WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-O2) voted in favor of the 2023 fiscal year National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which contained an amendment he introduced that would require the United States Air Force to submit public plans for the future of bases operating with the F-15 Strike Eagle, such as Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, OR. "The inclusion of my amendment in the FY23 NDAA is immensely important as it en  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Dec. 8, 2022: * * * Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), founder and co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, released the following statement on President Biden's announcement that Russia will release Brittney Griner. "I am of course very relieved that Brittney Griner was released and on the way home to her family. I hope that this can be the start of another incremental step towards more rational ca  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Dec. 8, 2022: * * * Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) delivered the following statement on the House passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, which passed in a 258-169-1 vote. "This vote is profoundly significant. It affirms America's commitment to marriage equality, after a long and tortured process. "It is gratifying to see 39 Republicans join in the yes column, and I suspect there were others who agr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2022: Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) helped the House pass the Respect for Marriage Act, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden's desk to be signed into law. "Everyone should be able to marry who they love," said Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici. "The Respect for Marriage Act enshrines this fundamental principle into federal law so same-sex and interracial marriages are protec  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley--a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a leading voice on supporting democracy and human rights in the Asia-Pacific region--today announced that critical projects and policy initiatives aimed at strengthening U.S. response to human rights abuses were included in a key year-end legislative package that is expected to be signed into law in   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced $557,600 in federal funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)'s Monarch and Pollinator Fund to increase and improve western monarch butterfly and pollinator habitats in Oregon and California. Today's grants will come from a new pool of funding that was announced at Senator Merkley's summit on preserving the monarch butterfly, whic  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi urging them to not include fossil fuel permitting reform as part of the National Defense Authorization Act, an omnibus appro  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), today introduced the Methane Emissions Research Act of 2022, a bill intended to empower the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to measure and quantify methane emissions from domestic oil and gas operations. "In the short term, methane is at least 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide at warming our planet a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that Oregon is receiving $39,664,611 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve critical public health infrastructure serving Oregonians and $2,347,258 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support the housing needs of people living with HIV/AIDS. "It's vital that patients and their families rece  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that Oregon is receiving $39,664,611 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve critical public health infrastructure serving Oregonians and $2,347,258 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support the housing needs of people living with HIV/AIDS. "It's vital that patients and their families receive  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal (D-CA) during today's hearing titled, "U.S. Coast Guard's Leadership on Arctic Safety  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2022: Representative Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I), U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, and Representative Sam Graves (  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Dec. 8, 2022: Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Adam Schiff (CA-28), Jim P. McGovern, Ted Lieu (CA-33), Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and Ro Khanna (CA-17) issued the following statement applauding Senator Bernie Sanders' action to bring the bipartisan Yemen War Powers Resolution to the Senate floor: As House sponsors of the bipartisan Yemen War Powers Resolution (H.J.Res. 87), we are p  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2022, and letter: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today continued his investigation of Big Pharma's tax practices with a final request to Amgen for voluntary compliance in providing information about efforts to avoid billions in taxes through profit-shifting to subsidiaries in Puerto Rico. Wyden's letter follows a previous request to Amgen on   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- 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 Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., requested documents from the State and Defense Departments related to former Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner's role in U.S. foreign policy while his family business sought a bailout from foreign governments seeking to influence the Trump administ  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a new River Democracy Act that reflects input from communities across Oregon over the past year to update the total mileage of rivers and streams in Oregon that would be added to the national Wild and Scenic Rivers system. The total mileage of rivers and streams in the revised bill is approximately 3,215 miles, compared to 4,700 miles in the original bi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a new River Democracy Act that reflects input from communities across Oregon over the past year to update the total mileage of rivers and streams in Oregon that would be added to the national Wild and Scenic Rivers system. The total mileage of rivers and streams in the revised bill is approximately 3,215 miles, compared to 4,700 miles in th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today urged the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to give parity to the priorities of growers and communities in Oregon and the West through existing authorities, new funding, and collaboration across government. "The American West is in crisis. Across the major basins of the American West - including the Colorado River Basin, the Rio Grande Bas  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter on Dec. 7, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today urged the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to give parity to the priorities of growers and communities in Oregon and the West through existing authorities, new funding, and collaboration across government. "The American West is in crisis. Across the major basins of the American West - including the Colorado River Basin, the R  more