WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, called for the Biden Administration to use the tough new trade enforcement tools created by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to ensure Canada and Mexico live up to their commitments, in a letter today to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai. "The Unit more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Rep. Grace F. Napolitano, D-California, chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, issued the following opening remarks at a Jan. 12, 2022, hearing entitled, "Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2022: Administration Priorities": * * * Chair DeFazio: Since 2014, this committee has been successful in enacting four consecutive, bipartisa more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 14, 2022: * * * Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the Federal Highway Administration launched the largest bridge formula program in American history made possible by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which DeFazio led to pass more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The office of Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following memorandum on Jan. 10, 2022: * * * To: Reporters and Editors From: Taylor Harvey, Office of Senate Finance Chair Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore. Date: January 10, 2022 Re: Wyden Statement on HHS Decision to Reassess Part B Premium Increase Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becer more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (TNSRep) -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following memorandum on Jan. 12, 2022: * * * To: Reporters and Editors From: Ashley Schapitl, Office of Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore. Date: January 12, 2022 Re: Wyden Statement on Taxpayer Advocate Report "I've been sounding the alarm for years on the urgent need to rebuild the IRS, which has been hampered by a decade of Republican attacks. "The IRS needs signi more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition to S. 192, the River Democracy Act - a bill introduced by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) During his remarks, Congressman Bentz cited several concerns with the legislation raised by county commissioners in his mostly rural district. The most dire concern cited was the level of bureaucracy the bill would plac more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2022: Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), co-chair of the Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus, lent his support for the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Dean's Beauty Salon and Barber Shop, and the Golden West Hotel in Portland, Oregon to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Blumenauer's letter supports the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and Oregon more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) today introduced the Climate Risk and Emergency Support in Livable Inclusive and Equitable Neighborhoods and Communities Everywhere (RESILIENCE) Act, bold legislation to strengthen the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) approach to climate disasters. "Oregonians know all too well that climate disasters like floods, heat waves, and wildfire more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, today led Committee lawmakers in urging the Biden administration to formally review and investigate disturbing reports detailing the conditions under which sugarcane workers of Haitian and Haitian-Dominican descent continue to live and labor to produce sugar for U.S. consumption. Specifical more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Jan. 13, 2022: * * * Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding the vote on Senator Cruz's Nord Stream 2 bill: "I have been clear in my belief that for the world to tackle climate chaos before it is too late, the U.S. and our allies must move rapidly to transition away from fossil fuels. I have opposed the Nord Stream 2 p more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced today he will be traveling with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to Atlanta, Georgia to highlight the importance and urgency of passing voting rights legislation and protecting Americans' sacred right to vote. "This is a critical moment in the history of our democratic republic. The Senate will decide in the next week whether w more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today launched an investigation into the Opportunity Zone Program and whether it has delivered on Republican promises to create jobs and drive investment in low-income communities, rather than just create a loophole for wealthy investors to avoid paying taxes. In letters to SkyBridge Capital, Baker Tilly more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following statement: * * * Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement after voting no on obstructionist legislation by Republican Senator Ted Cruz, of Texas, related to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline: "Senator Cruz had an opportunity to come up with serious legislation dealing with Nord Stream 2, but instead he wrote a bill that would hogtie the Senate with procedural votes and obstruct progress on all the other issues that m more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: As the rise of the Omicron variant continues to threaten the safety of our nation's health care workforce, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today joined colleagues in a letter calling on the Biden administration to continue and make permanent the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) emergency COVID-19 protections for health care workers in Oregon and nationwide. "We are writing to urge  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) called for the Biden Administration to use the tough new trade enforcement tools created by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to ensure Canada and Mexico live up to their commitments in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai. The Finance Committee leaders praised efforts to combat forced labor in M more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Missouri's U.S. Senator Roy Blunt are requesting more information from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on the use of facial recognition technology to collect biometric data from U.S. citizens for entry-exit programs at airports, seaports, and land borders. In a letter sent to CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus, Merkley and Blunt urged the agency for more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), and John Boozman (R-AR), introduced the Nurse Corps Tax Parity Act, legislation to ensure that nurses in the federal Nurse Corps do not need to pay income tax on their student loan forgiveness and scholarships. This legislation is also supported by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Deb more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced $1,560,777.06 in federal funds to cover the deployment of the Oregon National Guard (ORNG) in response to the catastrophic wildfires Oregon experienced in 2020. These funds, allocated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will reimburse ORNG's efforts in assisting the overwhelmed more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced $1,560,777.06 in federal funds to cover the deployment of the Oregon National Guard (ORNG) in response to the catastrophic wildfires Oregon experienced in 2020. These funds, allocated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will reimburse ORNG's efforts in assisting the overwhelm more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week joined colleagues to call on federal officials to act on the most up to date science and update its discriminatory blood donor deferral policies for men who have sex with men (MSM). With the Red Cross declaring its first-ever national blood shortage that is posing risks to patient care, with as much as one-quarter of hospital blood needs not currently b more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and more than 50 Democratic colleagues in the Senate and House to reintroduce lifesaving legislation to manufacture and distribute highly-protective N95 masks to every person in Oregon and nationwide. Under Sanders' Masks for All Act - first introduced in 2020 and developed in consultation with health exper more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and more than 50 Democratic colleagues in the Senate and House to reintroduce lifesaving legislation to manufacture and distribute highly-protective N95 masks to every person in Oregon and nationwide. Under Sanders' Masks for All Act - first introduced in 2020 and developed in consultation with health experts  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced that more than $3.6 million from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) will go toward recovery from the White River Fire that burned in the Mt. Hood National Forest in August 2020. "The White River Fire demonstrated how quickly wildfire can spread with a changing climate causing high winds and drought," Wyden said. "Wildfire season more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced that more than $3.6 million from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) will go toward recovery from the White River Fire that burned in the Mt. Hood National Forest in August 2020. "The White River Fire demonstrated how quickly wildfire can spread with a changing climate causing high winds and drought," Wyden said. "Wildfire season is more PR