Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler announced today that her 2016 Congressional Art Competition has kicked off and is now open to high school students across Southwest Washington. The Congressional Art Competition is open to all high school students, grades 9-12, who either reside or attend school in Southwest Washington’s 3rd Congressional District. The winner of the competition will have his or her artwork displayed for one year in Washington, DC’s U.S. Capitol Building Corridor. The winner wi...
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Today, Jaime Herrera Beutler introduced the Fire Department Proper Response and Equipment Prioritization Act (FD PREP Act) to better equip first responders to respond to oil train accidents.
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Today, Pacific Northwest Members of Congress urged the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Homeland Security to take proactive measures to prevent the heavy losses to agriculture businesses caused in 2014 and 2015 due to technical problems with the H-2A visa system.
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Today, the Chairs of the Congressional Maternity Care Caucus, along with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Conference, joined together to call on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to speed up its decision on allowing voluntary addition of folic acid to corn masa flour – a step proven to reduce often-deadly birth defects.
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U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) and Denny Heck (D-WA) were joined by U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Dave Reichert (D-WA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) in urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to protect Medicare Advantage and Part D plans from further payment cuts in a letter sent today.
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Today the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that the Port of Ridgefield will receive a $900,000 federal Railroad Safety Grant for the Pioneer Street Railroad Overpass Project.
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Today Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler sent a letter to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demanding the agency fully address public safety concerns stemming from the proposed Cowlitz Casino sewage system.
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Jaime Herrera Beutler voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives today to put on President Obama’s desk a bill ending the "Waters of the United States” rule.
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Today, Jaime Herrera Beutler voted in favor of the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessary and Burdensome Act, or SCRUB Act, that would scrub unnecessary and outdated federal regulations that put measurable economic burdens on Southwest Washington families and businesses.
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Today, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler voted along with a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to send a repeal of the President’s 2010 health care law to his desk – the first time Congress has successfully advanced a repeal of the Affordable Care Act through the U.S. House and Senate.
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