WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [HARTFORD, CT] - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, and Chris Murphy (D-CT), joined Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-KS) in introducing bipartisan legislation to authorize several Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction projects across the nation. The senators' Fis  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: A congressman who represents California's north coast has sent a letter to federal regulators asking that they "urgently place" a senior official in the state to respond to tribal needs as wind power is developed offshore. U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman sent the letter as the U.S. offshore wind industry begins to take shape and as tribal communities in California and Oregon express frustration with what they sa  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) recently joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of her colleagues to help introduce the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act as a cosponsor. The proposal would protect public employees' right to join unions and engage in collective bargaining - establishing a minimum standard of collective bargaining rights that states and localities must provide. "I'm grateful to the   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on successes, roadblocks and new opportunities to keep families together, on May 22, 2024: * * * Over a decade ago, the Finance Committee decided it was time to do something to improve our nation's approach to foster care and help families stay together. Back then, it was clear that there were two options: keeping a kid in a home where there were serious proble  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: Following reports that former President Donald Trump made quid pro quo propositions to Big Oil executives--promising to roll back climate policies if he were re-elected in exchange for donations to his campaign-- Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., are demanding answers from nine oil and gas co  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's congressional delegation--U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, alongside U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, and Val Hoyle-- today demanded the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director take swift action to address staffing shortages, inmate medical needs, and other alarming issues that put staff and inmates at risk. The lawmakers wrote BOP Director Colette Peters a  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's congressional delegation--U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, alongside U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, and Val Hoyle -- today demanded the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director take swift action to address staffing shortages, inmate medical needs, and other alarming issues that put staff and inmates at risk. The lawmakers wrote BOP Director Colette Peters afte  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's congressional delegation--U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, alongside U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, and Val Hoyle -- today demanded the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director take swift action to address staffing shortages, inmate medical needs, and other alarming issues that put staff and inmates at risk. The lawmakers wrote BOP Director Colette Peters after f  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: The West has experienced growing wildfire risks over the past 20 years Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Representative Kim Schrier, D-Wash., today reintroduced the bipartisan National Prescribed Fire Act of 2024, which would support pre-fire season prescribed burns as an essential, science-based strategy to save lives and property. In the 2022 Fiscal Year, 63 million acres of National Forest Service lands were at  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, successfully secured several bipartisan proposals in the committee's Farm Bill, which was approved by the panel with bipartisan support and now heads to the House floor for consideration. Chavez-DeRemer gathered ideas from Oregon farmers, ranchers, and foresters during two Farm Bill listening sessions she held last year, incl  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held a legislative hearing on four bills to streamline water and hydropower infrastructure. Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) issued the following statement in response: "The four bills considered by the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fis  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act with broad bipartisan support. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) voted in favor of the legislation, which would provide tax breaks to wildfire victims who were granted relief payments anytime after December 2019. Specifically, if the bill passes the U.S. Senate, it would retroactively exempt qualified victims from havin  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37) and Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led colleagues in the introduction of the Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2024. The bicameral Children's Safe Welcome Actembeds child welfare best practices into every stage of our immigration system involving both unaccompanied and accompanied children who seek asylum in the U.S. In addition to Kamlager  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Bicameral bill strengthens standards to ensure safety and well-being of migrant children prioritized Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37) today led colleagues in the introduction of the Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2024. The bicameral Children's Safe Welcome Act embeds child welfare best practices into every stage of our immigration system involving both u  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is awarding the City of Talent over $1.1 million through two Defensible Space and Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project grants. The investments will help the Southern Oregon community boost forest management efforts and reduce dangerous fuels to build increased wi  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced $9,806,847 is coming to the state from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support cleanup projects at brownfields sites, land that has been previously polluted or contaminated. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Merkley and Wyden championed, added $1.5 billion to the EPA's Brownfields Program to help assess and clean up contaminat  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced $9,806,847 is coming to the state from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support cleanup projects at brownfields sites, land that has been previously polluted or contaminated. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Merkley and Wyden championed, added $1.5 billion to the EPA's Brownfields Program to help assess and clean up contaminated   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, and Indiana's U.S. Senator Todd Young announced their bipartisan, bicameral Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act unanimously passed the Senate. The bill strengthens the United States' policy to promote dialogue between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Dalai Lama to move toward a peacefu  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today issued the following statement regarding his vote on bipartisan border security legislation: "The crisis at our southern border is a direct result of a systematic effort by MAGA Republicans to obstruct every meaningful attempt to enact immigration reform. "Today, I will vote to support opening debate on critical issues like how best to improve our asylum system, addre  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today announced the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024 passed out of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee. WRDA is critical, bipartisan legislation that authorizes US Army Corp of Engineers' (USACE) projects throughout the country. These projects maintain Oregon's ports, inland waterways, locks, dams, and other water infrastructure. Additionally  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: HARTFORD- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, in introducing bipartisan legislation to authorize several Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction projects across the nation. The senators' Fiscal Year 2024 Veterans Affair  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on May 21, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), issued the following statement on the results of the Democratic primary for Oregon's Third Congressional District. Blumenauer has represented the Third Congressional District since 1996. In October, he announced he would not be seeking re-election. "I want to congratulate Representative Maxine Dexter for winning the Democratic primary for Orego  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Salem, OR -On Monday, May 13, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) delivered $1,577,079 to Marion County. Rep. Salinas fought for and secured this funding in the government funding package for Fiscal Year 2024, which passed Congress and was signed into law by the President in March. Click here for usable photos "The McKay/Yergen/Ehlen Road corridor in Marion County is the site of multiple car acciden  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Salem, OR -On Monday, May 13, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) delivered $850,000 to the City of McMinnville. Rep. Salinas fought for and secured this funding in the government funding package for Fiscal Year 2024, which passed Congress and was signed into law by the President in March. Click here for usable photos "As McMinnville continues to grow, it's important that we invest in our infrastru  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), along with U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Trauma-Informed Schools Act. This legislation would help create more positive school cultures across the country and ensure teachers and staff have the training and resources they need to support young  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., revealed major gaps in automakers' oversight of forced labor in their supply chains--including two companies that shipped cars or parts to the United States this year that were made with parts from a banned Chinese supplier--as part of a two-year Democratic staff investigation released today. "Automakers   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., expanded his ongoing investigation into Big Pharma's tax avoidance and profit shifting with a new letter sent on Monday to the CEO of Pfizer. An analysis by the Finance Committee of Pfizer's SEC filings found that the company's effective tax rate fell by 75 percent following the passage of the Trump tax law in 2017. "Whi  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on child savings accounts and economic opportunity for kids, on May 21, 2024: * * * The Finance Committee has a long, bipartisan tradition of working together on issues related to helping people save. This morning's hearing, with a focus on child savings accounts and other savings programs for kids, is another opportunity for the committee to bring fresh ideas forward. The  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement at a finance committee hearing on Fentanyl and combating addiction through prevention and treatment, on May 23, 2024: * * * This morning the Finance Committee gathers to discuss the scourge of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl. Fighting fentanyl requires fitting all of the pieces of the puzzle together. Already this year, Congress has acted to disrupt the flow of fentanyl  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement from a hearing dated May 16, 2024, entitled "Rural Health Care: Supporting Lives and Improving Communities": * * * This morning the Finance Committee gathers to discuss the challenges and opportunities in rural communities when it comes to health care. I'm not going to mince words: without rural health care, you can't have rural life. It's just that simple. And yet across   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure urging CMS to enforce civil monetary penalties established by Congress on brokers who submit fraudulent enrollments for a health plan. The senator also urged CMS to take additional steps, such as providing clear rules and g  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today along with seven bipartisan members of the Finance Committee released a policy outline describing improvements to the Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) program to address physician workforce shortages across the country, primarily related to primary care and psychiatry, and to improve the dist  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Grande Ronde Hospital President and CEO Jeremy Davis from a hearing dated May 16, 2024, entitled "Rural Health Care: Supporting Lives and Improving Communities": * * * Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. My name is Jeremy Davis, and I am the president and CEO of Grande Ronde Hospital, a 25-bed, not-forprofit, independent   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: During Mental Health Awareness Month, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-05) announced the reintroduction of the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act, legislation that would greatly boost the availability of mental health providers in America's public schools. Mental illness affects 20% of American youth. This bicameral legislation will put additional mental he  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal, D-Mass., called on U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to transition current trade discussions with Kenya into negotiations of a comprehensive, enforceable trade agreement, in a letter today. Although the Biden administration is in discussions for a U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Wyden Provisions Included in 2025 Intelligence Authorization Act Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced that he secured key protections for Intelligence Community personnel from political firings as part of the Intelligence Authorization Act that passed the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday evening. The Wyden provision ensures that personnel who are involuntarily moved from one employment status to another  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement today after Senate Republicans blocked debate on the bipartisan immigration bill for a second time: "I continue to hear from Oregonians concerned about our broken immigration system and who want Congress to act on comprehensive solutions to address today's challenges. This is why I voted today - and earlier this year - to advance essential debate on b  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: May 22, 2024 Wyden, 14 Democratic Senators Commend Biden on Historic Student Debt Relief Effort and Offer Feedback to Strengthen Proposal "Student loan debt should never be a life sentence," wrote the senators. Senator Ron Wyden said today he has joined 14 fellow senators in submitting a public comment letter to Secretary Miguel Cardona of the U.S. Department of Education on President Biden's proposal to reduc  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: May 22, 2024 Wyden, Colleagues Call on Feds to Crack Down on Tax Prep Giants' Ongoing Violations of Taxpayer Privacy Lawmakers' letter to FTC, IRS, DOJ Highlights New Findings on TurboTax's Abuse of Taxpayer Data Senator Ron Wyden, chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, today joined with four congressional colleagues to urge top federal officials to investigate use and disclosures of legally protected and s  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that Oregon will receive $5.5 million in federal funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act to replace aging water delivery infrastructure in communities across Oregon. "Access to reliable and safe water is essential for communities to thrive in rural and urban Oregon," Wyden said. "Updating our water infrastructure not only prev  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that Oregon will receive $5.5 million in federal funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act to replace aging water delivery infrastructure in communities across Oregon. "Access to reliable and safe water is essential for communities to thrive in rural and urban Oregon," Wyden said. "Updating our water infrastructure not only prevent  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries' recommendations for Oregon fish passage projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. "Salmon and other native fish are so central to our culture and economies here in Oregon, and it is essential to help recovery efforts after years of population decline,"   more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries' recommendations for Oregon fish passage projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. "Salmon and other native fish are so central to our culture and economies here in Oregon, and it is essential to help recovery efforts after years of population decline," Wyd  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined 13 senators in introducing new legislation that would bring much-needed transparency to decisions on the U.S. Supreme Court's emergency docket, also called the "shadow docket." The Shadow Docket Sunlight Act would require a written explanation and vote count for any decision concerning injunctive relief, including decisions on the Supreme Court's shadow docket  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined 13 senators in introducing new legislation that would bring much-needed transparency to decisions on the U.S. Supreme Court's emergency docket, also called the "shadow docket." The Shadow Docket Sunlight Act would require a written explanation and vote count for any decision concerning injunctive relief, including decisions on the Supreme Court's shadow docket, t  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined the introduction of bipartisan legislation that would help local news outlets overcome their current crisis by providing incentives to ensure reliable postal service and limit excessive rate increases. The Deliver for Democracy Act comes in the wake of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) consistently raising rates for periodicals under the guise of increased effici  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined the introduction of bipartisan legislation that would help local news outlets overcome their current crisis by providing incentives to ensure reliable postal service and limit excessive rate increases. The Deliver for Democracy Act comes in the wake of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) consistently raising rates for periodicals under the guise of increased efficienc  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined the reintroduction of legislation that would strengthen the U.S. Department of Justice's and state governments' ability to hold police and other officials accountable for discriminatory practices. After Michael Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer in 2014, President Obama's Justice Department launched a civil rights investigation, whi  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined the reintroduction of legislation that would strengthen the U.S. Department of Justice's and state governments' ability to hold police and other officials accountable for discriminatory practices. After Michael Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer in 2014, President Obama's Justice Department launched a civil rights investigation, which   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues in calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to secure funding for the Pell Grant program for Fiscal Year 2025. In the letter, the senators request a discretionary increase to the award as Congress works towards doubling the Pell Grant for students. "We remain concerned that the value of the Pell Grant has steadily declined since it was  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: May 21, 2024 Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Call to Strengthen Federal Pell Grant Program Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues in calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to secure funding for the Pell Grant program for Fiscal Year 2025. In the letter, the senators request a discretionary increase to the award as Congress works towards doubling the Pell Grant for students. "We r  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Ninety percent of taxpayers rated their Direct File experience positively; 86 percent said their trust in the IRS was increased Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that they and more than 130 lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, applauding the Direct File program's success pilot and urging them to make it permanent while e  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Ninety percent of taxpayers rated their Direct File experience positively; 86 percent said their trust in the IRS was increased Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that they and more than 130 lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, applauding the Direct File program's success pilot and urging them to make it permanent while expa  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland will be NOAA's Pacific Northwest hub for the Center for Collaborative Heat Monitoring, gathering local temperature data to support heat resilience in Oregon and throughout the country. "As the climate crisis worsens, heat is becoming an even more grave concern for vulnerable Oregonians without air  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: May 22, 2024 Wyden, Merkley: NOAA Selects OMSI as Regional/National Heat Monitoring Center Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland will be NOAA's Pacific Northwest hub for the Center for Collaborative Heat Monitoring, gathering local temperature data to support heat resilience in Oregon and throughout the country. "As the climate crisis   more