WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- 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 Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) issued an ultimatum to the Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA): either provide requested documents so the Comm  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley, joined by Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Kamala Harris (D-CA), and U.S. Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4), Greg Walden (R-OR-2), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3), Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), and Jared Huffman (D-CA-2), today announced a major, bipartisan victory for West Coast traw  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Monday, Rep. DeFazio joined members of the Oregon delegation in sending a letter to Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James encouraging the Administration to use a portion of federal funds for operations and maintenance projects at Oregon's small ports. Representative Peter DeFazio, along with Senators Wyden and Merkley and Representatives Schrader, Blumenauer and Bonamici, urged the Admi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following statement after Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg resigned his position following the two deadly crashes involving the Boeing 737 MAX: "Based on what we've discovered so far in our investigation into the design, development and certification of the Boeing 737 MAX, it's clear Dennis Muilenburg's ouster was long overdue. "Under his watch, a long-admired company made a number of devastating decisions that suggest profit took pr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement after Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg resigned after two crashes involving the Boeing 737 MAX: "Based on what we've discovered so far in our investigation into the design, development and certification of the Boeing 737 MAX, it's clear Dennis Muilenburg's ouster was long overdue. "Under his watch, a long-admired company made a number of devastat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued an ultimatum to the Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA): either provide requested documents so the Committee can conduct its Constitutionally-mandated oversight duties, or appear before the Committee to explain at a public hearing why GSA refuses to comply. As Chair DeFazio has stated re  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) was joined by Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) to introduce the Healthy Meal Time Act. The Healthy Meal Time Act would provide schools with best practices for scheduling lunch and recess to ensure that students have enough time to eat and reduce food waste. "As a pediatrician, I know how important it is for children to eat healthy foods and get some energy ou  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - Amicus makes the case for the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act and Congress's authority to legislate for the benefit of Indian Tribes * * * U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio and Kurt Schrader filed an amicus brief in federal court making the case for the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfar  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - Senators Ask How Non-Profits, Free Speech and Internet Users Will Be Impacted By Sale * * * U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., with Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., questioned whether nonprofit groups, free speech and internet users would be harmed selling control of .ORG domains to a private equity firm, in a letter sent today. Currently, the Interne  more