WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * ADDITIONAL DATES: Bonamici Announces Town Hall Meetings in February WASHINGTON, DC [2/14/25] - Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) announced a series of five town hall meetings across the First Congressional District, which includes large portions of Washington and Multnomah counties and all of Clatsop, Tillamook, and Columbia counties. Bonamici will answer questions from attendees and   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following floor remarks on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Ahead of Final Floor Vote, Wyden Opposes the Nomination of RFK Jr. to be HHS Secretary As Prepared for Delivery Late into the night, senators spoke on the Senate floor about why Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the least qualified nominee to ever be tapped as America's chief health care officer. On issue after issue, Mr. Kennedy has demonstrated  more

SALEM, Oregon, Feb. 14 -- The Oregon School Boards Association issued the following news: * * * Complex ingredient interplay makes for rich 'alphabet soup' of education advocacy Our colleagues in other states tell us that Oregon is a bit of an outlier nationally with how closely our various education association partners collaborate. Personally, I take a fair amount of pride in that. Although we know that we will sometimes have "family fights," as we refer to them, when it comes to the big i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Gluesenkamp Perez Joins Bipartisan Effort to Introduce Bill to Extend Lifeline for Rural Schools Today, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) joined a group of her bipartisan colleagues to introduce the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act, to extend the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program to ensure rural communities can continue to access vital funds for infrastructure and schools, i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Joyce, Colleagues Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Increase Access to Nurses WASHINGTON, DC - This week, Representatives Dave Joyce (OH-14), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Jen Kiggans (VA-02), and Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) reintroduced the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act. This bipartisan legislation would increa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Joyce, Merkley, Colleagues Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Increase Access to Nurses WASHINGTON, DC - This week, Representatives Dave Joyce (OH-14), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Jen Kiggans (VA-02), and Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) reintroduced the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act. This bipartisan legislation would increase h  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Legislation to Address Antisemitism on College Campuses Reintroduced in Congress Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Senators Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada) in reintroducing the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of Education to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism when inv  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley Announces New February Town Halls Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici will co-host two community conversations Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced today he will hold six more town halls in February, with in-person community conversations in Tillamook, Clatsop, and Columbia counties on Saturday, February 22, followed by conversations in Polk, Yamhill, and Clackamas coun  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden Raise the Alarm Over NIH Funding Cuts that Derail Lifesaving Research, Cost Lives and Jobs in Oregon Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined an effort led by Washington State's U.S. Senator Patty Murray in expressing serious alarm over the Trump Administration's threats to cut the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) federal funding to research unive  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * Mexican citizen sentenced to 15 months in prison, following ICE, law enforcement partner investigation SEATTLE - A criminal alien and transporter for a northern border human smuggling conspiracy was sentenced Feb. 10, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 15 months in prison, announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investig  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 15 -- Oregon Wild issued the following commentary on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * We Will Not Obey in Advance By Arran Robertson The first few weeks of the Trump administration have been exhausting and alarming. We won't rehash the daily barrage of news, but the reality is clear: the separation of powers, the rule of law, and the Constitution itself are under attack. Trump repealed an Executive Order protecting old-growth forests, froze funding for environmental justice progra  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-California, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. LaMalfa and Neguse Introduce the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act Washington, D.C.-- Today, Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) and Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) introduced the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act, with Reps. Glenn 'GT' Thompson (R-PA), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), and Ryan Zinke (R-MT). First enacted in 2000, the Secure Rural Schools  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Mann, Panetta, Thompson, Bonamici, Sens. Young, Coons Honor National FFA Week WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), co-chairs of the Congressional FFA Caucus, and Representatives Glenn 'GT' Thompson (PA-15) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), co-chairs of the Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus, led 61 of their colleagues in introd  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Releases Draft Bill to Secure Americans' Communications Against Foreign Surveillance Demands Bill Fixes Loopholes in Flawed U.S. Law Used to Demand Apple Build Backdoors for iCloud Accounts, Putting Americans' Security at Risk Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a discussion draft of the Global Trust in American Online Services Act to secure Americans' communications  more