Kim Schrier

On Wednesday, a host of lawmakers, including Washington Representatives Kim Schrier and Dan Newhouse, Kansas Representative Tracey Mann, Minnesota Rep. Brad Finstad, Iowa Representative Ashley Hinson, California's Jimmy Panetta and Jim Costa, as well as Maine's Chellie Pingree, introduced the Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2023.  Th...

Due to language missing from the 2018 Farm Bill, the Secretary of Agriculture is not permitted to waive the match requirement within the Specialty Crop Research Initiative, a key USDA plant pest and disease prevention research program targeting fruits and vegetables...

Last month, Washington representative Kim Schrier introduced the Farmers Feeding Families Act of 2022.  The central Washington democrat said the legislation will support small and medium sized farmers and producers by making fresh, healthy, locally grown food more available to families in need.  She add...

Senator Tammy Baldwin and Representatives Jared Huffman and Chellie Pingree led 25 colleagues in a bipartisan, bicameral letter this week asking Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack for immediate assistance for organic poultry and dairy producers.   “We’re writing on behalf of the organic and poultry sectors to request emergency relief in response to skyrocketing feed costs that are impacting the future viabi

On Thursday, a host of lawmakers, including Washington’s Dan Newhouse and Kim Schrier introduced legislation that looks to boost trade and support American farmers.  The Supporting Market Access to Reinvigorate Trade (SMART) Act of 2022, would increase funding to several trade focused programs at USDA, including the Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development Program (FMDP).     Oth

Last week, Washington Representative Kim Schrier, voted for the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act.  The central Washington rep said the package would fund comprehensive mitigation and resiliency efforts to prevent wildfires and reduce the effects of drought across the West.  Th...

Last week, central Washington’s Kim Schrier and California’s Ami Brea, introduced the Fire Ready National Act.  The legislation introduced by the two Democrats will allow NOAA to be more involved in the detection and response of wildfires. Washington’s...

The 2023 Farm Bill will come to Washington Friday.  Congresswoman Kim Schrier will host one of the Agriculture Committee’s listening sessions on Friday, July 22, 2022.  This series of listening sessions entitled “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Perspectives from the Field,” allows House Agriculture Committee Members to gather input from producers and consumers on the ground to help shape the upcom

On Tuesday, Central Washington Representative Kim Schrier announced that one of the Ag Committee’s Farm Bill listening sessions would take place in Washington later this month.  The event, “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Perspectives from the Field,” looks to gather input from the farming community, as well as consumers, about what the 2023 Farm Bill should contain. The listening sess... Read Mor

Washington Representative Kim Schrier is pushing for the Ocean Shipping Reform Act to move through the Senate. The measure, which has already cleared the House, would enhance the powers of the Federal Maritime Commission to regulate the shipping industry during the current supply chain disruption ...