WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- 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 (https://republicans-energycommerce.house.gov/news/press-release/crenshaw-joins-walden-to-provide-facts-on-pelosi-plan-for-fewer-cures/) aimed at providing the facts on Speaker Pelosi's partisan plan for fewer cures. In t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- 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 (https://republicans-energycommerce.house.gov/news/press-release/crenshaw-joins-walden-to-provide-facts-on-pelosi-plan-for-fewer-cures/) aimed at providing the facts on Speaker Pelosi's partisan plan for fewer cures. In t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- 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 (https://republicans-energycommerce.house.gov/news/press-release/crenshaw-joins-walden-to-provide-facts-on-pelosi-plan-for-fewer-cures/) aimed at providing the facts on Speaker Pelosi's partisan plan for fewer cures. In t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- 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) announced the Committee will hold a hearing titled "The Boeing 737 MAX: Examining the Federal Aviation Administration's Oversight of the Aircraft's Certification." More information about the hearing, including witnesses, testimony, additional back  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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) released the following statement after Uber released its first-ever safety report (https://www.uber.com/newsroom/2019-us-safety-report/), which detailed 3,000 reports of sexual assaults on U.S. rides in 2018 alone. Chair DeFazio has been pressing U  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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), and Congressman Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) responded to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) announcement that, despite repeated objections from Members of Congress, safety and environmental groups, it has granted a Special Per  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) announced the Subcommittee will hold a roundtable discussion with emergency management community stakeholders to discuss the implem  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today the House passed bipartisan legislation supported by Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) to stop unwanted robocalls. The TRACED Act will protect families, individuals, and businesses from unwanted calls and texts by establishing needed safeguards and requiring carriers to provide improved authentication and blocking technology. It also strengthens enforcement against unlawful robocalls. "Unwante  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - The $6 million grant will deploy 89 miles of fiber in rural Grant and Wheeler counties * * * Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a $6 million grant to deploy high-speed broadband internet infrastructure in Grant and Wheeler counties--two of Oregon's most rural, and in greatest need of internet connectivity. The grant is among the first round awarded through the U.S. Depar  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - The $6 million grant will deploy 89 miles of fiber in rural Grant and Wheeler counties * * * Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a $6 million grant to deploy high-speed broadband internet infrastructure in Grant and Wheeler counties--two of Oregon's most rural, and in greatest need of internet connectivity. The grant is among the first round awarded through the U.S. De  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - Legislation would revoke Medal of Honor from soldiers who slaughtered hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children at the Wounded Knee massacre * * * Oregon's Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced the Senate introduction of legislation to revoke the Medal of Honor from the soldiers who perpetrated the Wounded Knee massacre on December 29, 1890, when U.S. soldiers slaughtered hundreds of La  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced the Senate introduction of legislation to revoke the Medal of Honor from the soldiers who perpetrated the Wounded Knee massacre on December 29, 1890, when U.S. soldiers slaughtered hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children--most of them unarmed--on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Merkley is co-leading the legislation with Senator Eliza  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - After meeting with industry, Trump administration backed away from recent promise to ban all non-tobacco flavored e-cigarettes that had not undergone FDA review * * * Oregon's Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that they are joining Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and 20 of their Democratic Senate colleagues to call out the Trump administration's recent course reversal on a critical pl  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) praised the House passage of legislation that protects voting rights and addresses voter suppression. The Voting Rights Advancement Act, H.R. 4, would restore and bolster the Voting Rights Act, which the Supreme Court significantly weakened in Shelby County v. Holder in 2013. H.R. 4 updates the enforcement mechanisms of the Voting Rights Act to protect voters fr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - House Education & Labor Committee Holds Hearing on "Growing Up in Fear: How the Trump Administration's Immigration Policies are Harming Children" * * * Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) spoke out on behalf of kids in immigrant families during the Education and Labor Committee's hearing on how the Trump Administration's immigration policies are harming children. Video of Bonamici's rem  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a bicameral Congressional Delegation to Madrid, Spain for the 2019 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP25. "It is a privilege to accompany a high-level Congressional delegation to Spain to combat the existential threat of our time: the climate crisis," said Speaker Pelosi. "On behalf of the United States Congress, I extend my gratitude to the  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - House passes TRACED Act * * * Today, Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released the following statement after the House passed the TRACED Act. The legislation, which resulted from the bipartisan negotiations following the House passage of Walden's Stopping Bad Robocalls Act. "Robocalls are a menace and today Congress once again took steps to hang-up on these callers," said Walden. "When you   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released a statement applauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for awarding $6 million to help expand rural broadband in Grant and Wheeler counties. The money comes from USDA's ReConnect Pilot program, which Walden helped secure in government funding legislation last March, and is a continued part of Walden's longstanding efforts to expand rural broadb  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - Discusses need to further expand rural broadband * * * Today, Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) discussed the need to further expand rural broadband in Oregon at an Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing. Walden started off by thanking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai for his leadership and progress over the past year. Last year  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - Holds Hearing to Examine U.S. Preparedness for Flu Season * * * Today, Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) spoke at an Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing entitled "Flu Season: U.S. Public Health Preparedness and Response." Walden started the hearing off by emphasizing the importance of the flu vaccine. "Every year, millions of Americans put themselves at   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado's 2nd Congressional District in Colorado and serves as a member of U.S. House Leadership, introduced legislation to address climate censorship at federal agencies. Specifically, the Stop Climate Censorship Act, from Congressman Neguse and co-led by Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon and Congressman Sean Casten of Illinois, requires any political a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) introduced the bipartisan PBM Transparency in Prescription Drug Costs Act (HR 5304) with Congressman Greg Gianforte (R-MT). This bill will mandate quarterly reports on the costs, fees and rebate information associated with pharmacy benefit manager (PBMs) contracts ensuring that employers know the true costs of the services that they are paying for-passing on savings to consume  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following remarks at the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on oversight of the Federal Communications Commission: "You all heard me all along talk about the need for broadband in rural America. As Chairman Pai saw firsthand when he joined me in eastern Oregon last year, far too many Oregonians still lack access to reliable broadband internet serv  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following remarks at the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing entitled "Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Solutions for Economy-Wide Deep Decarbonization": "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I appreciate your work in these hearings to inform your plans for "decarbonizing" the nation by 2050. The hearings have provided useful information and necessary co  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following remarks at the Subcommittee on Health hearing entitled "Building Consumer Confidence by Empowering FDA to Improve Cosmetic Safety": "Today's hearing is an opportunity to hear from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as well as interested stakeholders, about what actions are currently being taken, and whether more needs to be done, to ensure the safety   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following remarks at the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing examining efforts to protect public health on flu season: "Every year, millions of Americans put themselves at an increased risk of getting the flu because they do not get the flu vaccine. They also are increasing the risk that individuals who cannot be vaccinated, including young children  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: 100 fewer cures. Storm clouds on the horizon. 88% reduction in number of drugs brought to market in California alone. This is Speaker Pelosi's drug pricing scheme, and it will have devastating effects for Americans relying on innovative new medicines for hope. Lower costs and more cures are not mutually exclusive principles. There are bipart  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Michael Burgess.(R-TX) are pressing top insurance companies for answers as to their role in the rising cost of insulin. In letters to Anthem, Blue Cros  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * - Showcase Will Highlight Local Solutions to Energy Delivery, Emissions Reductions, and Economic Growth * * * Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans are focused on reducing the barriers to innovation and enabling the United States to deploy new technologies to strengthen our energy security, power the economic engines of the futu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Reps. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Daniel Lipinski, D-Illinois, chairman of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., chairman of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, issued the following statements at a hearing entitled "Where's My Stuff? Examining the Economic, Environmental, and Societal Impacts of Freight Transportation": Chair DeFazio:  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today, Representatives Joe Neguse (CO-2), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), and Sean Casten (IL-6), all members of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, introduced legislation to address climate censorship at federal agencies. Specifically, the Stop Climate Censorship Act, requires any political appointee at a federal agency seeking to remove content regarding climate change in a scientific study or pub  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following joint statement with Ranking Member Greg Walden, R-Oregon, Rep. Michael Doyle, D-Pennsylvania, chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, and Ranking Member Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, after the House passed an anti-robocalls bill, the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, by a 417-3 vote: "We're proud of this overwhelming vote by the House to pass the Pallo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following joint statement with Chairman Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, Reps. Michael Doyle, D-Pennsylvania, chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, and Ranking Member Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, after the House passed an anti-robocalls bill, the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, by a 417-3 vote: "We're proud of this overwhelming vote by the House to pa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) and U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced the Investor Choice Act, which would prohibit pre-dispute mandatory (or "forced") arbitration agreements and ban prohibitions on class action lawsuits in customer contracts that investors often must enter into in order to receive services from broker-dealers or investment advisers. The bill is cosponsored in the House by Reps. Carolyn M  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on the Senate confirmation of Dan Brouillette as Energy Secretary: "Congratulations to Secretary Dan Brouillette. He is a dedicated patriot, public servant, and proud Louisiana native who has served as a former staff director for the Energy and Commerce Committee - the 'best committee on the Hill', and as a top deputy to Secretary Perry, making h  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on the upcoming vote on the nominee for Energy secretary: "Here's what everybody needs to know before the vote coming up on the nominee to be Energy Secretary. "First, Rick Perry, who until yesterday was the Energy Secretary, has refused to comply with a subpoena to testify about his involvement in the Trump-Ukraine scheme. "Second, Acting Secretary Dan Brouillette, nominated to replace Perry, has failed to provide  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following joint statement with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, regarding the U.S. Trade Representative's findings following a Section 301 investigation under the Trade Act of 1974 into France's digital services tax: "The French digital services tax is unreasonable, protectionist and discriminatory. "Taking premature action that will adversely and disproportionately affect another OECD member state  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sens. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following joint statement regarding the U.S. Trade Representative's findings following a Sec. 301 investigation into France's digital services tax: "The French digital services tax is unreasonable, protectionist and discriminatory. "Taking premature action that will adversely and disproportionately affect another OECD member state is contrary  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - Senators' letter to federal housing regulators follows investigative reporting on radon by The Oregonian * * * U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today asked federal housing regulators to explain why they have failed to protect tenants living in federally subsidized housing nationwide from the cancer-causing dangers of radon. Citing recent investigative reporting by The Oregonian about unaddress  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - Barr rubber-stamped the DEA program, which scooped up billions of phone records without warrants or any legal analysis * * * U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., today asked for an ethics investigation of Attorney General William Barr's decision to approve an illegal mass surveillance program by the Drug Enforcement Administration in a letter to the Justice Department's Office of   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news: * * * - Senators reiterate need for SARS requests to be processed in order of receipt * * * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, today requested a briefing from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to ensure requests for Suspicious Activity Reports (SARS) are   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - Senators' letter to federal housing regulators follows investigative reporting on radon by The Oregonian * * * U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today asked federal housing regulators to explain why they have failed to protect tenants living in federally subsidized housing nationwide from the cancer-causing dangers of radon. Citing recent investigative reporting by The Oregonian about unaddressed   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released an updated version of their bipartisan Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019 and announced that an agreement was reached to fund critical, expiring health care programs. "This agreement delivers even more savings to Americans, cracks down on the drug industry's tricks, and secures key health p  more