Jaime Herrera Beutler

On December 18, 2019, Herrera Beutler voted against both articles of impeachment against President Trump, along with all other voting Republicans.

In 2019, Herrera Beutler was given the 2019 "Congressional Biosecurity Champion Award" from the Alliance for Biosecurity, a consortium of companies that develop products to respond to national security threats. The award is given once a year to a Member of Congress who works to improve the country's ability to prevent and combat major biosecurity threats to national security.

In December 2019, she voted against impeaching President Trump, saying that there was inadequate proof that he engaged in obstruction of justice and abuse of power.

As of January 2018, Herrera Beutler had voted with her party in 91% of votes in the 115th United States Congress and voted in line with President Trump's position in 88.5% of votes.

Herrera Beutler favors repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (better known as Obamacare). In March 2017, she said that she intended to vote against the American Health Care Act, the GOP's replacement plan for Obamacare, because of its adverse effects on children who depend on Medicaid.

After President Trump implemented an executive order banning immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries, Herrera Beutler, the Seattle Times reported in January 2017 that she "was vaguely critical of the order, without saying she opposed it or calling for any specific changes."

In December 2017, President Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2018, which included part of Herrera Beutler's and Suzan DelBene's (WA-01) Child Abuse Accountability Enhancement Act (H.R. 1103). The act closed a legal loophole that denied justice to some survivors of child abuse.

In early December 2013, it was announced that Herrera Beutler's daughter would be going home from the hospital nearly 6 months after her birth. On February 8, 2016, at the age of two, Abigail received a kidney from her father at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford in California.

In May 2016, Herrera Beutler gave birth to a baby boy. In May 2019, Herrera Beutler gave birth to her third child, a girl named Isana. Her husband is a stay-at-home father to the couple's children.

Herrera Beutler ran for reelection in 2014. She faced Republican challenger Michael Delavar and Democratic challenger Bob Dingethal. Dingethal and Herrera Beutler advanced to the general election, where Herrera Beutler defeated Dingethal, 60% to 40%.

In June 2014, Herrera Beutler proposed the Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act, would help coordinate care for children met with medical complexities in Medicaid. The bill was passed by a committee but did not get a vote on the House floor.

In the November general election, Herrera defeated Heck 53%–47%. She won five of the district's six counties. Heck would later be elected representing Washington's 10th congressional district , serving alongside Herrera.

After the birth of her daughter Abigail (who was diagnosed with Potter's syndrome) in July 2013, Herrera Beutler announced that she would still be active in the house for key votes, but would dedicate a good deal of time to the care of her daughter.

In November 2013, Herrera Beutler co-sponsored the Military Justice Improvement Act, which would address a rise in military sexual assaults. Under the proposed law, the power to evaluate and respond to such incidents would be taken away from the military chain of command. "Despite efforts by military leadership to address this serious issue, the problem remains," she said in a news release. "A Defense Department report found that fewer than one in six cases were being reported to authorities, often due to fear of retaliation by superiors. A quarter of the time, the perpetrators of these crimes were in the victims' direct chain of command."

In May 2013, Herrera Beutler announced that she and her husband were expecting their first child. In June 2013, she announced that her unborn child had been diagnosed with Potter's Syndrome, abnormally low amniotic fluid caused by impaired kidney function which inhibits normal lung development and is often fatal. A stranger who read the news suggested that she try an experimental treatment: saline injections into her uterus that would enable the baby to develop without kidneys. She tried several hospitals, but none returned her calls. Finally a doctor at Johns Hopkins agreed to try this treatment. The results were instantaneous. For four weeks, she drove every morning to Baltimore for injections.

Herrera Beutler is the ninth woman in history to have given birth while serving in the United States Congress. On July 29, 2013, it was announced that her baby had been born two weeks earlier, at 28 weeks' gestation. The girl was born without kidneys and became the first child in recorded medical history to breathe on her own without both kidneys. In a Facebook post, Herrera Beutler said, "She is every bit a miracle." The child was named Abigail. On July 24, 2013, Herrera Beutler was absent for a roll call vote concerning the NSA, citing health reasons. When she revealed the birth of her daughter, it was realized that the birth was her reason for missing what was considered an important vote.

Herrera Beutler announced her intention to seek re-election in January 2012. She quickly outraised her two opponents, Democrat Jon Haugen, and Independent Norma Jean Stevens. She won the open primary with 61% of the vote. By the end of the campaign, she had raised more than $1.5 million, to Haugen's $10,000. In the November general election, she defeated Haugen 60%–40%.

In March 2011, Herrera Beutler introduced her first bill as a member of Congress. The "Savings Start With Us" Act would reduce the salaries of Members of Congress, the President and the Vice President of the United States by 10%.

In April 2011, she voted for Congressman Paul Ryan's budget, which would have lowered taxes for the highest earners from 35% to 25% and also changed Medicare to be a voucher-system.

On December 22, 2010, she announced that she had taken her husband's name and would thenceforth call herself Jaime Herrera Beutler.

In December 2010, she announced that she had taken her husband's name and would thenceforth be known as Jaime Herrera Beutler.

Herrera was elected as Assistant Floor Leader, the youngest member of her party's leadership in the State House. Her first sponsored bill gave tax relief to business owners serving in the military. It was signed into law by Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire on March 27, 2008.

In August 2008, Herrera married Daniel Beutler, who worked for SeaPort Airlines. The couple lives in Camas, Washington.

Herrera moved back to the 18th Legislative District to run for state representative (map), and was appointed to the Washington House of Representatives in 2007 to replace former Rep. Richard Curtis, who resigned amid a sex scandal. She went on to win the election to retain her seat in 2008 with 60% of the vote.

Jaime Lynn Herrera was born in Glendale, California, the daughter of Candice Marie (Rough) and Armando D. Herrera. Her father is of Mexican descent and her mother has English, Irish, Scottish, and German ancestry. She was raised in Ridgefield, where her father was a lithographer. She was home-schooled through ninth grade and graduated from Prairie High School, where she played basketball. In 2004, Herrera earned a B.A. in communications from the University of Washington.

Herrera served as an intern in both the Washington State Senate and in Washington, D.C. at the White House Office of Political Affairs. In 2004, she was an intern in the office of Washington State Senator Joe Zarelli, who would later support her campaigns. She was a Senior Legislative Aide for U.S. Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Spokane).

Jaime Lynn Herrera Beutler (/h ə ˈ r ɛ r ə ˈ b ʌ t l ər / "butler"; born November 3, 1978) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Washington's 3rd congressional district . A Republican, Herrera Beutler was appointed to the Washington House of Representatives in 2007 and elected to that body in 2008. In 2010, she was elected to represent Washington's 3rd congressional district in Congress. Herrera Beutler has since been re-elected four times, and as of the 2018 elections, is only one of two Republicans to represent a district on the United States western seaboard (the other being Don Young of Alaska). She gained national attention after her daughter was born with Potter's Syndrome.

During the campaign, she received support from state Republican leaders U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers and former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton. The Columbian called her "a rising star in the Republican Party". In October, Herrera was named one of Time Magazine's 40 under 40: "The Washington Republican survived a Tea Party challenge to win the GOP primary in the Evergreen State's 3rd Congressional District. Now Herrera, a 31-year-old Latina and former congressional staffer, has successfully re-cast herself as the outsider as she takes on a longtime Democratic pol in November."

Herrera ran for Washington's 3rd congressional district , which was an open seat of retiring Democratic incumbent Brian Baird. Herrera advanced to the general election with 28% of the vote, well ahead of fellow Republican candidates David Hedrick and David Castillo. State Representative Denny Heck, a Democrat, ranked first with 31% of the vote.