WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, chair of the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, issued the following opening statement as part of an Oct. 26, 2021, virtual hearing entitled "Protecting Lives and Livelihoods: Vaccine Requirements and Employee Accommodations": * * * Thank you, Chair Adams, for leading this hearing and to the Ranking Members for joining us for this important topic. And thank you, especially, to our witnesses for provi more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 5, 2021, after the House passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: * * * "House Democrats are building back better for the American people. The long-overdue investments in our nation's infrastructure included in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will grow the economy, strengthen our global competitiveness,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2021: Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, "Does Discrimination Exist in Federal Passenger Rail Contracting?" More info more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, issued the following statements on Nov. 3, 2021, in response to the Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's release of a final rule establishing safety measures for onshore natural gas gathering pipelines: * * *  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2021: he House of Representatives passed eight bills that the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved on a bipartisan basis earlier this year. "I applaud the House for passing eight bills today that were approved by our committee on a bipartisan basis," said Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Peter  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2021: Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) chaired a hearing to consider updates to the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program, a landmark anti-poverty program. An Oregon expert, Katherine King Galian, Director of Family and Community Resources at Community Action in Washington County, testified and answered questions about how CSBG funding helps Oregonians and low-income families  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2021: Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced legislation to help workers who move between jobs track, consolidate, and grow their retirement savings accounts. The Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2021 would create an Office of the Retirement Savings Lost and Found, which would provide workers with tools to locate and manage accounts after leaving an employer. According t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Nov. 4, 2021, hearing entitled "The Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape: Industry Perspectives on Securing the Nation's Infrastructure": * * * Today we will hear about the challenges and gaps in protecting our nation's transportation systems and critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, and recommendations on how to close those gaps more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2021: Rep. Kurt Schrader (OR-05) announced a historic deal he helped broker between House Democratic Leadership, the Senate and the White House that, if enacted as part of the Build Back Better Act, would cap what seniors pay at the pharmacy counter for the first time and would allow Medicare to directly negotiate drugs in both Parts B and D. Largely based on the drug pricing reform framework laid o more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2021: Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), a leader in the Pro-Choice Caucus, member of the Democratic Women's Caucus and Black Maternal Health Caucus, along with Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Jackie Speier (CA-14) led a letter encouraging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue guidance requiring insurance companies to cover, without cost-sharing, a 12-mont more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2021: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) joined Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) in introducing the U.S.-Taiwan Public Health Protection Act to establish a U.S.-Taiwan Infectious Disease Monitoring Center within the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) to partner with Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Senators Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Jeff Merkle more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley--a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a leading voice on climate change--is headed to Glasgow to join international climate negotiations at the COP26 summit. "From massive wildfires, to devastating floods, to record-breaking hurricanes and heat waves, we are already seeing the impacts of climate chaos across our nation and the world. Momentum is building fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2021: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Congressman A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-04), along with U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), today introduced the Rural Health Equity Act in both the Senate and House. This legislation would establish a new Office of Rural Health within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and help to address the unique health care challenges and inequities faced b more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following statement: * * * Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after 48 Republican Senators filibustered beginning debate on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, legislation that would restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965: "In 2006, the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act passed the Senate unanimously. Today, just 15 years later, and despite support from a bipartisan majority, all Repu more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 5, 2021, on the Joint Committee on Taxation's preliminary revenue estimate for the billionaires income tax: * * * "Preliminary estimates from the Joint Committee on Taxation show that the Billionaires Income Tax would raise $557 billion in revenue over 10 years. "This makes crystal clear the extent to which the tax code is simply not equipped to tax billionaires fa more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., a senior member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision not to hear arguments for releasing more public information about the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA): "The Supreme Court has made the deeply troubling judgment that the public has no right to the secret rulings of the Foreign Intelligence  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Nov. 2, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted to advance the nomination of Chuck Sams as National Park Service (NPS) Director to the Senate floor: "The National Park Service is one step closer to having the director it needs and our country deserves as the agency carries out its mission to protect the more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2021: Oregon's U.S. Senator Ron Wyden pressed the heads of federal law enforcement, defense, intelligence and cybersecurity agencies to take long-overdue action to secure federal facilities against spying threats posed by wireless phone surveillance technology, in a letter today. Wyden wrote to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secur more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2021: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., urged swift confirmation of Chris Magnus as commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, following a 15-13 vote to advance the nomination to the Senate floor. "It's clear to me that Chief Magnus is going to handle this job with hard work and a sense of decency. He shares the view that enforcing our i more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-California) introduced the U.S.-Taiwan Public Health Protection Act to establish a U.S.-Taiwan Infectious Disease Monitoring Center within the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) to partner with Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada) Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and Representative  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2021: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that the state of Oregon will receive $422 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in an effort to help communities recover from the extreme damages caused by the 2020 wildfires. "Oregon cannot fully recover from the 2020 Labor Day wildfires without addressing underserved communities who have had dif more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2021: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that the state of Oregon will receive $422 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in an effort to help communities recover from the extreme damages caused by the 2020 wildfires. "Oregon cannot fully recover from the 2020 Labor Day wildfires without addressing underserved communities who have had  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2021: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today introduced the Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Wildfire Resiliency, Preservation, and Economic Enhancement Act, legislation that would establish a Sutton Mountain National Monument on tens of thousands of acres of public lands surrounding the iconic Painted Hills and popular recreational areas, including Sutton Mountain, Pat's Cabin, P more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2021: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today introduced the Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Wildfire Resiliency, Preservation, and Economic Enhancement Act, legislation that would establish a Sutton Mountain National Monument on tens of thousands of acres of public lands surrounding the iconic Painted Hills and popular recreational areas, including Sutton Mountain, Pat's Cabin more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley is leading a bicameral letter, along with Senator Ron Wyden, urging President Biden to rescind the Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers involved in the Wounded Knee Massacre, when hundreds of unarmed men, women, and children were slaughtered. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and U.S. Representative Kaiali'l Kahele (D-HI-02) co-led the letter with Merkley. On December 29,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley is leading a bicameral letter, along with Senator Ron Wyden, urging President Biden to rescind the Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers involved in the Wounded Knee Massacre, when hundreds of unarmed men, women, and children were slaughtered. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and U.S. Representative Kaiali'l Kahele (D-HI-02) co-led the letter with Merkley. On December 2 more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2021: Following another season of record-breaking wildfires in the West, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined colleagues on two bills to redesign the federal government's response to wildfires and provide additional resources to ensure equity for communities experiencing natural disasters. "The climate crisis is not some distant threat. It's here, and communities in Oregon and across t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2021: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that more than $13.5 million from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) will be heading to airports in Medford, Eugene, Redmond, Newport, Klamath Falls, Lake County and Grant County to help them cover costs incurred during the pandemic and support rent and minimum annual guarantees for airport concessions. "Each of these airports is a more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2021: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that more than $13.5 million from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) will be heading to airports in Medford, Eugene, Redmond, Newport, Klamath Falls, Lake County and Grant County to help them cover costs incurred during the pandemic and support rent and minimum annual guarantees for airport concessions. "Each of these airports i more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, issued the following opening remarks at a Nov. 2, 2021, hearing entitled "The General Services Administration's Priorities for 2021 and Beyond": * * * Chair DeFazio: Thank you, Chair Titus. Administrator Carnahan, Commissioner Albert, welcome to the  more PR