WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) recently joined Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), and several of her colleagues to help introduce the Destruction Initiative for Stored Precursors Overseas and Safe Enforcement (DISPOSE) Act (H.R. 9172). This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would create fentanyl and precursor chemical destruction facilities at three critical drug trafficking   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2024: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today celebrated the announcement by the Biden-Harris administration of lower drug prices for ten of the most expensive prescription drugs in Medicare, which were subject to negotiations between the federal government and the drug companies that manufacture them. "Today, Medicare has used the bargaining   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 12, 2024: * * * Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on Senator JD Vance's position on the child tax credit: "If JD Vance sincerely gave a whit about working families in America, he would have shown up in the Senate a week and a half ago and voted for my proposal to expand the child tax credit and help 16 million l  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- 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 former Senate Finance Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, co-authors of a bipartisan law to reform the U.S. organ donation system, are raising concerns regarding a potentially unethical hire at the long-troubled United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). UNOS, which has exclusively controlled the organ system for   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement from a July 30, 2024, hearing entitled "Tax Tools for Local Economic Development": * * * The Finance Committee meets this morning to discuss smart tax policies aimed at building up local economies. Right now, the U.S. economy is red hot. Inflation is down, wages are up, and the country is in a record streak of low unemployment. Manufacturing is booming. Factories are unde  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2024: * * * Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a statement in support of Vice President Kamala Harris' new economic agenda released today: "Vice President Harris gets it - her economic agenda goes after the expenses that hit American families the hardest: housing, health care, and raising children. "While JD Vance didn't even both  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: School facilities in Grant, Jefferson, Douglas, Josephine, Douglas and Tillamook counties earn federal energy investments Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a $7.8 million investment in rural Oregon school districts to support energy improvement projects like new heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, lighting upgrades, alternative fuel (such as electric) vehicles, and renewable   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council and Wallowa Resources will receive funds to enhance conservational grazing for livestock Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $540,523 for the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council and $300,000 for Wallowa Resources to expand Oregon ranchers' access to enhanced conservation practices on grazing lands. "Ranchers know firsthand   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Museums in Bend and Portland earn federal support from Institute of Museum and Library Services Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment totaling nearly $750,000 for the High Desert Museum, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) and the Portland Art Museum. "These iconic Oregon museums have been sharing our local history, culture and science for decades to the benefit  more