WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is joining Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) for a video series that began last week aimed at providing the facts on Speaker Pelosi's partisan plan for fewer cures. In the fourth video in the series released today, titled "Debunking the Dems' Research Talking Point," Walden and Crens  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is joining Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) for a video series that began last week aimed at providing the facts on Speaker Pelosi's partisan plan for fewer cures. In the third video (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__youtu.be_-2DrNAPOKOtyA&d=DwMFaQ&c=L93KkjKsAC98  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Ajit Pai to express serious concern over the FCC's plans to sell off part of the 3.7-4.2 GHZ spectrum band and open the 5.9 GHz spectrum band to commercial and private intere  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Aviation Garret Graves (R-LA) sent a letter to the Administrator of   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - As Virginia nears ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, Senate resolution would remove the deadline for ratification * * * Oregon's Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that they have joined 18 of their Senate colleagues on a bipartisan resolution to remove the deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment. Thirty-seven states, of the 38 needed, have already ratified the amendment, whic  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - As Virginia nears ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, Senate resolution would remove the deadline for ratification * * * Oregon's Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that they have joined 18 of their Senate colleagues on a bipartisan resolution to remove the deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment. Thirty-seven states, of the 38 needed, have already ratified the amendment, w  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Full Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of the Department  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to the Treasury Department's response to the inquiry on his investigation of Turkey's Halkbank: "The Treasury Department does not deny that President Trump tasked Secretary Mnuchin with intervening in the criminal investigation of Halkbank, and the department's response to my letter raises more questions than it answers. "For example, the depar  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - The senators advised HUD to reject proposed changes to the Fair Housing Act's disparate impact standard, a key tool to eliminate housing discrimination * * * U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today called on the Trump administration to reject proposed changes to the Fair Housing Act that would effectively eliminate the disparate impact standard, a key tool to root out and eradicate hidden housi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - The senators advised HUD to reject proposed changes to the Fair Housing Act's disparate impact standard, a key tool to eliminate housing discrimination * * * U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today called on the Trump administration to reject proposed changes to the Fair Housing Act that would effectively eliminate the disparate impact standard, a key tool to root out and eradicate hidden ho  more