WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bynum Announces Over $14 Million for Oregon's 5th District Included in Draft Funding Bills * Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Janelle Bynum (OR-05) announced the following Community Project Funding requests from Oregon's 5th District were included in the draft Fiscal Year 2026 government funding bills released by the House Appropriations Committee. The projects total over $14 million spanning across the  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Chairs Introduce Landmark Uyghur Genocide and Sanctions Accountability Act * Washington, D.C. - Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), the Chair and Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), today introduced the Uyghur Genocide and Sanctions Accountability Act of 2025, a comprehensive, bipartisan bill to address the People's Republic of China (PRC  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Bynum Blasts FEMA's Denial of Disaster Relief Resources to Oregon * Oregon City, OR - Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (D-OR) spoke out against the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) decision to deny the state's public assistance request following the severe storms, landslides, and mudslides that impacted the state in March 2025. "When natural disasters strike, Americans   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Continuing Epstein Investigation, Wyden Probes IRS's Failure to Investigate Sex Trafficker's Highly Lucrative Tax Planning Work Continuing his years-long investigation into the financing of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking network, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., wrote to IRS Commissioner Billy Long today demandin  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter Slams Repeal of Bedrock Environmental Finding * PORTLAND, OR -- Today, Congresswoman Dexter released the following statement in response to the formal rescission of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) endangerment finding (link is external), which found that greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane pose a threat to human lives. The endangerment finding has long served as the l  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * KAINE, CURTIS, AND MERKLEY INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO ADDRESS CRIMES IN BRAZILIAN AMAZON AND STRENGTHEN REGIONAL STABILITY * Bill would address organized crime, deforestation, and violence in the Brazilian Amazon WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), John Curtis (R-UT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), senior members of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemispher  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Merkley Statement on Additional GAO Determination That Trump Administration Again Violated the Impoundment Control Act Merkley Has Called on GAO to Investigate the Trump Administration's Violations of the Impoundment Control Act * Today, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) published additional findings that the Trump A  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Sullivan, Smith, McGovern Fight Back Against Foreign Governments Trampling Human Rights Within the U.S. and Beyond * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)--a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and past Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)--teamed up with current CECC Chair Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), CECC Co-Chair Represen  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 31 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * OHSU research team lands federal funding to study aggressive head and neck cancer $3.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health will fund organ-on-a-chip model of oral cancer and bone invasion By Angela Yeager Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have been awarded $3.5 million in federal funding to study the interactions of oral cancer with bone using advanced organ-on  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 1 -- Portland State University issued the following news release: * * * Faculty Research - Changing landscapes for community engaged learning in Vietnam Changing landscapes for community engaged learning in Vietnam: Exploring excitement and confusion in community-campus partnership development Faculty member: Dr. Kevin Kecskes * Change can be both exciting and challenging. Given that higher education in Asian contexts is changing rapidly, and especially so in Vietnam  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 1 -- Portland State University issued the following news release: * * * PSU-led mission helping bring closure, connection at WWII crash site More than 80 years after a U.S. bomber was shot down in western Germany, a team led by a Portland State University professor is working to bring closure and healing to the families of the missing crewmen and surrounding communities. In partnership with the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), archaeologists, cultural and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Wyden Investigation Reveals Harms and Discrimination Faced by LGBTQIA+ Youth in Residential Treatment Facilities Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released "Myself as I Am: Experiences of LGBTQIA+ Youth in Residential Treatment Facilities," which exposes the additional layers of vulnerability experienced by LGB  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Wyden Opposes HHS and Treasury Nominees As Prepared for Delivery Before we begin, I'd like to give a special thanks to Mr. Bob Becker, and his excellent work with the Senate Recording Studio for 34 years. I've been told this is his last Senate hearing. So Bob, thank you for your important service keeping the trains rolling, and we wish you   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Trump Administration Nominees As Prepared for Delivery The Committee meets this morning to discuss four nominations. Deputy United States Trade Representative covering Asia and a number of key sectors of the economy including textiles and intellectual property; the Treasury Department's point   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Lieu, Daines, and McClintock Reintroduce Legislation to Protect Americans from Warrantless Government Surveillance * The bill protects the rights of Americans by stopping agencies from using "stingray" phone surveillance to track mobile devices without a warrant Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with Senator Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Representatives Ted Lieu, D-Calif., and To  more