WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 7, 2025 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Petromax Refining Co. LLC,* Houston, Texas (SPE602-25-D-070, $742,790,878); Valero Marketing & Supply Co., San Antonio, Texas (SPE602-25-D-0475, $600,641,231); Phillips 66 Co., Houston, Texas (SPE602-25-D-0471, $521,595,146); Placid Refining Co. LLC,* Port Allen, Louisiana (SPE602-25-D-0472, $244,767,837); Lazarus Energy Holding LLC,* Houston, Texas (SP  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 7, 2025: * * * Following Visit to Redmond Food Service Facility, Bynum Leads Letter Demanding USDA Reverse Funding Freeze Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) led the bicameral, Democratic Oregon Congressional delegation in sending a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, strongly condemning the administration's payment freeze to a set of food assistance prog  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12509) on March 11, 2025, by natural resources policy specialist Laura B. Comay: * * * Status of U.S. Offshore Wind Leasing and Permitting: President Trump's January 2025 Wind Leasing Memorandum On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued the memorandum "Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government's Leasi  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Press VA to Answer Questions About Abrupt Closure of Eastern Oregon Clinic Senators: Shadowy shutdown of Wallowa County VA Clinic in Enterprise is "unacceptable" for quality and accessible veterans care Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today demanded the Department of Veterans Affairs answer questions by April 15 about the sudden closure of the Wallowa County VA  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following remarks on April 4, 2025, on the Republican budget proposal: * * * Wyden: Republican Budget Proposal is a Bailout for Billionaires as Trump Wrecks the Economy As Prepared for Delivery All around the country this morning, Americans turned on the news and saw panic. People are wincing as they look at their retirement accounts. Their savings are down. The cost of their morning c  more