WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District has announced its intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) concerning the operation and maintenance of the Willamette Valley System (WVS) in Oregon. This action responds to a directive within the 2024 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) requiring the formal analysis of an alternative that would cease hydropower operations at the Corps-owned and operated Willamette Valley Projects. T  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48302) on May 14, 2025, entitled "Critical Minerals on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's Role and Issues for Congress" by natural resources policy specialists Caitlin Keating-Bitonti and Laura B. Comay Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The first and second Trump Administrations and the Biden Administration have issued executive orders announcing U.S. pol  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Welch, Klobuchar, Wyden, Merkley, Oregon Governor Kotek Fight Back Against Republicans' Attack on SNAP, Nutrition Programs Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Nutrition and Specialty Crops, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Rural Developm  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48536) on May 14, 2025, entitled "Medicaid: Selected Resources for National, State and Local Enrollment Data" by research librarians Sarah K. Braun and Angela Napili: * * * Contents Purpose and Scope ... 1 Federal Data Sources ... 2 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National and State Data ... 2 Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC): National and State Da  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Daines, Salinas, Guthrie, Hoyle Champion Bipartisan Bill to Train Next Generation of Wildland Firefighters Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Montana's U.S. Senator Steve Daines, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Brett Guthrie (KY-02), and Val Hoyle (OR-04) today reintroduced the bipartisan Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement Act of 2025. This legislation di  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Bonamici Demand Reinstatement of Critical Disaster Mitigation Program for Oregon Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden--along with U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)--joined over 80 of their Senate and House colleagues in a bipartisan effort to demand that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem reinstate the Building Resilien  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Bonamici Demand Reinstatement of Critical Disaster Mitigation Program for Oregon Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden--along with U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)--joined over 80 of their Senate and House colleagues in a bipartisan effort to demand that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem reinstate the Building Resilient I  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski to EPA: "Let me help you" Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, hosted the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in subcommittee to discuss the agency's budget request. The Senator and Administrator Lee Zeldin discussed how the subcommittee can best serve the agency  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Oregon Delegation: Seven Airports In State Earn More Than $22 Million in Federal Grants WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oregon lawmakers today announced that seven airports in the Portland metro area, the Willamette Valley, Central Oregon and Eastern Oregon have secured about $22.7 million combined in federal grants for infrastructure improvements to taxiways, drainage, snow removal equipment and more. "These fe  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood and Secondary Education, issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Bonamici Opening Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing on Charter Schools WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) delivered the following opening statement at today's Early Childhood and Secondary Education Subcommittee hearing entitled, "Reimagining Edu  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Dexter Fights for Community Led Fire Resilience WASHINGTON, D.C-- Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, fought to uplift community-led fire resilience efforts to combat increasingly deadly wildfires during a committee hearing (link is external) on forest management. Dexter, a crit  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following floor remarks on May 14, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to condemn in the strongest terms the attack by DOGE on the Women's Bureau at the Department of Labor, the only Federal agency representing women in the workforce. Last week, Elon Musk's unelected, unqualified, inept team at DOGE canceled  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Hoyle to Co-Host Town Halls with Sen. Wyden in Coos & Curry Counties For Immediate Release: May 15, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) announced she will join U.S. Senator Ron Wyden on May 24th to co-host town halls in Coos and Curry Counties. This will be Representative Hoyle's second time in Coos and Curry counties, she previously joined Senator Merkley's town   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Salinas Votes Against "Cruel and Inhumane" Republican Budget in Agriculture Committee Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) issued the following statement after voting against advancing Republicans' budget bill out of the House Agriculture Committee: "This Republican budget bill is both cruel and inhumane. It punishes working families, taking away their health care and t  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Salinas, Guthrie, Hoyle, Merkley, Daines Champion Bipartisan Bill to Train Next Generation of Wildland Firefighters Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Val Hoyle (D-OR) - along with U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Steve Daines (R-MT) - reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement Act. This legislation d  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Kim and Merkley Lead Effort to Revive Invaluable Federal Pipeline Program of Top Talent into Public Service As program alumni, Senators Kim and Merkley introduce the TALENTS Act to defend the Presidential Management Fellows program after President Trump canceled this crucial tool for good governance. WASHINGTON D.C. - Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) led his first bill in the U.S. Senate, with Senato  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following remarks on May 14, 2025, at a hearing entitled "Trade in Critical Supply Chains": * * * Wyden Blasts Trump's Tariff War Threatening Global Supply Chains at Finance Committee Hearing As Prepared for Delivery The Committee is back again to assess Donald Trump's trade policy, and let's say it's not exactly a command performance. Our country is stuck in an endless cycle that Trump  more