This week, as a result of Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler’s intervention, the U.S. Forest Service and Skamania County signed a Memorandum of Agreement that allows the Forest Service to proceed with a land purchase to benefit the Pacific Crest Trail while ensuring that Skamania County will not suffer a loss in tax revenues.
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Today, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera’s measure to preserve access to doctors in rural communities was passed by the U.S. House Appropriations committee.
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The House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment that included language offered by Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) to address the severe national shortage of psychiatric beds for patients in need.
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Today, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler joined her colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in passing the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act by a bipartisan vote of 407-5.
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Jaime Herrera Beutler applauded yesterday’s congressional hearing on her legislative solution, the ACE Kids Act, that took place in the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Yesterday, Jaime Herrera Beutler joined the U.S. House of Representatives in passing the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, a significant reform to the U.S. mental health system.
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The VA Mobile Medical Unit has been coming to Pacific County for one year and has successfully served many of our region’s veterans with health care needs.
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Today, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee advanced its Homeland Security funding bill that includes two provisions authored by Jaime to improve oil train accident response capabilities, and direct TSA to better serve parents traveling with food for infants.
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Yesterday, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee advanced a bill co-authored by Jaime Herrera Beutler that funds strong wildfire suppression and prevention, more active management of national forests, federal payments used for emergency services in rural counties, expansion of the early earthquake detection system as well as other Southwest Washington priorities.
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Yesterday, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee approved the 2017 Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill that provides funding for affordable housing and hunger programs. As a member of the Appropriations Committee, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler helped craft this bill that includes Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership programs that Clark County and the City of Vancouver use to fund critical programs. The next step for the Housing, and Urba...
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