Following yesterday’s successful bipartisan vote by Congress to repeal last year’s health care overhaul, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler voted today to set the stage for replacing Obamacare with patient-centered solutions. In addition, Herrera Beutler supported an amendment to provide a “doc fix” so that doctors can continue to afford treating seniors in Southwest Washington. Herrera Beutler released the following statement in response to Thursday’s votes: “Now we begin making progress to lo...
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Congresswoman Herrera Beutler today announced her appointments to three Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittees, including a vice-chairmanship of the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee. She will also serve on the Highway and Transit; and on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Subcommittees. Despite her status as a first-term Member of Congress, Herrera Beutler will hold a position of leadership as a Subcommittee Vice Chair within the largest committee in Congress. Her ...
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler today voted to take the first step in restarting America’s health care reform by supporting the repeal of last year’s health care overhaul. Herrera Beutler joined 244 of her Republican and Democrat colleagues in successfully passing the H.R. 2, the “Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act,” out of the U.S. House of Representatives. Tomorrow, the House will vote on a resolution instructing the relevant House Committees to report new health care reform leg...
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Residents of Southwest Washington deserve low-cost, accessible, quality health care. Unfortunately, the "Obamacare" health care bill that became law last year didn't bring us closer to such a goal. This year we have a chance to start over with reform that actually lowers costs and improves the quality of health care for all Americans. Both parties are to blame for our broken health care system. When Republicans were in the majority, they failed to put forth their own solutions. Democrats deserve...
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Congresswoman Herrera Beutler today released a statement following the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to exclude biomass for at least three years from its list of regulated energy sources: “In Southwest Washington, biomass has the potential to bring jobs, affordable energy and a boost to our local economy. Thankfully, the EPA chose to further consider its classification of biomass before imposing job-killing regulations on this promising source of energy. While I’m happy with Wednesd...
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) today voted to reduce her own office budget by five percent. Herrera Beutler voted for a resolution introduced by Rep. Greg Walden (OR-02) to cut the operating budgets of House Committees, leadership offices and individual Members’ of Congress budgets by five percent. The measure, which passed by a vote of 410-13, will immediately save taxpayers $35 million. Herrera Beutler issued the following statement: “Residents of Southwest Washington are making t...
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