WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: [3/22/24] - Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) --members of the House Committee on Education and Workforce and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committees, respectively-- released a joint statement praising the $1 billion increase for early childhood learning and care included the government funding package. The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) has joined the Supporting the Health and Safety of Law Enforcement Act as a cosponsor. The bipartisan proposal, introduced by Rep. Josh Harder (CA-09), would protect public safety by improving the effectiveness of responses to emergency situations involving behavioral health disorders. Specifically, the legislation seeks to match law enforcement officers with mental he  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today, Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and Kathy Manning (NC-06) introduced the Protecting Students on Campus Act. This bipartisan legislation would empower students to file reports to the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights if they experience antisemitic violence, harassment, or other unlawful discrimination on college campuses due to their heritage or religion. "The disturbing rise a  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on March 20, 2024: * * * On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) voted in opposition to H.R. 7521, the so-called Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. This bill would force the sale of the social media application TikTok, whose parent company, ByteDance, is based in China. Let me be clear: I am concerned about the Chinese government collecting America  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today, the House passed two bills introduced and led by Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) with broad bipartisan support. The FOCUS Act, H.R. 6260, includes provisions that reform federal real estate practices to save taxpayer dollars. Separately, the Impact of Crime on Public Building Usage Act, H.R. 6261, would commission a federal study to improve safety around public office buildings. Chavez-DeReme  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led their colleagues today in a letter to encourage U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to push for decisive measures in addressing plastic production at the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC)'s current session next month. The lawmakers emphasized the imminent danger plastic poses to public health, nati  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) led their colleagues today in a letter to encourage U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to push for decisive measures in addressing plastic production at the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC)'s current session next month. The lawmakers emphasized the imminent danger plastic poses to public health, national secur  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today Oregon State University (OSU) received $667,500 as an initial award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a set of interventions that includes tailored toolkits and resources that can be used by schools, preschools, and daycares to reduce wildfire smoke exposures and increase community resilience across Oregon. The i  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today Oregon State University (OSU) received $667,500 as an initial award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a set of interventions that includes tailored toolkits and resources that can be used by schools, preschools, and daycares to reduce wildfire smoke exposures and increase community resilience across Oregon. The inve  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following statement on March 22, 2024: * * * Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-02) released the following statement regarding the partial title transfer by the Bureau of Reclamation to the Ochoco Irrigation District (OID) of the water delivery infrastructure associated with Ochoco reservoir located near Prineville, Oregon: "This 'phase one' title transfer of the Crooked River Project's water distribution facilities to OID will provide   more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following statement on March 22, 2024: * * * Congressman Cliff Bentz, (OR-2) released the following statement regarding his vote in favor of the "The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act" (FCAA): "This was a difficult vote. There is much I dislike in this bill, but when we Republicans barely control only one of the three branches of government (House, Senate, White House), the results our team obtained after months of work and   more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Today, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), founder and co-chair of the Congressional Bike Caucus, accepted the inaugural Earl Blumenauer Lifetime Achievement Award from the League of American Bicyclists at the 2024 National Bike Summit. The award is the first of its kind, celebrating Blumenauer's relentless advocacy for bike and pedestrian issues throughout his more than 50 years of publ  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: Today, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) secured $1,383,069 for the seismic rehabilitation of Mill Park Elementary. The funding was included in the second bipartisan appropriations package that passed the U.S. House of Representatives today. "Resilient infrastructure is the bedrock of a livable community. Our children deserve this kind of federal commitment to disaster preparedness. I  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) announced she secured $2 million in the House Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations funding package for the Curry Health Network Chemotherapy Treatment Project at Curry General Hospital in Gold Beach, Oregon. These funds are included in legislation to fund the federal Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (LHHS), and were also championed by Oregon's  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: () -- Earlier this week, President Biden announced that Intel will receive $8.5 billion in funding from the CHIPS and Science Act to expand operations in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, and Oregon. "Investments from the CHIPS and Science Act in Oregon's Silicon Forest will help our region remain one of the world's most important semiconductor and technology ecosystems," said Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1). "I'  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today launched an investigation into the Geneva-based multinational bank Pictet to determine whether it is abetting tax evasion on an ongoing basis by a U.S. citizen under criminal investigation and whether this conduct is covered by the $123 million fine Pictet paid as part of its recent deferred prose  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on the Treasury budget proposal, on March 21, 2024: * * * This morning the Finance Committee welcomes Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for a hearing on the budget. This hearing always covers a range of economic issues, so I want to start with a look at the state of the economy as we meet here this morning. Right now, the U.S. has the strongest major economy in the world --  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Angus King, I-Maine, introduced legislation today that would crack down on schemes involving the abuse of certain high-value trusts by ultra-wealthy individuals to avoid income, gift and estate taxes. The Getting Rid of Abusive Trusts Act would close a loophole and modify rules dealing with   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Budget Committee Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., sent a letter on Thursday to Attorney General Merrick Garland seeking information and documents pertaining to alleged interference by senior Trump officials in a criminal investigation into corporate behemoth Caterpillar (CAT), the subject of   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they support the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) addressing concerns raised by the Crook County Board of Commissioners and local residents regarding the Knife River Corporation-West's wastewater permit in the county. "[Crook County] residents have continued to raise concerns over unsafe drinking water and potential health impacts to humans  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), today led colleagues including U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in calling on the Social Security Administration, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the U.S. Department of Education to end the practice of offsetting Social Security benefits to pay off defaulted student loans. Offsets under the Treasury Offset Program (TOP) are particula  more