WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Oct. 4, 2021: * * * Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)--Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade--released the following statement today after U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai outlined the Biden administration's China trade strategy in a speech delivered at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "Ambassador Tai's outline of the Biden-Harris administration's new approa more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today announced over $3.2 million in federal funding for the Hobby Field airport in Creswell, Oregon to help fund airport runway upgrades. The funding was made possible by the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program and the American Rescue Plan, which Congressman DeFazio strongly suppo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will purchase $16.5 million of Pacific seafood through its commodities purchasing program, with over 80 percent of the fish and shrimp coming from Oregon. "Fisheries are an integral part of coastal more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will purchase $16.5 million of Pacific seafood through its commodities purchasing program, with over 80 percent of the fish and shrimp coming from Oregon. "Oregon's fisheries are an economic engine fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2021: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR-04), House Rules Committee Chairman James McGovern (D-MA-02), and Co-Chair of the Congressional PFAS Task Force Daniel Kildee (D-MI-05) today sent a letter to the United States Environmenta more PR

CHARLESTON, Oregon, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released the below statement after the U.S. House of Representatives postponed the vote on the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and instead, passed an extension of surface transportation programs through October 31. "I'm deeply disappointed t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2021: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Penn.) today unveiled the Fostering Overseas Rule of Law and Environmentally Sound Trade (FOREST) Act, new bipartisan legislation that creates a framework for the federal government to deter commodity-driven illegal deforestation around the world. The FOREST Act restricts access to more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2021: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that Oregon State University (OSU) will receive a $10 million federal grant for research on sustainable hemp production. The grant is part of more than $146 million awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to invest in research aimed at addressing agriculture-related issues, including climate change impacts. "Hemp i more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2021: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that Oregon State University (OSU) will receive a $10 million federal grant for research on sustainable hemp production. The grant is part of more than $146 million awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to invest in research aimed at addressing agriculture-related issues, including climate change impacts. "Hemp is a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are co-leading an effort amongst West Coast senators urging Senate leadership to include the West Coast Ocean Protection Act in the "Build Back Better" budget reconciliation bill. In a letter written to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the senators argued that action more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are co-leading an effort amongst West Coast senators urging Senate leadership to include the West Coast Ocean Protection Act in the "Build Back Better" budget reconciliation bill. In a letter written to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the senators argued that action mu more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have teamed up with United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) in a bipartisan push to urge U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to establish an Office of Tribal Affairs within the Treasury Department. Establishing a dedicated office would help to provide enough permanent personnel to help improve the dep more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have teamed up with United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) in a bipartisan push to urge U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to establish an Office of Tribal Affairs within the Treasury Department. Establishing a dedicated office would help to provide enough permanent personnel to help improve the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will purchase $16.5 million of Pacific seafood through its commodities purchasing program, with over 80 percent of the fish and shrimp coming from Oregon. "Not only do our fisheries deliver incredible products all around more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today raised concerns with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that a proposed new federal rule could hurt U.S. onion growers in Eastern Oregon and nationwide by letting foreign producers unfairly flood the domestic market. The letter from Wyden and Merkley to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack covers the proposed elimination of what's known as Federal Ma more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today raised concerns with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that a proposed new federal rule could hurt U.S. onion growers in Eastern Oregon and nationwide by letting foreign producers unfairly flood the domestic market. The letter from Wyden and Merkley to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack covers the proposed elimination of what's known as Federal Marke more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley urged Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Mayorkas and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Jaddou to implement a blanket waiver on fees for Afghans applying for humanitarian parole to come to the United States. They, along with 25 other senators, also requested that the agencies issue guidance to provide clarity on th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley urged Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Mayorkas and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Jaddou to implement a blanket waiver on fees for Afghans applying for humanitarian parole to come to the United States. They, along with 25 other senators, also requested that the agencies issue guidance to provide clarity on the c more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2021: Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., today introduced the Protecting Data at the Border Act to stop the government from forcing Americans to face indiscriminate and suspicionless searches of their phones, laptops and other digital devices just to cross the border. Sens. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., are lead co-sponsors and Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., is introducin more PR