WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump's Trade War Bludgeons US Economy, Duckworth, Durbin, Democratic Senators Slam Administration for Defunding Network of Centers That Boost American Manufacturing April 11, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and 11 of their Senate Democratic colle  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - March 2025": * * * Area prices were up 0.5 percent over the past month, up 2.2 percent from a year ago * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the West Region advanced 0.5 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reporte  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Congresswoman Bynum Blasts Bill to Increase Overdraft Fees Washington, DC - Today, ahead of voting against the bill, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) spoke in opposition to S.J.Res.18 - a bill that would overturn the $5 cap on overdraft fees for big banks and allow these banks to charge consumers $35 in overdraft fees. She emphasized that she would not vote to raise costs and th  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Congresswoman Bynum Rejects Bill to Disenfranchise Voters Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 22, the SAVE Act, which would make it harder for millions of Americans to vote. Rep. Bynum offered an amendment to the SAVE Act to address the additional barriers to voting created by the bill, but it was r  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Congresswoman Bynum Rejects Budget Proposal That Harms Oregon Families Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) released the following statement after voting against the Senate amended version of the Budget Proposal. In February, she also voted against H.Con.Res.14, the House Budget Proposal. "This is once again a trash budget that hurts Oregonians and I'm voti  more

SALEM, Oregon, April 11 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association posted the following news: * * * Deadline offers chance to catch breath, look at the bills that still have a chance We are in the lull before the next storm. The April 9 deadline to move bills out of policy committees marks roughly the halfway-point of the 2025 legislative session. It also cut the number of bills OSBA is tracking approximately in half from more than 800. The past two weeks have been a fr  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Dexter, Bonamici Lead Fight Against Republican Cuts to Medicaid Representatives offered an amendment to sweeping GOP budget blueprint to protect Medicaid from being used to finance tax cuts for the ultrawealthy. WASHINGTON, D.C.--Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) voted against the GOP budget blueprint. The vote comes after Dexter and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 11, 2025: * * * EPA Meets with Water Systems During Water Week WASHINGTON - Earlier this week, as part of annual Water Week, when water professionals gather to discuss priority issues impacting the industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Senior Advisor for Water Jessica Kramer joined a roundtable to discuss the Water Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act (WIFIA). The WIFIA  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. John Garamendi, D-California, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Garamendi and Calvert Introduce the Bipartisan Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Representatives John Garamendi (CA-08) and Ken Calvert (CA-41) introduced the "Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act," which would help permanently conserve privately owned working forestlands. They are joined by U.S. Representatives Jim Costa (CA-21), Jos  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- House Democratic Caucus issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Aguilar: Republican incompetence is crashing the economy with reckless tariffs WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu were joined by Representatives Adam Gray, Tim Kennedy and Andrea Salinas for a press conference on the reckless Republican tariffs that are crashing the economy and draining the retirement accounts of Americans. CHAIRMAN AGUIL  more

SALEM, Oregon, April 11 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association posted the following news: * * * Intense discussions improve accountability legislation One of the biggest issues to make it past the Legislature's April 9 process deadline was the governor's accountability bills, House Bill 2009 and Senate Bill 141. Only one bill is needed, but identical bills moved through the House and Senate education committees to ensure ample opportunity for discussion in each chambe  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service issued the following news on April 11, 2025: * * * More than $1 billion in 2021 tax refunds still unclaimed - Taxpayers should act now to see if they are eligible WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service today reminded the 1.1 million people who didn't file their tax year 2021 federal tax returns that they may be eligible for a refund if they file by the April 15 deadline. The IRS estimates more than $1 bil  more

SALEM, Oregon, April 12 -- Gov. Tina Kotek, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Governor Kotek Issues Statement in Response to Trump Administration's Threat to Take Away Funds from Oregon Students Today, Governor Tina Kotek issued a statement in response to the Trump Administration's attempt to withhold promised funds from Oregon students following an ultimatum sent to the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to eliminate efforts and initiatives in support of   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Oregon Delegation Denounces Trump Administration's Attacks on Humanities Funding Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today led his Democratic colleagues in the Oregon delegation--Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)--in slamming federal funding cuts at the National Endo  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Oregon Delegation Denounces Trump Administration's Attacks on Humanities Funding Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today led his Democratic colleagues in the Oregon delegation--Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)--in slamming federal funding cuts at the National Endowme  more

SALEM, Oregon, April 10 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association posted the following news: * * * Oregon is resisting certification request Our nation is struggling to define what it means to serve all students. Oregon has joined the states standing up for the rule of law so that schools can serve all their communities in the way they know best. School districts don't have to do anything at this time, but we know you are worried about the continuation of your programs a  more

SALEM, Oregon, April 11 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association posted the following news: * * * PACE Day highlights power of prevention Detective Michael Johnson (ret.) said he wouldn't let his audience at Thursday's PACE Day at the Sunriver Resort turn a blind eye to sex abuse because they have to see it to stop it. (Photo by Jake Arnold, OSBA) PACE Day is about prevention, which requires school officials to face head-on scary, tragic and disturbing possibilities.   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following floor remarks on April 10, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, today, House Republicans betrayed their mothers, their sisters, their daughters, and every woman in their life. The so-called SAVE Act is an anti-woman, anti-democracy, voter suppression bill cloaked in lies about election integrity. With this vote,  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Salinas, Pingree, Tokuda, Wyden Lead Colleagues in Slamming Trump Administration for Censoring Agricultural Research Crucial to Rural Communities Washington, DC -- Today, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), and Jill Tokuda (HI-02), along with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), warned the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that Donald Trump's politically mot  more

SALEM, Oregon, April 11 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association posted the following news: * * * U.S. Department of Education Seeks Assurances of FERPA Compliance (April 2025) The U.S. Department of Education's Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) issued on Friday, March 28, a letter that served as the department's annual notification to state and local education agencies of their obligations under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Protection   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Co-Sponsors Bills Aimed at Protecting Communities from Gun Violence Legislation would save lives while safeguarding Americans' constitutional right to own firearms Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today announced he is co-sponsoring two bills that would protect schools and communities from mass gun violence while underscoring Americans' constitutional right to own firearms for legitimate  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Salinas, Pingree, Tokuda Lead Colleagues in Slamming Trump Administration for Censoring Agricultural Research Crucial to Rural Communities Leaked Agricultural Research Service memo contains a sweeping list of banned words, including "climate," "affordable housing," and "safe drinking water." Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas, D-Ore., Che  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Warren, Schumer, Senate Colleagues Call on SEC to Launch Investigation into Possible Trump Tariff Market Manipulation, Insider Trading Senators: "It is unconscionable that as American families are concerned about their financial security during this economic crisis entirely manufactured by the President, insiders may have actively profited from the market volatility and potentially perpetrated fi  more