{"id":765135,"date":"2026-07-15T22:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/765135\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:30:14","slug":"rep-kim-schrier-raises-concerns-over-enchantments-wildfire-risk-and-health-care-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/765135\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Kim Schrier raises concerns over Enchantments, wildfire risk and health care costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., said growing visitor numbers, reduced federal staffing and rising health care costs are among the issues weighing on residents of Washington&#8217;s 8th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after a recent roundtable in Leavenworth about conditions in the Enchantments, Schrier said the popular alpine wilderness is becoming increasingly overcrowded.<\/p>\n<p>FULL CONNECT TO CONGRESS INTERVIEW: REP. KIM SCHRIER <\/p>\n<p>She said the Trump administration reduced U.S. Forest Service staffing in the area from 11 rangers to one, limiting the agency&#8217;s ability to keep visitors safe, monitor the wilderness, and maintain restroom facilities. Schrier said hiring has begun to increase again but called for urgent action to address overcrowding.<\/p>\n<p>Schrier also expressed concern about the upcoming wildfire season, urging people to take precautions outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most of the catastrophic wildfires are started by humans,&#8221; she said, asking people not to light campfires and to use caution.<\/p>\n<p>On public health, Schrier said she recently wrote to <a href=\"https:\/\/komonews.com\/news\/nation-world\/oregon-democrat-requests-investigation-into-if-rfk-jr-violated-the-hatch-act-libertarian-health-and-human-services-iowa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> about rising rates of parents refusing vitamin K injections for newborns.<\/p>\n<p> Vitamin K shots have been standard care since 1961 and help prevent potentially fatal bleeding in infants, who are naturally deficient in vitamin K during their first months of life, Schrier said. <\/p>\n<p> Misinformation has led some parents to confuse the injection with childhood immunizations, resulting in preventable cases of brain bleeding, deaths, and lifelong disabilities, Schrier said. <\/p>\n<p>On health care, Schrier criticized Republicans&#8217; &#8220;One Big Beautiful Bill,&#8221; saying it cut Medicaid funding and eliminated tax credits that help people afford Affordable Care Act premiums.<\/p>\n<p>She said residents are struggling with higher grocery, fuel, and medical costs, adding that &#8220;the stock market is not the economy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Schrier also criticized President Donald Trump, accusing him of seeking to consolidate power by exerting influence over the media, judiciary, and education system.<\/p>\n<p>She encouraged constituents experiencing problems with federal agencies to <a href=\"https:\/\/schrier.house.gov\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">contact her congressional office<\/a> for assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., said growing visitor numbers, reduced federal staffing and rising health&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":765136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-765135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}