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The U.S. House of Representatives this week approved a yearly spending plan which included two Southwest Washington community funding priorities Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler secured through her position on the House Appropriations Committee, including sediment monitoring of the Lower Cowlitz River and a turning basin navigation improvement project on the Columbia River. “The U.S. House this... Read more »

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler today announced she secured $5.5 million to fund the Columbia Heights Road Reconstruction Project in a spending plan advanced by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee. The project is supported by the City of Longview. As a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, Herrera Beutler advocated for the inclusion of this community-requested priority in the FY23... Read more »

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler announced today she has secured key federal funding for infrastructure projects on the Columbia and Cowlitz Rivers in a spending plan advanced by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee. As a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, Herrera Beutler advocated for the inclusion of two Southwest Washington community funding priorities in the FY23 Energy and W... Read more »

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler today sent a letter to Interstate Bridge Replacement Program Administrator Greg Johnson reiterating Southwest Washington’s repeated rejection of light rail and proposing transit alternatives for the I-5 bridge replacement project. Herrera Beutler’s letter follows reports of transportation officials moving toward light rail as the preferred transit option in the ... Read more »

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler today sent a letter to Governor Jay Inslee urging him to stand up for Southwest Washington commuters by refusing to delay the WA Cares revenue collection for Oregon residents until Oregon leaders cancel their plans to target Washington residents with a commuter tax on the I-5 and I-205 bridges. The full text of the letter follows, and a PDF is available here. De... Read more »

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) today applauded news that the Port of Longview had secured a $16 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation which will help complete the Port’s Industrial Rail Corridor Expansion (IRCE). The project will increase the Port of Longview’s cargo capacity to meet growing c... Read more »

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler today sent a letter to Governor Jay Inslee highlighting the example set by New Jersey’s Democrat Governor who has pledged to block New York’s congestion pricing plan that would unfairly charge his state’s commuters for using existing infrastructure, and asking Inslee to do the same. In a July 2018 visit to Vancouver, Governor Inslee pledged that Oregon’s scheme ... Read more »

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler today sent a letter to the head of the Oregon Department of Transportation echoing growing concerns – vocalized in a recent Vancouver City Council meeting by elected officials – over Oregon’s congestion pricing scheme that would disproportionately harm Southwest Washington commuters. In Herrera Beutler’s letter to Oregon Department of Transportation Director Kri... Read more »

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) announced today that she secured key federal funding for infrastructure projects on the Columbia and Cowlitz Rivers in a spending plan advanced by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee. The FY22 Energy and Water Subcommittee Appropriations bill included two Southwest Washington community funding priorities: sediment monitoring of the Lower Cowlitz Rive... Read more »

This week, the president signed into law the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA) that included a Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler-authored provision to construct a turning basin navigation improvement project in the Columbia River. Herrera Beutler’s provision will authorize the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct the necessary feasibility study of establishing a turning basin on ... Read more »