WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate for the Dalles Watershed Development Act (H.R. 655). * * * H.R. 655 would direct the Forest Service to convey 150 acres of federal land in the Mount Hood National Forest to the city of Dalles, Oregon, without consideration and subject to valid existing rights, if the city requests the land. Under the bill, the city would be required to pay all costs associated with a conveyance, and the land would need t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Finance Democrats Call on Crapo to Hold Hearing on Personal Data Risk, Customer Service Chaos at Social Security Wyden and Committee Democrats to Crapo: "We have a responsibility to ensure SSA protects Americans' data and provides quality customer service to the over 72 million Americans who rely on these benefits." * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Mem  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Following Damning Reporting, Dexter, Huffman, Neguse Lead Oversight Push to Safeguard Wildland Firefighters * Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, alongside Jared Huffman (CA-02), the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Joe Neguse (CO-02), the Ranking Member of the House Nat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: OPB: "Oregon State Rep. Cyrus Javadi Switches Political Teams, Registers as a Democrat" * Key Point: "Javadi announced Friday that he switched his registration to the majority party this week, ahead of a Sept. 4 deadline to do so in order to run as a Democrat in next year's election. 'Being an elected leader has never been about party loyalty to me,' Javadi said in a statement. 'It's been  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Colleagues: Trump Administration Must Do More to Protect Wildland Firefighters from Dangerous Smoke Exposure * Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led U.S. Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) to demand the Trump Administration ensure federal wildland firefighters are adequately protecte  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon posted the following news release on Sept. 8, 2025: * * * Portland Man Charged with Assaulting Federal Law Enforcement Officer Near Local ICE Office A Portland man made his first appearance in federal court today after assaulting a federal officer during ongoing protest activity near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in South Portland. Devin P. Montgomery, 49, has been charged by cr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Rare Oregon Flower Needs Endangered Species Protection, Petition Urges * PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect a rare flower called the Willamette phlox under the Endangered Species Act. This striking, wetland-dependent flower is found in only a handful of locations in the southern Willamette V  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Big, Beautiful Success Story: Taxpayers Getting A Tax Cut Is Making News President Trump's working class tax cuts are making news. Media reports - including from local outlets around the country - are showing how the tax cuts deliver for workers, families, small businesses, and farmers in all 50 states, according to a recent study. "Taxpayers in ever  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Offers Relief to Oregon Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Drought * WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Oregon to offset economic losses caused by drought beginning July 8. The declaration  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Dexter Announce More Than $2 Million for Wildfire and Watershed Resilience in Mt. Hood National Forest * Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley with U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter today announced more than $2 million in federal investments for fuels reduction work across private and public lands in Mt. Hood National Forest to reduce the risk of wildfire. "During another  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Dexter Announce More Than $2 Million for Wildfire and Watershed Resilience in Mt. Hood National Forest * Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley with U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter today announced more than $2 million in federal investments for fuels reduction work across private and public lands in Mt. Hood National Forest to reduce the risk of wildfire. "During another de  more