WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) today called on President Biden to reaffirm America's global economic leadership by reversing a decision by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to abandon long-held positions at the World Trade Organization (WTO) that allow the free flow of information across borders, protect against the forced tra  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) today called on President Biden to reaffirm America's global economic leadership by reversing a decision by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to abandon long-held positions at the World Trade Organization (WTO) that allow the free flow of information   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, as COP28 gets underway, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley is urging the U.S. to strengthen its climate leadership by moving away from a path of liquefied fossil gas (LNG) exports that intensify climate chaos, undermine the transparency and accountability that are essential to a workable agreement, and weaken U.S. global credibility. "The science is clear, if we don't take dramatic  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-02) joined Representatives Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and Russ Fulcher (ID-01) in demanding the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) grant immediate access to the "package of actions and commitments" recently negotiated in the mediation concerning the Columbia River System Operations. On October 31, 2023, the legal stay in the long-ru  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Ranking Member James Risch, R-Idaho, today endorsed a package of legislation to provide double-tax relief between the United States and Taiwan. The legislation released by the House Ways and Means   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), with U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Chair Ben Cardin (D-Maryland), today endorsed a package of legislation to provide double-tax relief between the United States and Taiwan. The legislation released by th  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) recently joined Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) to introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation that seeks to boost access to healthy foods for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. Currently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) does not gather data on how SNAP impacts access to nutritious food. The SNAP Nutrition Security Act  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Dec. 1, 2023: * * * Following a resumption of fighting between Israel and Hamas, U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle (OR-04) released the following statement: "I applaud President Biden and Secretary Blinken's monumental work to achieve a multi-day deal to secure the release of over 100 hostages held by Hamas, provide much-needed humanitarian aid in Gaza and to achieve a temporary cessation of hostilities in the war between Isr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined forces with Senators John Kennedy (R-LA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to introduce the bipartisan Traveler Privacy Protection Act. This new legislation would empower travelers in the United States with control over their privacy by banning the use of facial recognition technology  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a total of $4.1 million in federal investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are heading to the Crooked River Watershed Council and the Deschutes Land Trust. These funds will boost collaborative projects focusing on water conservation, management, and restoration efforts. "Our waterways and fish are the lifeblood of  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a total of $4.1 million in federal investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are heading to the Crooked River Watershed Council and the Deschutes Land Trust. These funds will boost collaborative projects focusing on water conservation, management, and restoration efforts. "Our waterways and fish are the lifeblood of the Northwest," said   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Harney County has received $500,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clean up hazardous materials at the two-acre former Lincoln School site in Burns. "This funding is a major win for Harney County's natural resources, community members' health, and the local economy," said Merkley. "Redeveloping Brownfield   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Harney County has received $500,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clean up hazardous materials at the two-acre former Lincoln School site in Burns. "This funding is a major win for Harney County's natural resources, community member's health, and the local economy," said Merkley. "Redeveloping Brownfield site  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Harney County has received $500,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clean up hazardous materials at the two-acre former Lincoln School site in Burns. "This funding is a major win for Harney County's natural resources, community member's health, and the local economy," said Merkley. "Redeveloping Brownfield sites ignites growth in  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: Today, U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle (OR-04) and Rep. Joe Neguse (CO-02) introduced the Wildfire Resilient Communities Act to invest in combatting catastrophic wildfire through forest health and community risk reduction projects. The House bill is the companion to Senator Jeff Merkley's Wildfire Resilient Communities Act, of which Senator Ron Wyden is a cosponsor. "I am proud to introduce the Wildfire Res  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will convene a committee hearing on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 titled "Drug Shortages: Examining Supply Challenges, Impacts, and Policy Solutions from a Federal Health Program Perspective." The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The witnesses at Wednesday's hearing   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following floor statement on Nov. 30, 2023, on billionaires income tax and restoring fairness to tax code: * * * I come to the floor today to discuss three words: "buy, borrow, die." Three little words that allow billionaires across America to legally get away with paying little or nothing in taxes for years on end. Here's how it works: A billionaire buys a business, and then borrows against   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today led colleagues in introducing the Billionaires Income Tax Act, legislation to ensure billionaires start paying their fair share in taxes. Wyden is joined by U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Bob Casey, D-Pa., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Maz  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following floor remarks on Nov. 29, 2023, on affordable child care for all: * * * I rise today to highlight a critical issue that is top of mind for working families in Oregon and everywhere - the lack of quality, affordable child care in America. I hold open-to-all town halls in every county of my state each year. No matter how big, or small, or blue or red, overwhelmingly I hear the same t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 28, 2023: * * * Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement ahead of tomorrow's House Budget Committee hearing on legislative proposals to establish fiscal commissions that would allow fast track cuts to earned benefit programs like Social Security and Medicare: "Speaker Johnson lost all credibility on the deficit when he passed a $27  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, today reintroduced legislation to put a stop to unfair and outdated federal alcohol taxes on kombucha companies in Oregon and across the country. "Kombucha is not the same as beer or other alcoholic beverages, and i  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today called on President Biden to reaffirm America's global economic leadership, by reversing a decision by the U.S. Trade Representative to abandon long-held positions at the World Trade Organization (WTO) that allow the free flow of information across borders, pro  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D - Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on Nov. 8, 2023, on the markup of the Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs and Extenders Act: * * * The Finance Committee convenes today to vote on a package of health proposals that represents key bipartisan initiatives undertaken by this Committee and achieves four goals: expanding access to mental health care and mental health parity for Americans w  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for an executive business meeting at 10 a.m. on Nov. 30, 2023, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: AGENDA I. Subpoena Authorization * Authorization for Subpoenas Relating to the Supreme Court Ethics Investigation II. Nominees * Mustafa Taher Kasubhai, to be United States District Judge for the District of Oregon * Eumi K. Lee, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California *   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON--U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) and Dave Joyce (R-Ohio), have introduced the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act (HABHRCA) of 2023, legislation to reauthorize the HABHRCA of 1998 and to improve monitoring, forecasting, prevention, and mitigation of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and hy  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and Senate colleagues today introduced bipartisan legislation that would address the steep increase in armed robberies against postal workers, who are often targeted for their arrow keys that allow access to some mailboxes and their contents. "For over 200 years the United States Postal Service has been a central fixture of the American government. The recent cases of mail theft and the a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley along with Senate colleagues today issued the following joint statement in response to reports of potentially harmful changes to the U.S. asylum system being considered in the ongoing bipartisan negotiations around the supplemental aid package: "As negotiations surrounding the supplemental aid package progress, we are concerned about reports of harmful changes to our asy  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley with U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici today welcomed the announcement that a Portland manufacturer secured a $43.5 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop equipment for research in the Antarctic. The Portland manufacturer, Gunderson Marine, LLC, will design and build a steel pier barge to support operations at McMurdo Station for the Nationa  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley with U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici today welcomed the announcement that a Portland manufacturer secured a $43.5 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop equipment for research in the Antarctic. The Portland manufacturer, Gunderson Marine, LLC, will design and build a steel pier barge to support operations at McMurdo Station for the   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced he will place a hold on the nomination of Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh to serve as director of the National Security Agency (NSA) until the NSA discloses whether it is buying Americans' location data and web browsing records. In a statement placed in the Congressional record this afternoon, Wyden said the Defense Department has refused to make public impor  more