Last night, U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Denny Heck (D-WA), Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN) and Mike Quigley (D-IL) introduced a bipartisan bill, H.R. 4351, that encourages communities to prioritize measures that will increase housing supply and affordability.
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler voted tonight in support of a bill to permanently block offshore oil drilling on the Washington and Oregon coasts. H.R. 1941, which passed the U.S. House 238-189, amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently remove from consideration acreage for offshore leasing on both the Atlantic and Pacific Outer Continental Shelf.
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler applauded the announcement that the City of Vancouver had been awarded nearly $1 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to update outdated firefighting equipment and conduct critical training. Through her role on the Appropriations Committee, Herrera Beutler supported funding for FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. She also formally weighed in with FEMA on behalf of Vancouver’s request for these vital tools.
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler sent a letter to Washington Governor Jay Inslee today urging his renewed engagement in opposing Oregon’s unfair tolling scheme.
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler announced today she will be hosting her ninth annual Southwest Washington Jobs Fair on Tuesday, August 27. The jobs fair will be held at Warehouse ‘23 in Vancouver. She will also offer a job-hunting workshop on Wednesday, August 21 at the Vancouver Community Library.
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U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Andy Levin (D-MI), John Katko (R-NY), and Steven Horsford (D-NV) introduced legislation today to expand access to financial aid for technical education programs. H.R. 3497, the Jumpstart Our Businesses By Supporting Students (JOBS) Act expands Pell Grant eligibility to qualifying short-term training programs to help more Americans gain access to industry recognized credentials.
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Yesterday, Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) and Scott Peters (CA-52) introduced the bipartisan Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act, HR. 3211. This bill creates a task force of academics or experts in fields related to housing to make recommendations to Congress about housing policy. The task force will also evaluate and measure the consequences of unstable, unaffordable housing on quality of life, as well as its effect on federal, state, and local budgets.
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-3) and Representative Derek Kilmer’s (WA-6) bill to help fight ocean acidification. The Ocean Acidification Innovation Act (H.R.1921), which was also co-sponsored by Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), and Don Young (AK-AL), would allow federal agencies to use existing funds to conduct prize competitions to increase the ability to research, monitor, and manage ocean acidification and its impacts. The Ocean Acidification Innovation Act was approved in the House 395-22.
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U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) and Derek Kilmer (WA-06) yesterday secured $30 million to implement the newly ratified Pacific Salmon Treaty and $25 million to support Mitchell Act hatchery activities, an over $4 million increase, in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies bill. The bill, which was approved today by the Appropriations Committee 30 to 22, funds the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and other related agencies.
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U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler urged the U.S. Forest Service today to release a portion of Secure Rural Schools funding to rural counties that had been previously withheld.
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