WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2023: Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) has been selected to serve on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and the House Committee on Agriculture for the 118th Congress. "I'm excited to serve Oregonians on the Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, and Agriculture committees. These three committees   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) recently cosponsored the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2023, led by Rep. Kat Cammack (FL-03). The REINS Act would reassert Congress' legislative authority and prevent excessive overreach by the executive branch in the federal rulemaking process. Specifically, it would require every new "major rule" proposed by federal agencies to be   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Jan. 19, 2023: * * * U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) released the following statement after the United States hit its debt limit--the technical limit on how much it can borrow to pay debt incurred over the past few decades--and began extraordinary measures. "Congress has an urgent responsibility to pass legislation to keep our country from defaulting on its debt incurred under Republic  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter on Jan. 19, 2023: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA-02) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), today sent a letter to the Biden Administration requesting a minimum 18-month extension to the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) program to protect Hong Kong residents living in America from deportation. The DED program was instituted in reaction to the erosion of righ  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced a total of $450,000 is coming to Oregon from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for Arts Projects and Challenge America grants in several communities in the state: Beaverton, Bend, Eugene, Portland, Salem, Springfield, and Warm Springs. * "Art plays a critical role in enriching our lives, and it's important that we give the artists in our com  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced a total of $450,000 is coming to Oregon from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for Arts Projects and Challenge America grants in several communities in the state: Beaverton, Bend, Eugene, Portland, Salem, Springfield, and Warm Springs. "Art plays a critical role in enriching our lives, and it's important that we give the artists in our communit  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing over $40 million in new funding in Fiscal Year 2023 for key high-risk landscapes in Oregon--including $4,500,000 for the Mount Hood National Forest, $35,400,000 for the Klamath River Basin, and additional funding for the Deschutes National Forest--to expand efforts to reduce the risk of catast  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2023: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and former Representative Chris Cox, R-Calif., the original co-authors of Section 230, today submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court urging the court to uphold decades of precedent concerning their 1996 law. Section 230 is a pioneering internet law provision that ensures the person who creates content -- such as a tweet, blog post or video -- is the o  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today hailed an announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) outlining the timeline and mechanisms for Medicare drug price negotiation policies as it goes into effect this year: "Today's announcement is a critical step towards unshackling Medicare and delivering on the promise of drug pricing fair  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the newly released CBO score of the House Republican bill rescinding funding Democrats passed in the Inflation Reduction Act to crack down on tax cheating by the wealthy and corporations. CBO found the House Republican bill would add more than $114 billion to the deficit and reduce revenues by nearly $  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the debt limit and Republicans threatening Social Security and Medicare: "It is important to be crystal clear about what Republicans are after with their threats regarding the debt limit, which the US will hit next week. Once again Republicans are demanding cuts to Medicare,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the House Republican bill rescinding the IRS funding Democrats passed in the Inflation Reduction Act to crack down on tax cheating by the wealthy and corporations: "Now that the speakership is settled, the House is proving that there's nothing more unifying to Republicans than giving a huge, deficit-e  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter on Jan. 18, 2023: Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked the Department of Justice Inspector General to investigate the relationship between multiple federal law enforcement agencies and an Arizona nonprofit that has collected records of millions of Americans' money transfers. Wyden's request reflects new details about the Transaction Record Analysis Center (TRAC) that he uncovered as part of a year-long invest  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 19, 2023: * * * Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement on the debt limit. "Right now the U.S. has the strongest major economy in the world, the lowest unemployment in generations and steadily declining inflation. As of today, Republicans are holding all of that for ransom. "Republicans are threatening to tank the econom  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2023: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today that top federal officials responsible for more than $42 billion in high-speed internet funding are proving responsive to concerns about ensuring that a new broadband map is accurate so rural Oregonians get the funding they need to expand internet access. Wyden spoke last week by phone with both Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Assistant Commerce Secretary   more