WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) announced that Jon Epstein will join her at the State of the Union address on Thursday. Jon, together with his wife Jennifer, advocate in Oregon and nationally for greater upstream measures to protect youth from the harms of substance use disorders and accidental overdoses. The Epsteins lost their teenage son Cal in 2020 after he purchased online and then took  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) helped the House pass spending bills that include $16,828,987 in Community Project Funding for Oregon's 1st District. All 15 of the Community Projects the Congresswoman advocated for passed the House. The bills now advance to the Senate. This funding responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in NW Oregon. The Congresswoman also successfully advocat  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) helped the House pass spending bills that include $16,828,987 in Community Project Funding for Oregon's 1st District. All 15 of the Community Projects the Congresswoman advocated for passed the House. The bills now advance to the Senate. This funding responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in NW Oregon. The Congresswoman also suc  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswomen Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) introduced legislation to expand opportunities for veterans to gain long-term, good-paying manufacturing jobs by boosting training opportunities for those transitioning from military to civilian life. The Manufacturing Jobs for Veterans Act would invest $50 million across three states to create veterans manufacturing pilot programs t  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) voted in favor of H.R. 4366, the Consolidated Appropriations Act - a bipartisan package of six appropriations bills that will fund several government agencies through fiscal year 2024. Included in the bill are nearly a dozen of Chavez-DeRemer's funding requests for the 5th District, totaling over $25 million. The proposal passed the House with broad bipartisan su  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) announced that Danielle Lisette Hubbard, a member of the Army National Guard and second-year nursing student at Umpqua Community College (UCC), will be her guest at the State of the Union address. Hubbard was inspired to join the Army National Guard after her father served as an Army medic during Operation Desert Storm. When she completes her studies  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Tonight, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following response to President Joe Biden's annual State of the Union Address to Congress and Americans: "Tonight, President Biden made clear that the strength of our union is only as strong as the foundations working families need to thrive: housing, health care, education, and good-paying jobs. "By working together for the last three   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representatives Doris Matsui (D-CA-07) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) announced the introduction of the Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act. This bicameral, bipartisan bill would provide nurses with stronger federal workplace safeguards. To address staffing-related challenges, nurses are often forced to work mandatory overtime beyond their scheduled  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) announced her special guest for Thursday's State of the Union address will be Glen Suchanek, who currently serves as the Behavioral Health Specialist for the City of Milwaukie Police Department, as well as the Deputy Director of the Clackamas County nonprofit LoveOne. Suchanek recently participated in a roundtable discussion held by Chavez-DeRemer, where communit  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following statement on March 8, 2024: * * * Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-02) issued the following statement in response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address: "President Biden's State of the Union address painted a tone-deaf picture of the realities facing Americans today. From the President's lack of leadership on the world stage to his handling of immigration and the economy, his policies have led to dire consequence  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-02), joined his Pacific Northwest colleagues in raising concerns with Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Secretary Roger Millar regarding the economic fallout of breaching the lower Snake River dams (LSRD). "This scheme by WSDOT and the Biden Administration is a direct attack on clean energy production and navigation in the Northwest, stated Congressman Bentz. "T  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: * * * Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-02) issued the following statement regarding the passage of H.Res. 1061, a bill containing six of the twelve appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2024 (which began on October 1st, 2023): "These appropriations bills represent a long, demanding, and labor-intensive effort to address the budgetary issues facing our country," Congressman Bentz stated. "This legisla  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-02) joined Speaker Mike Johnson in voting for HR 7463, the "continuing resolution" which keeps the government open, the military paid, the FAA and TSA working, and the border patrol on duty up to March 8th and March 22nd. This gives Congress time to finalize the 12 budget bills that make up the discretionary part of the nation's 2024 budget. In addition, the bill prevents the Presid  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Earl Blumenauer secured $16,994,631 in Community Project Funding for Oregon, with an emphasis on investments in critical transportation safety and infrastructure projects in the region. The funding was included in the bipartisan appropriations package that passed the U.S. House of Representatives today. "During my more than 27 years in Congress, I've fought to make the federal governme  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Today, Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced the Department of Transportation is awarding $450,000,000 in federal funding for the I-5 Rose Quarter improvement project. The funding will go toward the construction of a highway cover over a portion of I-5, reconnecting the Lower Albina neighborhood. In addition, the Department of Transportation is awarding  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on March 8, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Earl Blumenauer released the following statement on President Biden's State of the Union: "Four years ago, we were teetering on the edge. COVID-19 was ravaging our communities, the economy was in freefall, restaurants and businesses were shutting down, and Republicans were dying at a higher rate because of rampant misinformation and vaccine hesitancy. It was despera  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-California, issued the following news release: Representative Kevin Kiley (R-CA), joined by five other Members of the House from western states, has filed an Amicus Brief in a landmark homelessness case to be heard by the Supreme Court. In City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson, the Court can overturn a line of 9th Circuit decisions that prevent state and local governments from regulating or banning camping on public lands. Representative Cliff   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice and Regulatory Oversight issued the following written testimony by Susanne M. Brander, associate professor at the Oregon State University, involving a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and Wildlife on Feb. 27, 2024, entitled "Understanding the Presence of Microplastics in Water": * * * Thank you Chairmen Merkley and Padilla and Ranking Me  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement today on the Treasury Department's finalized regulations regarding "direct pay" eligibility for tax credits for IRA clean energy projects and CHIPS Act semiconductor manufacturing: "When Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS Act, our goal was to unleas  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure today to urge the agency to require states to commit to a concrete plan for coming into full compliance with Medicaid and Children's Health Insuranc  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: It is such a pleasure to join an event featuring so many brilliant and dedicated individuals all working to further scientific understanding and solve real problems with your work. You all are probably the last people who need a lecture on the importance of nanotechnology, but I do have about 45 minutes of remarks here, so settle in. I'm kidding, of course. Friends don't filibuster friends. Today I'm going t  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today released the following statement after the National Park Service (NPS) announced Aramark's concessionaire contract to manage Crater Lake National Park is in the process of being transferred to a new operator: "I want to thank National Park Service Director Chuck Sams for his leadership and the decisive steps he has taken to address concessionaire failures and make the much-needed tr  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Bob Casey, D-Pa., John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., today called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update HIV testing guidelines. The senators' letter to CDC Director Mandy Cohen also requests the agency remove the upper age limit of HIV testing recommendations to protect the health of older Americans. Currently, the CDC guideli  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, said today that he has joined four other Senate committee chairs to send letters to 22 major convenience stores and their wholesalers reminding them of their obligations and legal liability under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The letters from Wyden along with U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Commi  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with Sens. John Fetterman, D-Penn., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., today introduced the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act to upgrade the security of electronic benefit cards and protect families in need from thieves that have stolen millions worth of essential food benefits. Reps. Andy Kim, D-N.J., and Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., are leading the bill in the House of Representatives. To d  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today praised the Senate passage of legislation they supported that would compensate people exposed to radiation during certain nuclear testing or uranium mining who then developed medical conditions, including cancers. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act passed Thursday by the Senate would extend the time for eligibility under the act from 1971 to 1  more