WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: WISCONSIN - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin announced that the Village of Oregon is receiving $1 million to help offset construction costs for the recently opened public library. The funding, secured by Senator Baldwin in the 2023 government funding bill, helped the Village of Oregon build a new library that better serves the growing community's needs. The new library is triple the size of the former, ne  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), introduced a resolution calling for the peaceful transfer of power to President-elect Bernardo Arevalo in Guatemala. The resolution urges the government of Guatemala to prioritize and wor  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) is backing bipartisan legislation that seeks to prevent stillbirths in the United States. The Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education (SHINE) for Autumn Act would enhance data collection, research, education, and awareness by creating the first comprehensive, federal-state partnership to reduce stillbirth rates in the U.S. "Stillbirths continue causing far too much  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) is raising concerns after a Bloomberg report uncovered that the second-largest foreign owner of United States land owns 198,000 acres of forestland in Oregon. The individual, who is a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), owns around 33,000 acres of the Bull Springs Skyline Forest just west of Bend in the 5th District.  "Foreign ownership of United States land   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, members of the Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC) released the following statements on House Republicans in the Education and Workforce Committee advancing the so-called Pregnant Students' Rights Act. Despite its name, the bill provides no new rights to pregnant students, nor does is provide pregnant students with supports like child care or affordable housing. Instead, the bill r  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: Following new reporting that a billionaire foreign national purchased nearly 200,000 acres of American agricultural land in Oregon in 2015, making him the second biggest foreign owner of land in America, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today is calling on Congressional leaders to swiftly pass his bipartisan legislation that would crack down on ownership of U.S farmland and agribusinesses by our foreig  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), led 22 senators in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young, sounding their concerns about the administration's delay in finalizing proposed rules to end the sale of menthol flavor in cigare  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will be awarding communities across Oregon a total of $3,035,546 from the Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Program fund. These funds will be used to assist families who are struggling with housing affordability to maximize their housing assistance and connect them with training  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Andrea Salinas (OR-06), announced that federal funding is being awarded to seven Oregon school districts to help transition school bus fleets away from outdated diesel engines and toward new electric models. These electric buses to be used in the Beaverton, Gresham, Portland,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Andrea Salinas (OR-06), announced that federal funding is being awarded to seven Oregon school districts to help transition school bus fleets away from outdated diesel engines and toward new electric models. These electric buses to be used in the Beaverton, Gresham, Portland, Wi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Val Hoyle (OR-04) and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) introduced the Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All (DASH) Act, a companion bill to Senator Ron Wyden's legislation in the Senate. This groundbreaking legislation aims to tackle homelessness and address the housing affordability crisis in Oregon and across the country. "I am proud to introduce the DASH Act which is a c  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Gambling addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment (GRIT) Act, legislation that would create the first-ever federal funding stream dedicated to helping prevent, treat, and study gambling addiction in the United States. "Gambling addictions are hurting countless families, children  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 11, 2024: * * * Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in response to the announcement the White House intends to nominate Nelson Cunningham for Deputy U.S. Trade Representative: "At a time when our country is beset with trade challenges from China and other competitors for jobs and influence in the global economy, t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), both members of the Senate Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees, released the following statement after their visit to Egypt and Jordan: "The humanitarian disaster in Gaza is worsening by the day. Innocent Palestinians are on the verge of starvation, injured children are having their limbs amputated without anesthesia, sewage is spi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden released the following statement on the FTC holding X-Mode Social/Outlogic accountable for selling Americans' location data: "I commend the FTC for taking tough action to hold this shady location data broker responsible for its sale of Americans' location data. In 2020, I discovered that the company had sold Americans' location data to U.S. military customers through   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., urged the Inspector General of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to open an investigation into the recent hack of the SEC's social media account and the SEC's apparent failure to follow cybersecurity best practices, in a letter released today. On January 9, 2024, the SEC revealed that an unknown party had hacked its  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced more than $1 million in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for Oregon State University (OSU).  "In my meetings throughout the state with Oregon's agricultural sector, I'm always asking how I can support them do what they do best: grow things, add value and ship their products aroun  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Oregon U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined Senate colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy requesting information about the company's Delivery Service Partner (DSP) program and its efforts to avoid legal liability for the persistent mistreatment of DSP drivers. The senators are also seeking information regarding Amazon's justification   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined Senate colleagues in a letter to 13 non-unionized automakers urging them to allow United Auto Workers' (UAW) legally protected unionization efforts at their manufacturing plants. After the ratification of historic agreements between UAW and the Big Three automakers in Detroit, thousands of non-union autoworkers are publicly organizing to join t  more