WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on March 30, 2022, entitled "Behavioral Health Care When Americans Need It: Ensuring Parity and Care Integration": * * * The Finance Committee meets for our third hearing on mental health care this year, and we'll begin with mental health parity. For 13 years, the parity law has required equal treatment by insurance companies of mental health care and more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis issued the following testimony by Cristina Eisenberg, courtesy faculty in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University, involving a hybrid hearing on April 1, 2022, entitled "America's Natural Solutions: The Climate Benefits of Investing in Healthy Ecosystems": * * * My name is Cristina Eisenberg. I am Native American and Courtesy Faculty at Oregon State University (OSU) in the College of Forestry (CoF). The views e more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 12 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on April 11, 2022: * * * Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) today released the following statement after testing positive for COVID-19. "After waking up with a sore throat and out of an abundance of caution I took a COVID-19 test. "That test came back positive. "I am feeling well and experiencing only minor cold-like symptoms. "I will follow CDC guidance and quarantine. I encourage everyone to get more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) visited Providence Milwaukie Hospital to celebrate $800,000 in community project funding he secured in the government spending package to help address the growing number of seniors experiencing housing insecurity in Clackamas County. The federal funding will support Providence Milwaukie House, a 72-unit housing project that will serve low-income seniors in need of hou more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued the following written testimony by Trace Terrell, lead intervention and outreach specialist of YouthLine, La Pine , Ore., involving a virtual hearing on Feb. 15, 2022, entitled "Protecting Youth Mental Health: Part II - Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Care": * * * My name is Trace Terrell, I use he/him pronouns, and I am a seventeen-year-old from Oregon. Before I share more about myself, I would first like to tell you some thin more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 14, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a total of $1.2 million in CARES Act funds will be headed to Columbia Gorge Community College to expand their health science workforce. These federal funds will be used to train, support, and fund the health care workforce in the Columbia Gorge Region. "Health care workers have been the cornerstone of our COVID-19 response over more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 14, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a total of $1.2 million in CARES Act funds will be headed to Columbia Gorge Community College to expand their health science workforce. These federal funds will be used to train, support, and fund the health care workforce in the Columbia Gorge Region. "Health care workers have been the cornerstone of our COVID-19 response o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 13, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a total of $41.3 million headed to Central Oregon to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire. Senator Merkley, as Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the U.S. Forest Service, and Senator Wyden, who is a senior member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, had a key role in authoring wildfire-relate more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 13, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a total of $41.3 million headed to Central Oregon to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire. Senator Merkley, as Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the U.S. Forest Service, and Senator Wyden, who is a senior member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, had a key role in authoring wildfire-related s more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on April 13, 2022: * * * Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden released the following statement today after the Bureau of Reclamation announced a water allocation for the Klamath Project, as well as $20 million in immediate drought relief for the Project and $5 million in technical assistance for Klamath Basin tribes: "We are committed to working together to help Klamath Basin communities face anot more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden released the following statement today after the Bureau of Reclamation announced a water allocation for the Klamath Project, as well as $20 million in immediate drought relief for the Project and $5 million in technical assistance for Klamath Basin tribes: "We are committed to working together to help Klamath Basin communities face another extremely difficult w more PR