WASHINGTON, March 24 (Rep.) -- Del. Aumua Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: * * * Amata Co-Leads Bipartisan 2025 IOOS Reauthorization Bill to Strengthen Ocean Monitoring Washington, D.C. -- On Monday, Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata Radewagen of American Samoa along with sponsor Representative Mike Ezell (R-MS-04), and other original cosponsors Reps. Bonamici (D-OR-01), Weber (R-TX-14), Dingell (R-MI-06), and David (D-IL-07), introduced legislation to reauth  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bynum Hosts Roundtable with Oregon Labor Leaders Oregon City, OR - Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) hosted a roundtable with local labor leaders at the SEIU Local 503 Portland Office, including the VA AFGE President Yvonne Angel, representatives from SEIU 503 and 49, Ironworkers Local 29, the NW Oregon Labor Council, and more. Full list of organizations below. "I was raised by union members and   more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Bynum, Fields, and Liccardo Introduce the Protecting Families From Inflation Act to Lower Costs Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) along with Congressman Cleo Fields (LA-04) and Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA-16) introduced the Protecting Families From Inflation Act. The bill would require the Federal Reserve to examine the impact that tariffs have on inflati  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Dexter Leads Democrats Demanding End to Trump's Inhumanity at Guantanamo Bay WASHINGTON, D.C -- Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) led nearly 30 lawmakers in calling for an end to the Trump administration's efforts to detain immigrants at Guantanamo Bay. In the letter, Dexter slams the administration for human rights abuses at the facility and demands immediate action  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Ezell Introduces Bipartisan 2025 IOOS Reauthorization Bill to Strengthen Ocean Monitoring Today, Representatives Mike Ezell (R-MS-04), Bonamici (D-OR-01), Weber (R-TX-14), Dingell (R-MI-06), Radewagen (R-AS), and David (D-IL-07), introduced legislation to reauthorize the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) for the next five fiscal years, maintaining its authorized funding le  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Washington Examiner: Tuberville is the Senate champion needed to protect female sports WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, the Washington Examiner published a story highlighting Senator Tuberville's efforts to protect Title IX from the Radical Left's attempts to erase women's and girls' sports. Earlier this year, Senator Tuberville reintroduced the Protection of Women and Girls in Sport  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Statement on Juliana Case Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari by plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States, a case the Justice Department has consistently defended across three presidential administrations. The case, filed in 2015, sought to have courts force the government to implement more stringent, remedial measures related to climate change. The U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley Calls on Vought to Immediately Restore Website Listing Funds Spent by the Trump Administration WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, called on Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought to immediately restore the website listing funds that Congress appropriated a  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Risch, Wyden, Crapo Team Up for Bipartisan Bill to Boost Mass Timber Industry Nationwide International Mass Timber Conference Kicks off in Portland, Oregon Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Idaho's U.S. Senator James Risch today launched a renewed bipartisan effort to promote the use of mass timber in federal building projects and military construction. The bipartisa  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) for construction activities at Station Siuslaw River in Florence, Oregon. The authorization, published in the Federal Register on March 25, 2025, permits the incidental harassment of marine mammals due to pile driving associated with the construction project. The project aims to address shor  more

BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, March 25 -- The Illinois Farm Bureau issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Twenty-Five Graduate from Illinois Farm Bureau Agricultural Leaders of Tomorrow Program Twenty-five Illinois Farm Bureau members recently graduated from the Agricultural Leaders of Tomorrow, an extensive leadership development program designed to help participants develop leadership and advocacy skills and to become a voice for Illinois agriculture. ALOT provides selected IF  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Statement on Debt Ceiling Projection Washington, D.C. -- Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the Bipartisan Policy Center's new projection that the U.S. could default on its debt as soon as July: "The economic agenda for Trump and Republicans is about running up the debt and inflicting p  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Warren Press Social Security Commissioner Nominee on Trump, Musk Efforts to Gut Agency Ahead of Finance Committee hearing, lawmakers push nominee to make commitments to stop further cuts to Americans' benefits Senators say "we are gravely concerned about the current trajectory of the SSA and more specifically, that those charged with leading it might profit off its destruction." Washington D.C.  more