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U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler Urges Replacement Health Care Solutions to Accompany ACA Repeal Efforts January 10, 2017 Today, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler sent a letter to U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan urging him to ensure Congress pursues replacement health care solutions simultaneously with efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The text of Jaime’s letter to Speaker Paul Ryan follows, and a PDF of the original letter is available here: Dear Speaker Ryan: As Congress approaches the significant task of undoing the damage that has been done to Americans’ health care and the U.S. economy by repealing the... More
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U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler Requests Investigation into Veteran’s Death after VA Delays Cancer Treatment January 9, 2017 After learning that a Southwest Washington veteran’s cancer treatment was delayed three months by the VA, Jaime Herrera Beutler has requested that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs launch an investigation into the lapse that appears to have cost him his life. Jaime sent a letter to VA Secretary Robert McDonald today asking him to launch an investigation into why it took the VA three months to schedule an appointment for what could have been a treatable diagnosis. According to a report in T... More
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Cantwell, Herrera Beutler Introduce Bill to Support Dungeness Crab Fishermen, Provide Stability to Fisheries January 9, 2017 Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) introduced bipartisan bills in the Senate and House, respectively, to permanently extend a decades-long fishery management agreement that has been vital to Washington state’s Dungeness crab fishery. The states of Washington, Oregon, and California cooperatively manage the West Coast crab fishery in federal waters under a tri-state agreement that Congress first authorized in 1998. The act would make that ex... More
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President Signs Jaime Herrera Beutler’s BABES Act into Law December 16, 2016 Today, President Obama signed U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler’s bill, the Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act (BABES Act), into law. This bipartisan solution will require the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to better accommodate parents traveling with breast milk, infant food and feeding equipment. “Too many parents have dealt with the TSA’s harassment-like treatment for carrying infant food and breast milk through airport security – even though this is allow... More
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President Signs Jaime Herrera Beutler’s Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Effort into Law December 16, 2016 Today, President Obama signed Jaime Herrera Beutler’s legislative effort to prevent aquatic invasive species from infiltrating the Columbia River ecosystem into law. “Protecting the Columbia River ecosystem from invasive species is paramount to our way of life in Southwest Washington, and I’m pleased the president signed my legislative effort into law today,” said Jaime. “Prevention is the first line of defense, and I’ve secured the resources to strengthen invasive species prevention because it’... More
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