WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Amber Schulz-Oliver, executive director of Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, from a Feb. 25, 2025, hearing entitled "Federal Indian Trust Asset Management: Progress Made But Improvement Needed": * * * The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians ("ATNI") is pleased to provide this testimony on federal Indian trust asset management, specifically the Indian Trust  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Members of Congress to UK Spy Court: UK Gag Orders for Surveillance Backdoors Threaten Americans' Security and Privacy, Impede Congressional Oversight Wyden, Biggs, Padilla, Davidson and Lofgren Urge UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal to Lift Secrecy Around Reported UK Government Order to Weaken Encryption and Threaten the Security and Privacy of Americans' Information Washington, D.C. - U.  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release on March 13, 2025: * * * Department of Labor announces senior Trump Administration appointees WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced senior political appointees who will help Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer execute President Donald Trump's mission of putting American workers and retirees first. Bureau of International Labor Affairs John Clark will serve as policy advisor to the Bureau of   more

SALEM, Oregon, March 13 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association posted the following news: * * * Details bedevil efforts to define shared education accountability OSBA Executive Director Emielle Nischik (left) and COSA Legislative Director Parasa Chanramy testified Monday, March 10, before the House Education Committee that they support Gov. Tina Kotek's school accountability bills but are concerned about some implementation issues. Gov. Tina Kotek's long-discussed acc  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: * * * Growth in Metro Areas Outpaced Nation Some Metro Areas That Experienced Population Declines During COVID Are Bouncing Back Population growth in U.S. metro areas as a whole was faster between 2023 and 2024 than in the previous year and outpaced that of the nation. Additionally, some metro areas that experienced population declines during the COVID-19 pandemic are now observing population gains, according t  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Intertribal Timber Council President Cody Desautel from a Feb. 25, 2025, hearing entitled "Federal Indian Trust Asset Management: Progress Made But Improvement Needed": * * * Thank you for holding today's hearing to examine how to improve the management of Indian trust assets. As President of the Intertribal Timber Council, I will focus my comments on timber assets  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following testimony by Daniel J. Rohlf, a professor at Lewis and Clark Law School, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Evaluating the Implementation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act": * * * Thank you, Chair Hageman, Ranking Member Hoyle, and members of the Subcommittee, for your invitation to speak to you today. My name is Daniel Rohlf. I am a Pr  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * Merkley Statement at Committee Vote on OMB Deputy Director Nominee Bishop WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, issued the below statement at today's executive session on the nomination of Dan Bishop to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Merkley,   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Reed, Grijalva, Huffman, Casten to Energy Secretary Wright: New LNG Exports Hurt American Households and Businesses Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Rhode Island's U.S. Senator Jack Reed, U.S. Representatives Raul Grijalva (D-AZ-07), Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), and Sean Casten (D-IL-06) led 40 Members of Congress to demand that recently confirmed U.S. Department of   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden Slam Trump's Layoffs of Vital Agricultural Researchers for Rural and Coastal Communities Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today continue to sound the alarm over staffing shortages at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the impacts of these disruptions on the livelihoods of farmers, fishermen, and ranche  more

SALEM, Oregon, March 14 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release on March 13, 2025: * * * Attorney General Rayfield Sues Trump Administration to Stop Dismantling of Department of Education and Protect Students Attorney General Rayfield today joined a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration to stop the dismantling of the Department of Education (ED). On March 11, the Trump administration announced that ED would be firing approx  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Merkley, Thompson, LaMalfa Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Protect Winegrape Growers Against Wildfire Smoke Damage Legislation would support growers in California, Oregon, and Washington -- three of the biggest wine-producing states in the country WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), along with Representatives Mike Thompson  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Merkley, Thompson, LaMalfa Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Protect Winegrape Growers Against Wildfire Smoke Damage Legislation would support growers in California, Oregon, and Washington -- three of the biggest wine-producing states in the country WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), along with Representatives Mike Thompson (D-  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Cleaver, Aderholt Introduce Bipartisan Deliver for Democracy Act to Help Local News Overcome Persistent Issues with USPS (Washington, D.C.) - This week, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Robert Aderholt (R-AL) re-introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Deliver for Democracy Act, a bill that would incentivize reliable services from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and limit exc  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Finance Democrats Demand Hearing to Investigate Trump-Musk Attacks on Social Security Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and every Democratic member of the committee urged Chair Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, to immediately convene a hearing to investigate the alarming developments at the Social Security Administrati  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch and Rounds Lead the Bipartisan Deliver for Democracy Act to Help Local News Overcome Persistent Issues with USPS WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) this week led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) in reintroducing the  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on March 13, 2025: * * * Wyden Statement on Massive Deficit Impact of Trump IRS Layoffs Washington, D.C. -- Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the Yale Budget Lab's new report showing that the Trump-Musk administration's rumored IRS layoffs could lead to a 10-year deficit increase of $2.4 trillion an  more