WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Berkeley Lab's Big Science Stories of 2025 In 2025, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) led groundbreaking research in artificial intelligence, microelectronics, quantum science, and biomanufacturing. Berkeley Lab scientists also learned more about dark energy, discovered a fascinating new molecule, and helped advance geothermal energy systems, to name j  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on Dec. 17, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * 18 states had unemployment rate increases from September 2024 to September 2025 From September 2024 to September 2025, 18 states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate increases from a year earlier, 9 states had decreases, and 23 states had little change. The national unemployment rate, 4.4 percent, was 0.3 percentage   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici Announces Winner of Oregon's First Congressional District's 2025 Congressional App Challenge * BEAVERTON, OR [12/17/25] - Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici announced that Dhruv Singh, a Junior at Westview High School, won the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for Oregon's First Congressional District. His app, ReinforceLearn, teaches people the basics of reinforcement learning, an AI metho  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bynum Advances Bipartisan Housing Bill Out of Financial Services Committee * Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) advanced the bipartisan, bicameral Accelerating Home Building Act, as part of a broader package, through the Financial Services Committee, marking a key step on the process to becoming law. The bill will help build more and lower the cost of housing in Oregon and a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * CMS Heeds Wyden and Warner Call to Improve Medicare Advantage for Seniors After Top Senate Democrats Raise Alarm About Rising Number of Providers Leaving Medicare Advantage Plans and Call for Additional Protections for Seniors, Trump Administration Proposes Improvements * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sena  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter to Speaker Johnson: "Get out of the way and call a vote today." * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, at a press conference with the Democratic Women's Caucus, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), called on Speaker Mike Johnson to hold a vote to extend the Affordable Care Act's enhanced premium tax credits before sending Congress home for the year. This comes as four House Republicans joined Democr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley: Closure of Ashland Community Hospital's Birthing Center and Inpatient Care Will Negatively Impact Southwestern Oregonians * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley said today he is concerned about the planned closure of labor and delivery services and inpatient care at Ashland Community Hospital and called on Asante Health System to support families and clinicians affected by t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service has issued final regulations governing the unintentional taking of marine mammals by the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Army during military readiness activities in the Hawaii-California training and testing study area. The seven-year authorization, effective Dec. 21, 2025, through Dec. 20, 2032, allows for the incidental harassment of marine  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Andrea Salinas Advocates for Student Mental Health Bill at House Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing * Click here (link is external) to watch Rep. Salinas' full remarks. WASHINGTON, D.C. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) spoke to the House Energy and Commerce Committee to advocate for her bipartisan bill, the Mental Health Services for Students Act. The bill, which passed the House in t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Salinas, Harshbarger Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Mental Health Telehealth Services for Rural Americans * Washington, D.C. Today, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) reintroduced the bipartisan Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act. Their legislation would expand access to telehealth services, including mental health and substance use care, for r  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * SCHATZ, MURRAY, COLLEAGUES DEMAND ANSWERS FROM ICE ON RACIAL PROFILING OF TRIBAL MEMBERS, REFUSAL TO ACCEPT TRIBAL IDS New Letter Follows Efforts Schatz Led In February To Stop ICE Agents From Wrongfully Profiling, Harassing Native Citizens * U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Padilla Condemns Trump's Destructive Misuse of the Military, Opposes Defense Policy Bill * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) spoke on the Senate floor ahead of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2026 (NDAA) vote to call on his Senate colleagues to provide a check on President Trump's reckless deployment of military force abroad and on U.S. soil. He encoura  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * With Epstein File Deadline Approaching, Wyden Leads Democrats Demanding to Know Why DOJ Has Never Questioned Epstein's Core Trafficking Henchmen According to Wall Street Journal Reporting, Epstein's In-House Lawyer and Accountant, Key Accomplices in His Trafficking Operation, Have Never Been Questioned in Connection with Any Criminal Invest  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Applauds Passage of Prescribed Fire Legislation Through Key Senate Committee * Senator's bipartisan legislation would support hazardous fuels cleanup to reduce wildfire risk Watch Wyden deliver remarks at today's Committee meeting here Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded the passage of his bipartisan legislation through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (EN  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Wyden Releases Proposal to Overhaul Organ Transplant System Building on Oversight and Recent Legislation, Ranking Member Takes Next Step to Improve Transplant System for All Americans * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released draft legislation to continue reforming the organ transplantation system so it w  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Votes No on Bloated Military Authorization Bill * NDAA Increases Military Spending by Billions; Lacks Guardrails Against Deploying Troops to U.S. Cities, Purging Military Leaders Without Cause and Other Trump Abuses Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement after voting against the National Defense Authorization Act ( NDAA): "I cannot support a bill that i  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Answers from ICE on Racial Profiling of Tribal Members, Refusal to Accept Tribal IDs * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues to demand answers regarding the outrageous mistreatment of Tribal citizens by ICE in a number of recent incidents. In their letter, the lawmakers called out reports of ICE improperly stoppi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Answers from ICE on Racial Profiling of Tribal Members, Refusal to Accept Tribal IDs * Letter cites reported abuses of Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation member Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues to demand answers regarding the outrageous mistreatment of Tribal citizens by ICE in a number of r  more