WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bynum Joins Oregon Delegation in Demanding Trump Keep Federal Troops Out of Portland * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) joined Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, Val Hoyle, and Maxine Dexter in demanding the Trump administration keep federal agents and troops out of Portland, following Donald Trump's declaratio  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter: "Authoritarians rely on fear to divide us. Portland will not give them that. We will not be intimidated." * PORTLAND, OR -- Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) released the following statement condemning the deployment of militarized federal agents to Portland: (link is external) "The President of the United States is directing his self-proclaimed 'Secretary of War' to unleas  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sens. Schiff and Van Hollen Demand Answers on the Withholding of Funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Critical Programs Put in Jeopardy * Washington, DC -- Today, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) are demanding the Trump administration provide answers on why the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fiscal Year 2025  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued the following news release: * * * NHTSA Approves More Than $800M for States to Make Roads Safer Grants will fund vital traffic safety programs and enforcement in all 50 states, territories and tribal lands * The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has notified all 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories and the Bureau of Indian Affairs representing  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Oregon Delegation Demands Trump Keep Federal Troops out Of Portland * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, Val Hoyle, Maxine Dexter and Janelle Bynum today demanded the Trump administration keep federal agents and troops out of Portland, following Donald Trump's declaration that he is directing the Department of Defen  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * GAO Finds Trump Administration Again Violated the Impoundment Control Act by Withholding Funding Merkley Has Called on GAO to Investigate the Trump Administration's Violations of the Impoundment Control Act * The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) published additional findings that the Trump Administration again violated the Impoundment  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Schiff Demand Answers on the Withholding of Funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Critical Programs Put in Jeopardy * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) are demanding the Trump administration provide answers on why the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) spending plan is $246 m  more