WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2022: Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici announced that a team of 8th graders - Nivedha Sathish Kumar, Sahana Muthaiya, and Anusha Jeyakumar - won the 2022 Congressional App Challenge for Oregon's First Congressional District. Sathish Kumar and Jeyakumar are students at Stoller Middle School and Muthaiya is a student at Tumwater Middle School. Their app, BikeBetter, aims to help bicyclists   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announce the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding a total of $1,493,897 to support education and land access programs for beginning farmers and ranchers in Oregon, providing them the tools and resources to succeed. "Agriculture is deeply ingrained in Oregon's economy," said Senator Merkley. "These awards to OSU and Rogue Farm Corps will ensure th  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announce the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding a total of $1,493,897 to support education and land access programs for beginning farmers and ranchers in Oregon, providing them the tools and resources to succeed. "Agriculture is deeply ingrained in Oregon's economy," said Senator Merkley. "These awards to OSU and Rogue Farm Corps will ensure that   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that Oregon will receive $801,300 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Emergency Rural Health Care Grant program to support organizations and facilities across Oregon provide vital emergency rural health care and food assistance to rural communities. "These grants awarded to Oregon will help provide crucial support i  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that Oregon will receive $801,300 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Emergency Rural Health Care Grant program to support organizations and facilities across Oregon provide vital emergency rural health care and food assistance to rural communities. "These grants awarded to Oregon will help provide crucial support in e  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2022: Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be cracking down on sugar products made by forced labor in the Dominican Republic: "As families around the country prepare their Thanksgiving sweets, they  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Nov. 21, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on today's announcement that Governor Brown will pardon Oregonians convicted of simple possession of marijuana. "Pardoning simple possession in Oregon is absolutely necessary to repair the damage done by the failed War on Drugs. It is the proper use of a governor's clemency powers and I hope that every governor and state legisla  more