Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) today, alongside 158 cosponsors in the U.S. House, introduced legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. military servicemembers who were killed in Afghanistan last week. The legislation will award the Congressional Gold Medal to Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, Sgt. Nicole Gee, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, Cpl. Daegan Page, Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, Cpl. David Lee Espinoza, Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, ...
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) has introduced legislation to transfer ownership of approximately 23 acres of the former Wind River Nursery from the U.S. Forest Service to Skamania County. Budget crises constantly plague the distressed communities within Skamania County, since more than 97% of Skamania County is restricted from any type of commercial use that generates local revenue to fund roads, schools, police and fire protection. Skamania County currently owns 187 acres adjacent ...
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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 Kris Strickler, she highlights the fact that implementing a tolling program, as well as “congestion pri...
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler today announced that 62 employers have confirmed their participation at her annual Jobs Fair being held on Thursday, August 19th. The free event for job seekers, and those who wish to make connections with employers, will be held from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Clark County Event Center – Exhibition Hall B, in Ridgefield. Employers range from small to large businesses and organizations. A complete list of participating employers can be found here and will be upda...
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler is pressing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to prioritize veterans’ medical needs and access to care after it was announced that the South Sound/Chehalis Community Outpatient Clinic that serves thousands of Southwest Washington veterans is slated to close this fall. In a letter to VA headquarters and the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Herrera Beutler highlights the significant impact the closure would bring to 3,500 veterans served by the clinic, m...
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler today announced she will be hosting her 10th annual Southwest Washington Jobs Fair on Thursday, August 19. The Jobs Fair will be held at the Clark County Event Center in Ridgefield. Similar to Jaime’s previous jobs fairs, the event is free and will be open to all Southwest Washington residents and will include employers from a variety of industries. In the coming days, Herrera Beutler will post information about participating employers, job listings and additi...
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) today announced that she secured $1.616 million in federal funding for the City of Ilwaco’s Bear Ridge Community Forest project which would acquire 388 acres of forest within the Indian Creek watershed to establish a community forest surrounding the city’s water supply. The FY22 Energy and Water Subcommittee Appropriations bill included funding for this community-supported request to acquire the land which will benefit the city and its residents throug...
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler will be hosting a live telephone town hall on Wednesday, July 28 @ 5:25PM Pacific Standard Time. All residents of Southwest Washington’s third congressional district are invited to join Jaime as she gives an update on her work in Congress for Southwest Washington. Residents will also be invited to ask questions or share whatever is on their mind. Southwest Washington residents can call in to join the live telephone town hall at any point during the event by ca...
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Today, U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-03) and Derek Kilmer (D-WA-06) introduced the bipartisan Rebuilding Economies and Creating Opportunities for More People Everywhere to Excel Act (RECOMPETE Act). The RECOMPETE Act would establish a new federal program at the Economic Development Agency (EDA) in an effort to empower persistently distressed communities to develop, implement, and carry out 10-year economic development strategies and create jobs. Distressed communities, as iden...
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Today, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) helped introduce the Resilient Federal Forests Act, bipartisan legislation aimed at curbing the threat of wildfires. Through speeding up essential forest management projects by ending frivolous litigation, accelerating reviews for removing dangerous hazard trees, and giving the U.S. Forest Service the tools to restore watersheds and improve wildlife habitat, this solution would boost forest health and reduce the conditions for devastating fires....
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