WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-New York, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following joint statement on Nov. 9, 2021, with Rep. William R. Keating, D-Massachusetts, chair of the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, chair of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, and Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, chair of the European Union Caucus, on the United Kingdom's threats to suspend the Northern Ir more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) teamed up with U.S. Congresspeople Tom McClintock (R-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Barbara Lee (D-CA) today to urge House leaders to respect the will of voters across America, by including language to protect state, territory, and tribal cannabis programs from federal interference in the end-of-year Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriatio more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today joined with U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) to announce a bipartisan compromise cattle market proposal, known as the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act. "Family ranchers in Oregon are struggling as they continue to recover from the economic fallout of the pandemic, on top of a cattle market that sets t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- 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 a Nov. 3, 2021, virtual hearing entitled "A Call to Action: Modernizing the Community Services Block Grant": * * * We are examining the role of the Community Services Block Grant program in our national and local efforts to reduce poverty. Poverty in America is a persistent and complex epidemic that dir more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2021: Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal (D-CA) announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, "Rebuilding Coast Guard Infrastructure to Sustain and Enhance Mission Capability." Th more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management issued the following testimony by Andrew Phelps, chairman of the Response and Recovery Committee of the National Emergency Management Association, as part of an Oct. 26, 2021, hearing entitled "Are Federal Emergency Management Agency's Assistance Programs Adequately Designed to Assist Communities Before, During and After Wildfire?". Phelps is also the more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) issued the following statement today after voting to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. "We are proving that America can afford what our families need. This is an unprecedented investment, and I'm proud that I authored several key provisions included in this legislation to help Oregon improve our public transit systems, enhance the safety of our str more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a Congressional delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or "COP26," in Glasgow, Scotland on behalf of the United States House of Representatives. In Glasgow, the delegation will participate in bilateral meetings, panel discussions and other engagements with global leaders on top climate priorities, including the recent IPCC report, gender equity and publi more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Nov. 6, 2021: * * * Congressman Peter A. DeFazio (OR-04) yesterday voted in support of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), landmark legislation that will invest in America's roads and bridges, water infrastructure, resilience, internet, and more. Congressman DeFazio has fought his entire career for legislation that rises to the historic challenge of rebuilding our country and leadi more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following statement: * * * Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. "Today, 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 wil more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) is pleased to announce the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded nearly $12.5 million dollars in grants to support the research, recovery, resiliency and long-term success of Oregon's specialty crops. Specialty crops are defined as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops including floriculture. With Oregon's diverse more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, issued the following statement: U.S. Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) issued the following statement today after the historic passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. "The House passing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act achieves the bold, bipartisan win that our country needs and deserves. Once-in-a-century investments are now headed to the President's desk. Once signed into law, we can immediately begin fix more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Friday, along with seven of his Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Kaiser Permanente Chair and CEO Greg Adams in support of the more than 30,000 nurses and health care workers planning to strike unless negotiations for a fair contract improve. The strike is set to take place November 15 with workers at health care facilities in California, Colorado, Washington D.C., Georgia, Ha more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 6, 2021: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today welcomed House passage of the bipartisan infrastructure legislation, which includes essential priorities for Oregon and the West. The bill now goes to the President's desk to be signed into law. "I've said for a long time, you can't have a big league economy with little league infrastructure. And today Oregon and the American West will finally get the signif more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2021: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said today he has joined with U.S. Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), to urge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to take concrete steps to reform the credit reporting industry. The senators urged CFFB Director Rohit Chopra to use the more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and FU.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, are leading a bipartisan effort to increase humanitarian access and improve living conditions for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. More than 900,000 Rohingya are currently taking refuge in Bangladesh following a brutal campaign of genocide that the Burmese military have perpetrated  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Pathways to Health Careers Act that builds on the success of the Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG) Program. The legislation is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.). In the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Representative Danny Da more PR