Today, U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler’s Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act (BABES Act) was marked up by the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee.
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Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R- Southwest WA) announced three major Federal Transit Administration investments in Longview and Clark County’s public transportation systems made possible by Senator Murray and Rep. Herrera Beutler’s work to restore and fund the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant Program in last year’s transportation bill.
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Jaime Herrera Beutler applauded federal transportation officials today for responding to her call to repair Forest Road 23 – a critical access point in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest – with emergency funds.
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A deepening concern over a growing number of adolescent suicides in the Battle Ground community has prompted Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler to express her strong support of a Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant request recently submitted by the City of Battle Ground.
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Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill co-authored by Jaime Herrera Beutler that funds strong wildfire suppression and prevention, more active management of national forests, federal payments used for emergency services in rural counties, expansion of the early earthquake detection system as well as other Southwest Washington priorities.
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This week, as a result of Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler’s intervention, the U.S. Forest Service and Skamania County signed a Memorandum of Agreement that allows the Forest Service to proceed with a land purchase to benefit the Pacific Crest Trail while ensuring that Skamania County will not suffer a loss in tax revenues.
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Today, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera’s measure to preserve access to doctors in rural communities was passed by the U.S. House Appropriations committee.
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The House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment that included language offered by Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) to address the severe national shortage of psychiatric beds for patients in need.
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Today, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler joined her colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in passing the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act by a bipartisan vote of 407-5.
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