Health
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**MEDIA ADVISORY** Strickland to Help Kick-Off VA Puget Sound’s Olympia Community Based Outpatient Clinic Grand Opening
Washington, D.C. —On August 12, 2021 at 10:00 AM PT, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) will join VA Puget Sound Health Care System for a grand opening ceremony and tour of the new Olympia Community Based Outpatient Clinic. WHAT: Grand Opening of VA Puget Sound’s Olympia Outpatient Clinic WHO: Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) VA Puget…
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Strickland Secures Key Investments for the South Sound in Historic Funding Package Passed by the House
Washington, D.C. —Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) released the following statement on H.R. 4502, the seven-bill minibus appropriations package. The government funding package invests in the American people by creating good-paying jobs, growing opportunity, and providing a lifeline to the middle class, working families, small businesses, and our nation’s most vulnerable. “We should invest in what…
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Strickland, Schakowsky, Colleagues Celebrate Passage of Funding Bill Free of Reproductive Health Restrictions
Washington, D.C. —Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), who co-led the introduction of the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act, joined Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Senior Chief Deputy Whip, Chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus Providers and Clinics Task Force in releasing the following joint statement. Strickland and Schakowsky were joined by Abortion is Health Care Everywhere…
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**MEDIA ADVISORY** Strickland to Attend Get Out the Vaccine Tour of Sea Mar’s Puyallup Clinic
Olympia, WA— Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) will attend a Get Out the Vaccine tour of Sea Mar Community Health Centers’ Puyallup clinic, learn about Sea Mar’s efforts to vaccinate community members, and thank essential health care providers and frontline staff for their work to get shots in arms, save lives, support public health, and defeat…
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Strickland’s Actions Address Poverty
The other Washington doesn’t often get a great rap for changing people’s lives, but it’s worth taking a second look. Recent changes in the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit passed by Congress are going to cut in half the rate of U.S. child poverty this year. How did such a monumental success…
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Strickland, Coons, Benjamin Announced as Honorary Chairs of NewDEAL
Washington, D.C. – The NewDEAL announced today that Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Senator Chris Coons (DE), and Mayor Steve Benjamin (Columbia, SC) are new honorary chairs of the organization, which identifies, cultivates, and provides policy support to a network of 175 rising state and local Democrats. The new leadership team will have a two-year term…
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Strickland, Chu, Kahele, Matsui Introduce First Congressional Resolution to Recognize May 10th as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day
Washington, D.C. –Yesterday, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) joined Representatives Judy Ch (CA-27), Kai Kahele (HI-02), and Doris Matsui (CA-06) in introducing the first congressional resolution to recognize May 10th as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day. This resolution calls upon Members of Congress to promote national awareness of mental health issues…
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House lawmakers reintroduce bill that would boost access to contraception for military families
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jackie Speier on Tuesday led a group of House lawmakers to reintroduce legislation that would allow anyone who receives health care through the military to access all forms of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception without additional costs. The bill from Speier, D-Calif., would ensure non-active-duty service members, including those in the Reserve,…
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Strickland, Speier, Escobar, Shaheen Lead Bicameral Comprehensive Bill to Ensure Quality Reproductive Care for Military Families
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Jackie Speier (CA-14), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), and 102 Members introduced the Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act to ensure military families receive the quality reproductive health care they deserve. The bill would bring health care provided by the military in line with current law for…
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Strickland Leads Freshman Members on a Letter to Advance Reproductive Health Rights
Olympia, WA—Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) led freshman Members of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus (PCC), Co-Chaired by Representatives Diana DeGette (CO-1) and Barbara Lee (CA-3), in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging his Administration to take swift and proactive actions in line with PCC priorities to protect reproductive health rights in the United States…