATCHEE — Construction for Phase 1 of the Confluence Parkway Project kicked off Thursday with a groundbreaking ceremony.

Wenatchee Mayor Mike Poirier, U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier (D-8th), U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) and Chelan County Commissioner Brad Hawkins were all in attendance and spoke of their gratitude for the official commencement of Phase 1, and all of the many people who worked behind-the-scenes to help bring the project to fruition.

April 18, 2025

WENATCHEE, WAYesterday,Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) convened a roundtable discussion with Chelan County healthcare organization leaders and providers to discuss the impact that proposed Medicaid cuts would have on the community. 

April 17, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) introduced the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Support Reauthorization Act of 2025. The CHGME program supports the residency programs that train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists.  This bill would extend the CHGME program through 2030.

Issues:Health
April 4, 2025

Seven members of Congress from Washington state — all Democrats — have co-signed a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Todd Lyons regarding an ICE raid at Mount Baker Roofing on Wednesday in Bellingham.

Masked ICE agents detained 37 employees during the early-morning raid at the business and loaded them onto buses.

April 2, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) introduced the Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act, a bipartisan bill that would reauthorize critical federal grants focused on improving rural health care. Congresswoman Schrier is joined in introducing this legislation by Representatives Carter (GA-01), Figures (AL-02), and Rulli (OH-06). 

Issues:Health
March 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Congressional Doctors Caucus released the following statement condemning RFK Jr.’s proposed mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warning of devastating consequences for public health and safety.

Issues:Health
March 27, 2025

Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) reintroduced a bill Thursday seeking to reform prior authorization requirements in Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Part D prescription drug plans requiring only specialty board certified physicians to make important decisions about treatment.

The prior authorization measure is used by insurers to approve the cost of treatment plans, medication and or procedures before a prescription or operation can be obtained or performed.

March 26, 2025

The newly formed Democratic Congressional Doctors Caucus hopes to work with the longstanding GOP Doctors Caucus to tackle Medicare Advantage (MA) overpayments, seeing this as a bipartisan opportunity as the Democratic doctors simultaneously blast Republicans for targeting Medicaid in their quest for $880 billion in health care savings in a quickly evolving GOP reconciliation bill that could include physician payment relief.