WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by Ramesh Sagili, a professor of horticulture at Oregon State University, from a Sept. 16, 2025, hearing entitled "An Examination of the State of the Specialty Crop Industry": * * * Chair Thompson, Ranking Member Craig, Representative Salinas, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the role of the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) to help support a robust and dive  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Salinas Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Mental Health Services for Students Nationwide * Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) announced the reintroduction of the bipartisan Mental Health Services for Students Act alongside Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01). This legislation would bring critical, on-site mental health services to students in public schools across the country and pro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (TNSbrep) -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2025: * * * New Watchdog Report Spotlights Georgia's Work Reporting Requirements Failures The report finds CMS wrongly approved higher federal matching rates for certain administrative costs, wasting taxpayer dollars As a result of the reconciliation bill, millions of Americans across the country will lose their health insurance or see the  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon posted the following news release: * * * Two Hondurans Unlawfully Residing in Oregon Arrested for Trafficking Fentanyl in Portland Two Honduran nationals unlawfully residing in Oregon made their first appearances in federal court today after being arrested for trafficking fentanyl in East Portland. Omar Rodriguez-Salgado, 28, and Cesar Antonio Gutierrez-Doblado, 19, have been charged by criminal complain  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon, has issued Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5063, titled 'Assessment of Channel Morphology, Hydraulics, and Bedload Transport along the Siletz River, Western Oregon'. The report was authored by Krista L. Jones, Mackenzie K. Keith, Tessa M. Harden, James S. White, Stan van de Wetering, and Jason B. Dunham. This study, p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has prepared 'Framework Developed for Geomorphic Mapping of Fern Ridge Lake, Oregon, 2023,' Data Report 1215, authored by Mackenzie K. Keith and Heather D. Bervid. This document describes a methodology for mapping the present-day landforms and cover of the reservoir, a structure intended to evaluate erosion and deposition processes. T  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Van Hollen, Merkley Probe ExxonMobil's Guyana Offshore Oil Contract and the Company's U.S. Tax Liability * ExxonMobil may have used American taxpayer funds to subsidize its foreign oil production, which it does in partnership with a Chinese state-owned company U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) sent a letter today to ExxonMobil CEO   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Helps Secure the Release of Oregon Firefighter from ICE Facility * Firefighter was detained without cause while on the fire line in Washington state last month U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced today that he has helped secure the release of an Oregon firefighter, Mr. Rigoberto Hernandez, who was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol and subsequently detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforc  more