WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on airlines' training programs on racial, ethnic and religious non-discrimination for their employees and contractors. The report (GAO-19-654R) is titled "Airline Consumer Protections: Information on Selected Airlines' Non-Discrimination Training Programs". The report was sent to Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, chairman, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transpor  more

BEAVERTON, Oregon, Aug. 20 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) announced that all students who attend middle or high school in Oregon's First Congressional District are invited to participate in the annual Congressional App Challenge. Oregon's First Congressional District includes all of Washington, Yamhill, Clatsop, and Columbia counties, as well as part of Multnomah County. The Congressional App Challenge is a competit  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) today sent letters to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, calling on the agencies to be better partners in the effort to recruit and retain quality health care workers for the Roseburg VA Healthcare System (RVAHCS). Last week, staffing shortfalls within RVAHCS forced the abrupt closure of the Roseburg Emergency   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement in response to the release of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute's 2019 Urban Mobility Report, which showed the number of hours commuters lost to traffic delays has climbed to 54 hours a year, at a cost of $1,010 per commuter: Nationwide, the cost of congestion is now $166 billion a year, while the amount of wasted fuel now amounts to 3.3   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, issued the following statement after the Health and Human Services Department awarded 10 Community Health Centers in the 2nd District over $800,000 in federal funding to help improve quality and efficiency: Last year, Walden helped pass the legislation that updated health center grants and reauthorized the community health center fund. "I am glad that our efforts to reauthorize community health center funding are paying off here in Oregon. "C  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - Merkley, along with former Sen. Carl Levin, co-authored the Volcker Rule to crack down on high-risk Wall Street gambling * * * Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley, who co-authored the Volcker Rule with former Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), released the following statement after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) voted to pass a new rulemaking designed to gut the Volcker Rule, with other Trump A  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today sent to the White House the names of four finalists for a vacant seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The four finalists were chosen after review by a bipartisan selection committee comprised of attorneys appointed by Senator Wyden, Senator Merkley and Congressman Greg Walden. Following interviews with eight applicants for the vacancy, each co  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today sent to the White House the names of four finalists for a vacant seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The four finalists were chosen after review by a bipartisan selection committee comprised of attorneys appointed by Senator Wyden, Senator Merkley and Congressman Greg Walden. Following interviews with eight applicants for the vacancy, each committ  more