WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (TNStalk)(TNSper) -- The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus issued the following statement on Jan. 5, 2023: * * * President Biden announced the appointment of Sukhee Kang as General Services Administration (GSA) Regional Administrator for Zone E, serving Arizona, California, Nevada, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, East Asia, and Guam. From 2008 to 2012, Mr. Kang was the mayor of Irvine, California. * * * Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) issued the fo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Jan. 5, 2023: * * * Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley--a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and strong defender of women's rights and opportunity--issued the following statement sounding the alarm on the Taliban's recent decision to remove women from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and to suspend access to higher education and secondary school for women and girls in Afghanistan: "Discri  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2023: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today announced he will have 11 open-to-all, in-person town halls between Jan. 7 and Jan. 20 for Oregonians in Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Clackamas, Linn, Lane, Polk, Marion, Yamhill, Multnomah and Washington counties Heading into these first town halls of 2023, Wyden has held 1,027 town halls statewide in fulfillment of his pledge to hold at least one town hall eac  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2023: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that four Oregon school districts will receive a combined nearly $20 million in competitive grants from the U.S. Department of Education to hire additional licensed mental health providers over the next five years. "Students, teachers and counselors across Oregon tell me just how crucial school-based mental health services are to young p  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2023: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that four Oregon school districts will receive a combined nearly $20 million in competitive grants from the U.S. Department of Education to hire additional licensed mental health providers over the next five years. "Students, teachers and counselors across Oregon tell me just how crucial school-based mental health services are to young peop  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is calling on the Biden Administration to strengthen support for Cuba's small and medium-sized private enterprises by creating more general licenses, as well as giving the private sector access to international banking, following his fact-finding trip to Cuba. Wyden, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee and was the first Senator to visit Cuba in four years, intends to discuss his i  more