WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici Joins Science Subcommittees on Environment, Oversight WASHINGTON D.C. [2/28/25] -- The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Democrats have selected Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) to serve on the Subcommittee on Environment and the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight. "Oregon is home to cutting-edge research institutions and industry leaders in several key fi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2025: * * * Bynum Fights to Protect Firefighters from Cuts Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) led the entire Oregon House Democratic delegation in sending a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, urging both department heads to reconsider the ongoing hiring freeze and termination of employees at the United States Forest Service (USFS),   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2025: * * * Congresswoman Bynum Rejects 'Nonsense' Budget Proposal That Harms Oregon Families Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) released the following statement ahead of voting against H.Con.Res.14, the House Budget Proposal: "This is a nonsense proposal. At a time when the American people are struggling to make ends meet, this budget pulls the rug out from underneath   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2025: * * * Dexter Demands Trump Protect Trans Veterans, While Trump Attack Trans Service Members WASHINGTON, D.C -- Yesterday, at a joint Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing focused on Veterans Service Organizations, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), slammed President Trump's reckless effort to gut mental health resources for veterans, particularly for transgender vete  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter Slams Republican Budget, Offers Legislative Maneuver to Block Cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, Utility Assistance, Housing Amendments come in direct response to real-life impacts from constituents WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) introduced six amendments to stop House Republicans from slashing funding for vital programs--like Medicaid, SNAP, and federal housing assistance  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyle, Sanders, Warren, Schakowsky Introduce Social Security Expansion Act As Republicans Attempt to Undermine Social Security, Hoyle, Sanders, Warren, Schakowsky Introduce Legislation to Expand Social Security For Immediate Release: February 27, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. - As Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress attempt to advance legislation to give massive tax breaks to billionaires and undermine   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyle, Wyden, Salinas Join Legislation to Lower VA Medical Care Costs for Traveling Veterans WASHINGTON D.C. -- U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) along with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas (OR-06) said today they are joining legislation that would make it easier for 8 million veterans in Oregon and nationwide to receive essential health care and ensure the Department of Veterans A  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Bonamici, Jayapal Re-Introduce Legislation to Protect Consumers from Predatory Payday Lending Practices Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) to introduce the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act. The SAFE Lending Act safeguards consumers from deceptive and predato  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Question HUD Secretary on Alarming Consequences of New DOGE Task Force on Housing for America's Families Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined an effort to press U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner about the alarming consequences of a recently announced "Department of Government Efficien  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Question HUD Secretary on Alarming Consequences of New DOGE Task Force on Housing for America's Families Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined an effort to press U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner about the alarming consequences of a recently announced "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) Task Force that  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Sound the Alarm Over EPA Clean School Bus Program Funds Freeze Letter Text (PDF) Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined their colleagues in demanding an update from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin on the distribution of funding for the Clean School Bus program to recipients with signed agreements and   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Sound the Alarm Over EPA Clean School Bus Program Funds Freeze Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined their colleagues in demanding an update from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin on the distribution of funding for the Clean School Bus program to recipients with signed agreements and urging the EPA to immed  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden: Trump Devastates Oregon's Rural Communities with Federal Funding Cuts and Mass Firings Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley, the former top Democrat on the Appropriations subcommittee overseeing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Ron Wyden demanded recently confirmed U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins immediately reverse disastrous actions at  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden: Trump Devastates Oregon's Rural Communities with Federal Funding Cuts and Mass Firings Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley, the former top Democrat on the Appropriations subcommittee overseeing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Ron Wyden demanded recently confirmed U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins immediately reverse disastrous actions at th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Hoyle Statement on House Republicans' Senseless Budget Bill For Immediate Release: February 25, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) will vote against the House Republicans' partisan budget bill which will gut crucial programs like Medicaid and SNAP, all while adding a $4.5 trillion tax cut for multi-millionaires and billionaires. Ahead of the vote, Rep. Hoyle released t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Hoyle Statement on the White House's Outrageous Treatment of President Zelenskyy For Immediate Release: February 28, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) released the following statement after President Trump and Vice President Vance's outrageous treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House: "President Trump's press conference in th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Adam Smith, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Smith, Senator Merkley Launch Renewed Effort to Kick Hedge Funds Out of America's Housing Market WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Adam Smith (D-WA-09) and Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today teamed up to introduce strengthened legislation to put an end to the harmful practice of hedge funds buying up single-family homes. The Humans Over Private Equity (HOPE) for Homeowners  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Salinas, Chu, and Huffman Call on Trump Administration to Reverse U.S. Forest Service Layoffs Amid Growing Wildfire Crisis Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06), who serves as Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry, along with House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), led 80 of their collea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Salinas to Vote Against Republican Budget Scam Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) issued the following statement on her decision to vote against House Republicans' budget proposal, which makes drastic cuts to Americans' hard-earned benefits while giving trillions of dollars in tax breaks to billionaires: "Congressional Republicans and President Trump promised to cut costs  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Salinas, Balint Introduce Youth Mental Health Legislation Washington, D.C. -- On Friday, February 21, 2025, Rep. Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) introduced the Peer Education and Emergency Response (PEER) Mental Health Act. This legislation would support peer mental health training for teachers, school personnel, parents, caregivers, and students. The United States is in the m  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Salinas, Wyden, Hoyle Join Bipartisan Legislation to Lower VA Medical Care Costs for Traveling Veterans Washington, DC -- On Wednesday, February 26, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) along with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) announced they are joining bipartisan legislation that would make it easier for 8 million veterans in Oregon and nationwide to   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2025: * * * Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member: House Republican Budget Proposal Means "Families Lose, Billionaires Win" WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR) released the following statement after House Republicans voted to advance their version of a FY 2025 budget resolution: "The House Republican b  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Merkley, Representative Smith Launch Renewed Effort to Kick Hedge Funds Out of America's Housing Market Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Adam Smith (D-WA-09) today teamed up to introduce strengthened legislation to put an end to the harmful practice of hedge funds buying up single-family homes. The Humans Over Private Equity (HOPE) for Homeownership  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden and Sanders Warn Trump Layoffs Threaten Organ Transplant Reform Effort Mass Layoffs Across the Federal Workforce Primarily Impact New Hires, Including Experts Hired to Modernize the Outdated Organ Transplant System Letter from Senate Health Leaders Comes as a Report from the New York Times Shows Alarming Disregard for Organ Transplant Waiting List 1  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Announces Open-to-all Town Hall for Oregonians on March 4 Senator Wyden: "Rather than attend the State of the Union, I'm choosing to hear from residents in the best state of the union." Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today announced he will co-host a live on-line town hall Tuesday night, March 4 with People's Town Hall Opens in new tab to offer all Oregonians the opportunity to ask quest  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Demands Answers Regarding the Harmful Termination of Contracts at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs "Veterans hospitals cannot provide lifesaving services safely to veterans without these contracts. That is an unconscionable betrayal of commitments made to Americans who served our country" Washington DC-- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today demanded answers from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2025: * * * Wyden Demands End to Info Sharing Between ORR and ICE, Citing Threats to Care of Vulnerable Children Wyden also raises alarm that current Acting Director of ORR is an ICE detailee Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., demanded the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) stop any improper sharing of sens  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * Wyden Opposes the Nomination of Greer to be USTR Ahead of Floor Vote As Prepared for Delivery I rise in opposition to the nomination of Jamieson Greer to serve as United States Trade Representative. If confirmed, Mr. Greer would be the top official on one of Donald Trump's signature issues - trade and tariffs. Trump was elected president  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2025: * * * Wyden Statement on Trump Plan to Fire Half of Social Security Workforce Washington, D.C. -- Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following reports that the Acting Commissioner has asked managers at the Social Security Administration to produce a plan that would result in the termination of 50 p  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2025: * * * Wyden Statement on Trump's Latest Threat to Raise Prices on American Families Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump's announcement that 25 percent tariffs on everything Americans buy from Canada and Mexico will go into effect next week, and tariffs on products from  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden to FTC: Stop Companies from Offering Bait-and-Switch Sales of Digital TV, E-Book, Music, and Video Game Purchases Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., pressed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to stop companies from misleadingly offering people the ability to "buy" online content, including TV, e-books, movies, music, and video games, when the reality is consumers do not have total   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Help Make College Textbooks More Affordable Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he has joined Senate colleagues to introduce legislation designed to help students manage costs by making high quality textbooks easily accessible to students, professors, and the public for free. "With the cost of college attendance skyrocketing, students shouldn't  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Colleagues Urge Federal Courts to Affirm That Congress Holds the Power to Crack Down on Money Laundering Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined his colleagues in filing amicus briefs that called on two federal courts to affirm that Congress holds the power to crack down on anonymous money laundering under the bipartisan Corporate Transparency Act passed in 2021. The four-year  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2025: * * * Wyden, Colleagues Urge Federal Courts to Affirm That Congress Holds the Power to Crack Down on Money Laundering Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined his colleagues in filing amicus briefs that called on two federal courts to affirm that Congress holds the power to crack down on anonymous money laundering under the bipa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Finance Committee Democrats Object to Treasury Nomination Hearing While Trump Administration Stonewalls Finance Oversight, Committee Republicans Scheduled Hearing for Deputy Treasury Secretary Nominee Without Consent from Democrats Washington, D.C. - Led by Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee released the   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Hoyle, Salinas Join Legislation to Lower VA Medical Care Costs for Traveling Veterans Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden along with U.S. Reps. Val Hoyle (OR-04) and Andrea Salinas (OR-06) said today they are joining legislation that would make it easier for 8 million veterans in Oregon and nationwide to receive essential health care and ensure the Department of Veterans Affairs' travel rei  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Demand HHS Secretary Kennedy Reverse Drastic Cuts to Critical Health Care Assistance Program (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today demanded U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. reverse extreme and harmful funding cuts to the Affordable Care Act Navigator program. In a letter to Secretary Kennedy, Wyden and Merkley jo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Demand HHS Secretary Kennedy Reverse Drastic Cuts to Critical Health Care Assistance Program (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today demanded U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. reverse extreme and harmful funding cuts to the Affordable Care Act Navigator program. In a letter to Secretary Kennedy, Wyden and Merkley joine  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Join Bill to Codify DOJ's Office of Environmental Justice Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are joining legislation that would permanently codify the Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division, in the wake of Attorney General Pam Bondi's recent order eliminating all environmental j  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Join Bill to Codify DOJ's Office of Environmental Justice Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are joining legislation that would permanently codify the Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division, in the wake of Attorney General Pam Bondi's recent order eliminating all environmenta  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Press Feds on Threat of Rising Housing Costs from Plan to Reprivatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oregon senators: Privatization a giveaway for hedge funds, wealthy investors; could hurt homebuyers Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined Senate colleagues to press the Department of Housing and Urban Development on whether its p  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Press Feds on Threat of Rising Housing Costs from Plan to Reprivatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oregon senators: Privatization a giveaway for hedge funds, wealthy investors; could hurt homebuyers Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined Senate colleagues to press the Department of Housing and Urban Development on whether its plan  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Yamhill County Commissioner Bubba King to Join Congresswoman Salinas for State of the Union Address Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) announced that she will be joined by Yamhill County Commissioner Bubba King for President Trump's State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. "I am honored to have Yamhill County Commissioner Bubba King as my guest fo  more