Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler announced today she will be temporarily halting walk-in visits to her Lewis County mobile office, effective immediately, due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
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Today, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) supported, and the U.S. House passed, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. This bipartisan legislation will provide relief to communities in Southwest Washington and throughout the country that have been impacted by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler will be hosting a live telephone town hall on Monday, March 16 @ 5:25pm Pacific Standard Time. This telephone town hall will feature special guest, Clark County Public Health Officer Dr. Alan Melnick, who will provide information about preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus and answer questions about this important public health topic. All residents of Southwest Washington’s third congressional district are invited to join Jaime and Dr. Melnick, ask questions or share whatever is on their mind.
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Today, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler, Senator Maria Cantwell, and Senator Patty Murray sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) pressing the agencies for answers after they again failed to fund sediment monitoring for the Lower Cowlitz River in the 2020 Corps work plan.
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Today, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler and U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell sent a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s Service’s (USFWS) Director Aurelia Skipwith expressing their disappointment over the exclusion of the construction funds for the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Community and Nature Center in the president’s fiscal year 2021 budget, despite its inclusion in last year’s budget request. Construction funds for Community and Nature Center were in the five year plan included in last year’s budget, and were originally scheduled to be provided in fiscal year 2024.
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Last night, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) introduced two bills, the bipartisan Pandemic Response and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act and the bipartisan, bicameral Coronavirus Worker Relief Act, to help Southwest Washington communities impacted by the novel coronavirus.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that it is providing an additional $11.48 million to Washington state to support the response to the novel coronavirus. As a senior member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) helped secure the emergency package used to fund these response resources that will help reimburse activities such as the use of test kits, set up of quarantine units, and transportation of individuals to quarantine locations.
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This week, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) along with Vice President Mike Pence, Governor Jay Inslee, members of the Washington state congressional delegation, and federal, state and local officials visited the Pierce County Readiness Center and the Washington State Emergency Operations Center at Camp Murray, Washington.
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence, who is leading the novel coronavirus – COVID-19 task force, urging the Administration to work with Congress, drug makers and other stakeholders to ensure there is a limited impact on the supply of personal protection equipment, medical devices and prescription drugs during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Jaime also asked for more information so that Congress can support efforts to improve accuracy and access to novel coronavirus tests for individuals exhibiting symptoms of the virus.
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Today, the U.S. House approved the emergency supplemental package that Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler helped secure from her position on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee to fight the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Washington state and across the country.
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