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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Congressional leadership announced yesterday it has appointed U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler to serve on the U.S. Joint Economic Committee, a bipartisan panel of members of Congress from both the House and Senate. The primary tasks of the committee members are to review U.S. economic conditions and make needed policy improvements to benefit every American family.
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U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) and Seth Moulton (D-MA), along with Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ed Markey (D-MA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), today reintroduced the Championing Apprenticeships for New Careers and Employees in Technology (CHANCE in Tech) Act. The bipartisan legislation would provide industry intermediaries, like state tech associations, the ability to receive federal grants to develop apprenticeships within the technology sector. It also works to alleviate the skills gap that may slow the continued growth of the technology sector.
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U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Collin Peterson (D-MN), U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) introduced the Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act to address the national shortage of affordable, quality child care, especially in rural communities. While many families struggle to find access to available child care, states are continuing to experience a noticeable decline in the number of child care providers, leading to the expansion of “child care deserts.”
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President Donald Trump signed U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler’s bipartisan bill repealing a prohibition of distilleries on tribal land into law today. Senator Maria Cantwell led the bill’s passage in the U.S. Senate last month and Jaime secured passage of her bill in the U.S. House in September.
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Today, U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler introduced a bill to repeal the controversial “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) Rule and clarify that the Clean Water Act remains in effect as it has been interpreted for more than four decades.
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