Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler is extending an invitation to high school students across Southwest Washington to participate in the 2011 Congressional Art Competition. The Congressional Art Competition is open to all high school students, grades 9-12, who either reside or attend school in Southwest Washington’s 3rd Congressional District. The winner of the competition will have his or her artwork displayed for one year in Washington, DC’s U.S. Capitol Building Corridor. The winner will also...
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Last year, I put more miles on my 1998 Ford Explorer than I thought possible, driving around Southwest Washington in my run for Congress. In all communities and during every meeting I was given the same directive: put Washington, D.C.'s focus on jobs. The pages of The Daily News just days ago gave us another reminder why jobs is the most pressing topic in every corner of Southwest Washington. The headline read, "State reports 12.8 percent January jobless rate in Cowlitz County." Southwest Washin...
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Today Jaime Herrera Beutler voted with a majority of her colleagues to successfully pass H.R. 4, a bill she cosponsored to repeal the harmful “1099 mandate.” This onerous paperwork burden would be a major barrier to job creators in Southwest Washington. The expanded paperwork requirement was initially adopted as a method to pay for last year’s government health care overhaul, and further expanded to pay for last fall’s mini-stimulus plan. The repeal of this mandate will reduce the deficit by $16...
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) today announced that she will introduce the “Savings Start With Us” Act – a proposal that will save taxpayer money by reducing salaries of Members of Congress, the President and Vice President by ten percent. Jaime sent the following letter to her colleagues in Congress today, and intends to introduce the legislation next week. Savings Start With Us Dear Colleague, Next week I will introduce the Savings Start With Us Act to reduce the salaries of Member...
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Last year, for the first time in history, Congress failed to pass a budget. That means Americans had no way of knowing how much of our money Congress intended to spend or where they intended to spend it. Taxpaying citizens, many of them unemployed or underemployed, were financially responsible for what basically amounted to a blank check for Washington, DC. Even more troubling was that Congress perpetrated this lack of fiscal planning after years of overspending. Americans have been losing jobs ...
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Congresswoman Herrera Beutler released the following statement today after voting for the House “continuing resolution,” legislation that will keep the government funded and running while spending $100 billion less than what was proposed in the president’s budget: “Today marks an important step toward breaking the federal government’s addiction to spending, and restarting our economy. My message has been consistent: our massive national debt is a barrier to job creators and is harming residents ...
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Jaime Herrera Beutler, Member of the House Small Business Committee, announced today that Southwest Washington business owner Dixie Kolditz has been invited to Washington, DC, to give Congress her expert testimony regarding challenges facing the small business economy. The House Small Business Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday, February 16, in Washington, DC entitled “Putting Americans Back to Work: A Look at the Small Business Economy.” With the larger goal of empowering small businesses ...
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Today Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler praised the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for announcing plans to conduct a listening session in Vancouver, Washington on February 21st. The Committee will hold similar listening sessions in various regions throughout the country regarding the upcoming transportation reauthorization bill, legislation to authorize funding for the federal share of the nation’s infrastructure projects. The Chairman of the Committee, U.S. Rep. John ...
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In early January, we were all shocked to learn a gunman had opened fire on Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and a crowd of innocent bystanders at a public event. The event was a "Congress on your Corner" meeting where, in the tradition of town halls, citizens are able to personally share their ideas, questions and concerns with their elected representatives. The ability for public servants to meet the citizens they represent is the lifeblood of our democracy. Still, the Arizona shooting ...
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Today Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) announced that she has cosponsored a U.S. Constitutional Amendment that would require the federal government to balance its budget every year. The measure would require that Congress not spend more than it receives in revenues each year. Congress has long been able to spend in the deficit, but has sharply increased its overspending in recent years. In each of the last two years, Congress has run $1 trillion deficits. Despite increased borrowing to...
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