WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici Blasts Musk's Attempted Takeover of NOAA WASHINGTON, DC [2/5/25] - Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici released the following statement after Elon Musk's DOGE team invaded the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "This is an outrageous and reckless assault on science, the economy, and the safety of coastal communities across the country," said Congresswoman Suzanne Bo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici Leads Effort to Protect Local Public Schools, Public Education Backed by American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association, Parent Teacher Association, others WASHINGTON, DC [02/05/25] - Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) introduced a resolution that advocates for protecting local public schools and condemns any attempt to defund public education. Bonamici is th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici, Sykes, Warren Introduce Bill to Stop Crisis Pregnancy Centers from Spreading Anti-Abortion Disinformation WASHINGTON, DC [02/3/25] - Today Congresswomen Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Emilia Sykes (D-OH), along with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), introduced the Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation (SAD) Act to crack down on the use of misleading advertising and disinformation by crisis pregna  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo Continues Push to Reauthorize Program Supporting Rural Idaho Counties Washington, D.C. \--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) led U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and 17 other Senate colleagues in reintroducing legislation, S. 356, to reauthorize the U.S. Forest Service's Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program (SRS) through Fiscal Year 2026.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Wyden Announce Senate Finance Subcommittee Assignments Washington, D.C. \--Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) today announced subcommittee assignments, Joint Committee on Taxation membership and the designation of members to serve as Congressional Trade Advisors for the 119 th Congress. Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Famil  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Today, all six Democratic physicians in the House of Representatives spoke out against the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Representatives Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-25), Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), Kelly Morrison, M.D. (MN-03), and Herb Conaway, M.D. (NJ-03) released the following joint st  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2025: * * * Wyden, Pallone, and Neal Sound the Alarm Over Musk and his "DOGE" Lackeys Can Exploit Americans' Sensitive Health Care Information * * * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., and House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal, D  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Yesterday, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), in her capacity as Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and full Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (CA-02) sent a letter to Republican Committee Chair Bruce Westerman demanding a committee hearing on Trump's unprecedented and illegal late-night firing of inspectors general from var  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Finance Committee member Michael Bennet (D-Colorado), with Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Finance Committee member Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), reintroduced the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Screening Coverage Act that would ensure Medicare beneficiaries' access to cutting-edge tests   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Finance Committee Members Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure Medicare Patients' Access to Cancer Detection Technologies Washington, D.C. \--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Finance Committee member Michael Bennet (D-Colorado), with Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Finance Committee member Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), reintroduced the Medicare Multi-Cancer Ear  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH, MERKLEY INTRODUCE BILL TO PERMANENTLY AUTHORIZE CDC OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH Senators Want Statutory Authorization to Keep Focus on Rural Health Needs WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today introduced legislation to build on their efforts to bring a sharper focus on rural health needs by permanently authorizing the Office of Rural Health   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley and Colleagues to EPA Administrator Zeldin: Provide Valid Legal Basis for EPA Funding Freeze that is Threatening Jobs and Jeopardizing Infrastructure Projects During his first days on the job, EPA Administrator Zeldin rubber stamps Trump's disastrous funding freeze and violates federal law Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley--a senior member of the Senate Environment and Pub  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Murray, King, Heinrich Sound the Alarm Over National Parks Staffing Shortages Due to Trump's Hiring Freeze Washington, D.C. - Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Energy and Natural Resources National Parks Subcommittee Ranking MemberSenator Angus King (I-ME), and Senat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Murray, Pingree, and DeLauro: EPA Illegal Funding Cuts Harm Public Health, Environment, and Families Washington, D.C. - Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (ME-01), and House Appropriations   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden Join Effort Raising Alarm Over Trump Administration Chaos at Critical National Security Agencies Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley -- a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee - and Ron Wyden joined an effort led by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) that raises the alarm of the growing chaos and dysfunction at the U.S. Department of State and the Trump Adminis  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following opening statement on Feb. 6, 2025, on the nomination of Jamieson Greer for the U.S. Trade Representative: * * * "Donald Trump has spent the past year lying nonstop about trade policy. He shouted that tariffs were something other countries pay, when the truth is that tariffs are a tax on American families. That's why I've been so committed to fighting Trump's across-the-board tar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2025: * * * Wyden highlighted: "There is no reason non-government political operatives would need access to sensitive payment systems." * * * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sounded the alarm following reports of DOGE operatives accessing the Social Security Administration's (SSA) data systems, after taking control of the Depa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * As Prepared for Delivery This morning the Finance Committee will vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to serve as our nation's chief health care officer. Before we get to Mr. Kennedy and why I believe he's unfit to serve as HHS Secretary, I'd like to say this: the last several days we've witnessed an authoritarian takeover of our federal   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: * * * "I'm not flying 3,000 miles away every week, twice a week, for you to take my money. I'm not giving an inch." * * * Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) joined several Democratic colleagues at the "Nobody Elected Elon!" rally to speak against the hostile takeover by unelected billionaires. Americans have made it clear - unelected billionaires should not be allowed to compromise   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: * * * Legislation would prohibit retaliation against federal employees who resist, circumvent, or prevent Musk's takeover * * * Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) introduced new legislation to protect federal workers who stand up against Elon Musk's grotesque seizure of critical government agencies. The Stop Musk Act would prohibit retaliation of any kind against any federal   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2025: Today, Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) announced that she has left the House's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus with the following statement: "My responsibility as a Representative is to be a good steward of my constituents' tax dollars, and I take that job seriously. I joined the DOGE Caucus to ensure there was a voice in the room for working people and to protect Americans' earn  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2025: * * * New Reporting Suggests Treasury's Claim of "Read-Only" DOGE Access to Payment Systems was False and Musk Personnel Meddled with Code; Wyden Continues Investigation and Demands the Full Truth * * * Continuing his investigation of Elon Musk's infiltration of the Treasury Department's highly-sensitive payment systems, Senate Finance Committee R  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Salinas Reintroduces Legislation to Provide Free Mental Health Visits for Americans Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06), who serves as Co-Chair of the bipartisan Mental Health Caucus, introduced the Helping Out Patients for Emotional (HOPE) and Mental Wellbeing Act. This legislation would provide three free behavioral health visits per year for individuals who are insure  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Salinas Statement on Trump's Harmful Tariffs Salem, OR - Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) issued the following statement after President Trump announced steep tariffs that will raise prices for working families and cripple our economy: "Oregonians are already struggling to pay the bills and put food on the table. Instead of working to make their lives better, President Trump is slapping   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Salinas, Blumenthal Reintroduce Bill to Address Gambling Addiction Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment (GRIT) Act, bicameral legislation that would dedicate federal funds to studying, preventing, and treating gambling addiction in America. Rep. Salinas and Sen  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden today demanded White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles answer questions about the acute risks posed to national security by letting unvetted 'DOGE' staff rifle through Americans' private data and classified government materials. Wyden, along with fellow Senate Intelligence Committee members Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Angus King (I-ME), Michael Bennet (D-CO)  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., voted against advancing Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to serve as director of national intelligence in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today. "Tulsi Gabbard's statements, writings, and record since she left Congress show that she views issues of national security and foreign intelligence primarily through an extreme partisan lens. Disturbingly, Ms. Gabbard  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2025: * * * Today, Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR) released the following statement on the FY25 budget resolution: "Republicans are taking a blatant first step to give tax breaks to the already richest Americans--and our families will pay the price," said Ranking Member Jeff Merkley. "The proposed budget resolution is a bait a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley--Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee--released the following statement as Senate Democrats speak on the Senate floor all night in opposition to the nomination of Russell Vought to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): "Russell Vought is dangerously unfit to serve in gove  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) today announced subcommittee assignments, Joint Committee on Taxation membership and the designation of members to serve as Congressional Trade Advisors for the 119th Congress. Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy Republicans Chuck Grass  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement at a Jan. 29, 2025, confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of Health and Human Services: * * * The question before the Finance Committee this morning is whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should be trusted with the health and well-being of the American people. Committee staff have examined thousands of pages of statements, books, and podcast transc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2025: * * * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee released a draft budget resolution with reconciliation instructions: "The way this is written means only one thing: Republicans have their knives out for Americans' health care," Wyden said. "It's been clear from   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Today, Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley -- a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee - and Ron Wyden joined an effort led by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) that raises the alarm of the growing chaos and dysfunction at the U.S. Department of State and the Trump Administration's illegal attempt to destroy the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID is a critical pillar of U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley (both D-Ore.) said today that they along with U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and 17 other Senate colleagues have reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program (SRS) administered for counties hosting both U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management forested land  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are demanding the immediate reinstatement of Inspectors General (IGs) from at least 18 government agencies, in a letter to Donald Trump strongly condemning his recent decision to remove them from their crucial posts. The IGs who were removed included those overseeing the Departments of Defense, State, Education, Transportation, Veterans Affairs, Housing a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are joining colleagues to demand answers and action from the Trump administration about the acute financial impacts and lingering uncertainty faced by Head Start programs in Oregon and nationwide following the Office of Management and Budget's memo that froze funding government-wide, and as many Head Start programs continue to be locked out   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: * * * Wyden, Colleagues Condemn the Use of U.S. Military Assets or Personnel to Take Over Gaza Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Peter Welch (D-VT) today unveiled a resolution affirming that the Palestinian   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: * * * Wyden, Colleagues Introduce Antitrust Legislation to Take on Algorithmic Price Fixing, Bring Down Costs Senator says Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act "will send a strong message to corporations that they won't get away with coordinating to ratchet up prices on consumers." Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today joined Senate colleagues to introduce legislation that  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Call for Reinstatement of Inspectors General Illegally Fired by Trump WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are demanding the immediate reinstatement of Inspectors General (IGs) from at least 18 government agencies, in a letter to Donald Trump strongly condemning his recent decision to remove them from their crucial posts. The IGs who were removed in  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Demand Answers and Actions from Feds as Many Head Start Programs in Oregon and Nationwide Still Face Funding Disruptions Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are joining colleagues to demand answers and action from the Trump administration about the acute financial impacts and lingering uncertainty faced by Head Start programs in Oregon and nationw  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: * * * Wyden, Merkley Launch Probe into DOGE's Interference with Department of Education, Access to Federal Student Loan Data Musk's Team May Have Obtained Access to Personal Information of Millions of Borrowers; Raises Concerns About Violations of the Law, Failure to Protect Sensitive Information Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today demanded an investig  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Crapo, and Risch Push to Reauthorize Program Supporting Rural Counties in Oregon, Idaho and Nationwide Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley (both D-Ore.) said today that they along with U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and 17 other Senate colleagues have reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and S  more