WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Jan. 10, 2023: * * * Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley--a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee--issued the following statement ahead of planned Strategic Human Rights Dialogue taking place this week between the United States and Honduras. Uzra Zeya, the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, will lead the U.S.'s participation in the talks. "In electing Presi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) released the following statement after being sworn in as a member of the 118th Congress. This begins her sixth full term as the representative for Oregon's First Congressional District. The new district boundaries include large portions of Multnomah and Washington Counties, along with Clatsop, Columbia, and Tillamook Counties. "It is a great honor to represent Oregon  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2023: Today Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Mark Takano (D-CA) introduced legislation to help college students experiencing hunger. The Opportunity to Address College Hunger Act will require institutions of higher education to inform students in the Federal Work Study (FWS) program that they may qualify for SNAP benefits. Institutions would also give qualifying students official do  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a longtime member of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, today introduced the Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Farm Animals Act. The legislation would institute commonsense reforms aimed at mitigating losses and promoting fiscal responsibility by ensuring that recipients of payments under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Livestock Indemnit  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2023, and letter: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) today announced the creation of the Office of Rural Health (ORH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After both Senators advocated for the formation of the office, language establishing the ORH was included in the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus signed into law by President Biden last year. "Folk  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that $198,668 is coming to Oregon from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for project to improve water efficiency in Bend, Morrow County, and Klamath County. "Reliable water supply is vital for communities, farmers and ranchers, and for many iconic wildlife species?to thrive," said Merkley. "I'm pleased these funds are going to help improve water effic  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that $198,668 is coming to Oregon from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for project to improve water efficiency in Bend, Morrow County, and Klamath County. "Reliable water supply is vital for communities, farmers and ranchers, and for many iconic wildlife species?to thrive," said Merkley. "I'm pleased these funds are going to help improve water efficien  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden this week joined Senate colleagues to seek answers from Southwest Airlines for its mass flight cancellations in Oregon and nationwide over the holidays in the final week of December. "The mass flight cancellations at Southwest Airlines ("Southwest") during the last week of December ruined the holidays for tens of thousands of travelers, stranding them at gates without their bag  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter on Jan. 12, 2023: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined colleagues in urging the Biden administration to advance a national paid family and medical leave program in the FY2024 budget. "We thank President Biden for his commitment to expanding paid leave and urge that the administration's FY24 budget request meaningfully reflect that commitment. The United States is the world's only indu  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced that six Oregon counties will receive 80 vouchers from the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to fund permanent affordable housing assistance to Oregonians with extreme mental health concerns and disabilities.? "As the weather continues to be wet and cold, I'm gratified to see more Oregonians get a roof overhead," Wyden said. "Housing   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced that six Oregon counties will receive 80 vouchers from the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to fund permanent affordable housing assistance to Oregonians with extreme mental health concerns and disabilities. "As the weather continues to be wet and cold, I'm gratified to see more Oregonians get a roof overhead," Wyden said. "Housing is a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2023: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., today issued the following statements on a new analysis from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) showing the 2017 Trump tax law's immediate tax breaks for large, profitable corporations. GAO found that in the first year after the law went into effect: * The effective tax rate for profitable corporations was just 8.9 percent, a 4  more