WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: After asking the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to allocate needed funding for the construction of a permanent control tower at the Bend Municipal Airport, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) announced the airport will receive $1.29 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to invest in the project. This is in addition to the $1.6 million Chavez-DeRemer helped secure last year. "I wish to th  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Aviation Subcommittee, recently joined Reps. Val Hoyle (OR-04) and Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) to help introduce the Airport Ramp Worker Safety Act as an original cosponsor. This bipartisan legislation would require the development of training and safety standards to protect airport ground crew workers while   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and Elissa Slotkin (MI-07) have introduced bipartisan legislation to help specialty crop growers prevent losses due to spotted wing drosophila (SWD), an invasive species of fruit flies that causes damage to fruit crops like blueberries and strawberries. Specifically, the Spotted Wing Abatement Trust (SWAT) Act would fund research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Announcement comes as White House holds "SAVE Day of Action" in support of SAVE Plan Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Bob Casey (D-PA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Laphonza Butler (D-CA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Ch  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Today, Congressman Bentz led 19 of his Republican colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Director, Martha Williams, urging her to delist the Gray Wolf as a protected species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This letter follows the Service's decision last month to not re-list wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains because the Service found the wolf w  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called on the Biden Administration to declassify information concerning Paul Manafort's involvement with Russian government operatives, following news reports that Manafort may soon join Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Manafort served as Trump's campaign chairman for portions of the 2016 presidential campaign. He later was convicted of multiple crimes, including tax  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced they joined 10 of their colleagues in a letter to the Federal Trade Commission applauding its recent enforcement against Rite Aid for its use of discriminatory and invasive facial recognition technology. In the Rite Aid settlement, the FTC found the company's use of facial recognition systems in its pharmacies led to thousands of false identifications, r  more