WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC-12), co-founder and co-chair of the Black Maternal Health Caucus, again joined forces with Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02), Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Louisiana's U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. to announce the introduction of the bipartisan, bicameral Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Actof 2023. One out of 75 U.S. birth  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 10, 2023: Today, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) announced that middle and high school students across Oregon's 5th Congressional District are invited to participate in the 2023 Congressional App Challenge. This is a nationwide competition that encourages students to learn to code and gives them hands-on experience in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). "The success of our econo  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 14, 2023: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced he secured major economic development and community safety improvement investments for the state in the FY24 Senate Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) bill and Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) bill. The bills passed out of committee with bipartisan support. Fe  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 11, 2023: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Louisiana's U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. joined forces with U.S. Representatives Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02) and Alma Adams (D-NC-12) to announce the introduction of the bipartisan, bicameral Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2023. One out of 175 U.S. births tragically result in stillbirths, accounting for nearly 21,000 stillbirths a   more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led 13 Senators in the introduction of a resolution to protect the fundamental rights of the nation's children to a safe, habitable environment in the face of climate chaos' increasingly destructive effects. This resolution is also cosponsored by Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Bernie Sander  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Tennessee's U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty, and Texas' U.S. Senator Jon Cornyn today announced that their bipartisan Senate resolution reaffirming the United States' recognition of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of the Republic of India has passed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This resolution is also cosponsored by Senators T  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) teamed up with U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37) to introduce a bicameral resolution designating July as Plastic Pollution Action Month, citing extreme concern over the plastic pollution crisis that is threatening human health, dumping tens of millions of pieces of plastic in the ocean, and killing hundred  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 10, 2023: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the U.S. Forest Service will be awarding $19,999,000 for the Tualatin Mountain Forest project and the Minam Conservation and Connectivity project through the Forest Legacy Program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These projects will help conserve and manage economically and ecologically significant forestlands in Oregon  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 10, 2023: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that U.S. Forest Service will be awarding $19,999,000 for the Tualatin Mountain Forest project and the Minam Conservation and Connectivity project through the Forest Legacy Program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These projects will help conserve and manage economically and ecologically significant forestlands in Oregon.  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the Oregon Manufacturing Extension Program (OMEP) was awarded $2,217,708 to provide public-private partnerships to small- and medium-sized manufacturers in Oregon. The funding comes from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). "If we don't make things in America, we won't have a middle class in America, and when Oregon's ma  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 11, 2023: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding a total of $46,356 to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) for air monitoring to help improve public health data.? "One of the most important steps in protecting frontline communities from bad air pollution is actually monitoring their a  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 11, 2023: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding a total of $46,356 to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) for air monitoring to help improve public health data. "One of the most important steps in protecting frontline communities from bad air pollution is actually monitoring thei  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter on July 11, 2023: Today, the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Climate Jobs Task Force Co-Chairs -- Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Nikki Budzinski, and Mark DeSaulnier -- along with four of the Task Force members, sent a letter to Secretary Granholm urging the Department of Energy (DOE) to incorporate the Good Jobs Principles as it implements the historic investments from the In  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Today, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) introduced legislation to ensure ports can apply for infrastructure grants that support commercial fishing, bolster jobs, and drive the economies of our coastal communities. Current law does not make it explicitly clear whether ports can apply for Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grants that support commercial fishing, often leaving it   more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: This week, U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced legislation alongside U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and John Fetterman (D-PA) that would provide tenants and owners of manufactured (mobile) homes with enhanced protections against predatory landowners in federally backed Manufactured Housing Communities (MHC).  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on July 14, 2023: * * * Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement today on the announcement that the IRS had successfully closed 175 delinquent tax cases involving millionaires: "Democrats promised better taxpayer service and a crackdown on wealthy tax cheats when we passed the Inflation Reduction Act, and this new report shows th  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), U.S. House Ways & Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-Missouri) and Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-Massachusetts) released a discussion draft of legislation to provide relief from double-taxation for workers and businesses engaged in U.S.-Taiwan cross-border investmen  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today announced that the committee will mark up legislative proposals to modernize and enhance federal prescription drug programs on Wednesday, July 26th at 2 p.m. The committee package will focus on addressing pharmacy benefit manager practices that have grown incr  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 11, 2023: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today launched an effort to address uncertainties surrounding the tax treatment of digital assets with an open letter seeking input from experts, stakeholders and interested parties. "The rapid emergence of digital assets has raised novel regul  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden secured an important step forward for the Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act-- legislation informed by Eastern Oregon ranchers, tribes and environmental organizations convened by Wyden that would preserve the Owyhee and introduce more flexibility into the established grazing management system. "We have a piece of legislation that preserves not just a treasur  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Peter Welch, D-Vt., and U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., today introduced legislation that would improve child nutrition by expanding access to locally-grown, unprocessed fruits and vegetables for school meal programs. "Every child should have access to healthy, fresh meals, no matter their ZIP code or their family's income,"   more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter on July 10, 2023: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today urged St. Alphonsus Health Systems to continue maternal care services at the Baker City hospital to let the Eastern Oregon community work with federal and state agencies to develop alternative solutions. St. Alphonsus Hospital in Baker City announced in June its intent to cease maternity care and birthing services starting July 30. "We   more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter on July 13, 2023: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today with their colleagues urged the EPA to finalize the strongest feasible multi-pollutant vehicle emission standards for light- and medium-duty vehicles before the end of this year. In 2021, U.S. passenger cars and light-duty trucks contributed more than half of all transportation emissions in the U.S. The 2020 passenger fleet produces more  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced this week that Oregon will receive nearly $20 million to perform crucial updates to the electrical grid in low-income communities and on Tribal land. "Oregon families without means and Tribal families in Oregon have been on the front lines of the climate emergency in their communities - some losing power for days due to winter storms, and other  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced this week that Oregon will receive nearly $20 million to perform crucial updates to the electrical grid in low-income communities and on Tribal land. "Oregon families without means and Tribal families in Oregon have been on the front lines of the climate emergency in their communities - some losing power for days due to winter storms, and ot  more