WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement after a Trump-era environmental policy was restored by the Supreme Court. Under the policy, states and tribes are limited in preventing projects that are detrimental to the environment. "In their zeal to protect pol more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on April 5, 2022: The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from 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) during today's hearing titled, "FEMA Priorities for 202 more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) during today's hearing titled, "National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization." Chair DeFazio: I would like to thank National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: Today House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), a leader on the House Science Committee, to help negotiate the final text of legislation to expand U.S. economic competitiveness by strengthening the nation's scientific enterprise and supply chains. Bonamici will be a member of the conference committee tasked with reconciling the differences between the H more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Chair of the Education and Labor Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, led 20 of her colleagues in calling for increased federal investments in child care. The resolution calls for all children to have access to high-quality, affordable child care and preschool. This is the Week of the Young Child, which celebrates early childhood p more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR-04) today announced that Oregon would receive $153,006,490 in funding from the Federal Transit Administration to support public transit across the state in Fiscal Year 2022. "Transit connects our communities, our families, our businesses, and our lives," said Rep. DeFazio. "Investments in transit reduce congestion on our roads, improve our environment, and help more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement on April 6, 2022: * * * Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $20 billion in funding for transit agencies and communities to use for public transportation across the nation. This historic investment in publi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement following President Biden's nomination of Admiral Linda L. Fagan as the 27th Commandant of the United States Coast Guard. Commandant Fagan would be the first woman to ever hold the office. "I applaud President Biden f more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Congressman Peter DeFazio today led passage of his disaster aid legislation, the Resilient Assistance for Mitigation for Environmentally Resilient Infrastructure and Construction by Americans Act, or Resilient AMERICA Act. The bipartisan legislation passed the House by a vote of 383 to 41. "Climate change is making extreme weather events more intense and more severe," said Rep. DeFazio. "It's time that the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on April 5, 2022: The House of Representatives passed H.R. 5689, the Resilient AMERICA Act, a bipartisan bill advanced by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. "Communities around the country are being hit harder than ever before by natural disasters and extreme weather events due to the ongoing climate catastrophe. "In add more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on April 5, 2022: The House of Representatives passed H.R. 5641, the Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster (SPEED) Recovery Act, a bipartisan bill advanced by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. "In this era of climate crisis, no communities are safe from the potentially devastating impact of disasters," said Trans more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Neguse led a broad coalition of House and Senate Democrats urging leadership to take up legislation to ban members of Congress from trading stock. Congressman Neguse, alongside Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi and Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez introduced a proposal - the Ban Conflicted Trading Act - over two years ago, in recent months the idea has grown considerable support. He was joined at more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA), along with Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), introduced legislation to protect the rights of students struggling with mental health challenges. The Student Mental Health Rights Act would require the Secretary of Education to study student mental health and campus policies and, in consultation with the Assistant Attorney General of more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- 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 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) encouraged the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to finalize the fatigue risk management program rulemaking, a congressional mandate that is a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Kurt Schrader (OR-05), Brett Guthrie (KY-02), and Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) introduced the Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act. This bipartisan legislation would help facilitate patient access to high-cost drugs by decreasing barriers to value-based purchasing (VBP) arrangements in Medicaid. "Value based arrangements provide a path forward for rewarding new innovation and increasing mar more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley voted with a bipartisan majority in the Senate to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as the newest justice on the United States Supreme Court. After the vote, Merkley issued the following statement: "Carved in stone in the Supreme Court building are the words 'Equal Justice Under Law,' and there is no more important quality in a justice than their ability to deliver on that prom more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Rhode Island's U.S. Senator Jack Reed and Maine's U.S. Senator Susan Collins, today introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen and expand environmental education in America's classrooms to reconnect more kids with nature, improve their mental and physical health, and address critical environmental challenges. The No Child Left Inside Act will help bring lo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on April 4, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today continued his investigation into Big Pharma's tax practices, and how loopholes in the tax code have allowed large multinational corporations headquartered in the U.S. to further abuse tax havens and avoid paying U.S. taxes on prescription drug sales. While U.S. sales account for 46 percent of Merck' more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement at an April 5, 2022, hearing examining President Biden's fiscal 2023 budget for the U.S. Department Health and Human Services: * * * The Finance Committee meets this morning with Secretary Becerra to discuss the year ahead for the Department of Health and Human Services. There's a lot to cover, so I'll quickly tick through a handful of issues. First, on telehealth. This c more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement at an April 7, 2022, hearing entitled "The IRS, the President's Fiscal Year 2023 Budget, and the 2022 Filing Season": * * * This morning the Finance Committee meets to discuss the IRS budget for the year ahead and the filing season that's winding down later this month. Around the country are millions and millions of families who are feeling the pressure of rising prices. T more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on April 7, 2022: * * * Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today praised a new bipartisan agreement to end normal trade relations with Russia, following weeks of delay by Republican senators. "With every passing day, there are horrific new stories about Russia's brutality in Ukraine. Civilians slaughtered with their hands tied behind their backs. Corpses be more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden this week along with Senators Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., called for federal action to ensure transparency and greater oversight of petroleum markets to protect consumers in Oregon and the West Coast from possible price manipulation. "High and volatile fuel prices are hindering our economy and burdening families," the senators wrote in a letter Tuesday asking  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on April 4, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will convene a hearing on Thursday, April 7, 2022, on the IRS, President Biden's fiscal year 2023 budget, and the 2022 filing season. The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The witness at Thursday's hearing will be: * The Honorable Charles P. Rettig more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency (MWVCAA) a $2,225,000 grant to update its existing veterans' shelter. This award comes after the announcement of MWVCAA's acquisition of a new property immediately adjacent to the existing shelter, a community project Senators  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency (MWVCAA) a $2,225,000 grant to update its existing veterans' shelter. This award comes after the announcement of MWVCAA's acquisition of a new property immediately adjacent to the existing shelter, a community project Senators Mer more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced a $153 million investment in Oregon transit, thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The apportionment of these dollars represents the largest-ever investment in transit, giving riders better service while creating good-paying jobs in Oregon and nationwide. "A federal investment in transit systems is critical for Oregonians to get easily from  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced a $153 million investment in Oregon transit, thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The apportionment of these dollars represents the largest-ever investment in transit, giving riders better service while creating good-paying jobs in Oregon and nationwide. "A federal investment in transit systems is critical for Oregonians to get easily from Poi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Lane County Emergency Management will receive $1.02 million in federal reimbursement for measures taken to protect the McKenzie River, the sole source of drinking water for the Eugene metro area, during the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire. "Lane County Emergency Management went above and beyond the call of duty to protect the crucial drink more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Lane County Emergency Management will receive $1.02 million in federal reimbursement for measures taken to protect the McKenzie River, the sole source of drinking water for the Eugene metro area, during the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire. "Lane County Emergency Management went above and beyond the call of duty to protect the crucial drinking more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Finance Committee Member Rob Portman, R-Ohio, today released a discussion draft of legislation to disallow Foreign Tax Credits for companies that pay taxes to the Russian government, and other tax benefits. "We have bipartisan agreement on policies to ensure American taxpayers are not subsidiz more PR