This week, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler joined a bipartisan group of members who formally pressed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to help protect Americans from coronavirus related scams.
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler announced today that she has co-sponsored H.R. 6407, a bill to rescind the $25 million in funding for the Kennedy Center – a concert hall located in Washington, D.C., set to receive the funding via the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler will be hosting a live telephone town hall on Wednesday, April 1 @ 5:30pm Pacific Standard Time. This telephone town hall will feature experts who will provide information on public health and economic assistance for impacted workers and small businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler released the following statement after the phase 3 coronavirus emergency response package, the CARES Act, was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives through unanimous consent.
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I’m extremely encouraged that the Senate is poised to pass the next COVID-19 relief package that will bring much-needed assistance to our Southwest Washington communities. We need to get it passed and signed into law to get this assistance into our homes, businesses and hospitals – now. Every single person in our region has been impacted by COVID-19, and the emergency closures our government is taking to control this outbreak. We should not hesitate to get relief to them now, and that’s what thi...
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Today, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) joined the Washington congressional delegation in calling for the Trump administration to expeditiously fulfill Governor Jay Inslee’s request for 1,000 additional ventilators from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS).
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Today, U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) and Derek Kilmer (WA-06) called on congressional leadership negotiating the next COVID-19 emergency response package to include an additional economic relief program for small businesses that will complement the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Disaster Assistance loan program currently being implemented across the country.
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Today, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) joined the entire Washington state congressional delegation in pushing President Trump to issue a major disaster declaration to help address the COVID-19 outbreak in Washington state. This declaration would open a full suite of Individual Assistance Programs as requested by Governor Inslee for Washington state, including Disaster Unemployment Assistance, Disaster Legal Services, Disaster Care Management, Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training...
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Today, Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) and Derek Kilmer (WA-06) led the Washington congressional delegation in urging Speaker Pelosi, Minority Leader McCarthy, and five House Committee Chairs to address some of Washington state’s growing economic challenges in the next coronavirus-related emergency package.
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Today, U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) led a delegation of representatives and senators from Washington in a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, urging the timely delivery of personal protection equipment (PPE) to Washington state.
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