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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U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler’s bipartisan bill to help fight ocean acidification and support a healthy shellfish and fishing industry passed out of the U.S. House Science, Space and Technology Committee today.
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Leaders of the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology appointed U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler to serve on the Research and Technology Subcommittee, where she will fight to broaden Southwest Washington STEM expertise, support training and expansion for the “Silicon Forest” workforce, and improve science education opportunities for students.
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U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) and Katie Porter (D-CA) introduced legislation late last week to address the skyrocketing cost of childcare. Their bipartisan Family Savings for Kids and Seniors Act would more than double the amount of money families can set aside pre-tax in Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) to pay help for help pay for preschool, summer day camp, before or after school programs, and child or adult daycare.
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Today, U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-3) and Derek Kilmer (WA-6), along with Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1) and Don Young (AK-AL), reintroduced bipartisan legislation to help fight ocean acidification. The bill, entitled the Ocean Acidification Innovation Act 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.
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The U.S. House of Representatives selected U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler to serve on the Science, Space and Technology Committee. The committee has jurisdiction over energy, environment, research and technology, space and aeronautics, among other areas.
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