WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the House Committee on Agriculture David Scott (D-GA), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Jim Costa (D-CA) in more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 5, 2022: * * * The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Majority sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda D. Young urging the administration to complete its final rule on flight attendant duty period limitations and rest requirements, called for in the 2018 Federal Aviation  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Aug. 4, 2022: * * * Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer released the following statement on the passing of Representative Jackie Walorski, and two members of her staff, Emma Thomson and Zachery Potts: "I had the great pleasure of working with Congresswoman Jackie Walorski on both the Ways and Means Committee and as her Co-Chair on the Water and Sanitation(WASH) caucus. "In our work more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 1, 2022: Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) led 13 Members of Congress in calling on Secretary Miguel Cardona to provide states with comprehensive guidance to ensure that funding from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is used to develop evidence-based programs that create safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments and not to increase discipline or criminalization of m more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: The Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act, introduced earlier today by Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the House Committee on Agriculture David Scott (D-GA), more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column: Idahoans work very hard. Some work well beyond a typical retirement age. Having the retirement savings necessary to enable Idahoans to choose whether to work, rather than needing to work, in senior years can better ensure a secure and enjoyable retirement. As Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, I worked with Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) to craft the Enhancing Americans Retirement Now more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced he secured major investments for Oregon's ports, waterways, and coastal, fishing, and tribal communities through FY23 Senate Appropriations bills. "As I hold a town hall in each of Oregon's 36 counties every year, I hear from folks in every corner of the state about what matters most to them, including strengthening the sustainability, resiliency, and economy of ou more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today announced he secured major investments in Oregon agriculture, rural housing, food assistance, and rural business priorities through the FY23 Senate Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies bill. "As I hold a town hall in each of Oregon's 36 counties every year, I hear from folks in every corner of the state abou more PR

SISTERS, Oregon, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley welcomed USDA Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie to Central Oregon to celebrate the completion of a major modernization effort at Three Sisters Irrigation District (TSID). The project utilized federal funding Merkley secured as a member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. TSID's 25-year effort to upgrade its water delivery sy more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2022, at a Finance committee hearing on the urgent need to address failures in the Organ Transplant System: * * * The last place anybody wants to hear about gross mismanagement and incompetence is in the business of saving lives. That's precisely and unfortunately what the Finance Committee meets to discuss today. This morning's hearing is an update on an invest more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released new data provided by the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) showing the rock-bottom effective tax rates paid by hugely profitable companies that would potentially be subject to the minimum corporate tax, based on recent financial statement income and effective tax rate requirements. In 2019,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2022: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today joined Senate colleagues to introduce bipartisan legislation that would eliminate copays for veterans in Oregon and nationwide seeking contraception. "For too long, countless veterans have been unable to have access to contraception without burdensome out-of-pocket costs," Wyden said. "At a time when reproductive healthcare is under attack across the country, removing more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) this week introduced the College Athletes Bill of Rights, comprehensive legislation that would change the landscape of college sports and protect and expand the rights of college athletes. "For decades, college athletes have been exploited and denied basic rights while the NCAA rakes in bil more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on July 20, 2022, entitled "The Role of Tax Incentives in Affordable Housing": * * * The Finance Committee meets this morning to discuss housing. This hearing comes at a time when Americans' are getting clobbered by climbing rents and home prices, key drivers of inflation. Data released last week showed that rents increased in June at the fastest rate since 198 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued the following testimony by Oregon Housing and Community Services Director Andrea Bell involving a hearing on July 20, 2022, entitled "The Role of Tax Incentives in Affordable Housing": * * * Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Crapo, and members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to testify on the vital role tax incentives--specifically the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) and tax-exempt private activity Housing Bon more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that a total of $93,862,114 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds are headed to Oregon to meet the rising challenges of climate chaos. Funds are intended to address the growing costs of extreme weather events adversely impacting communities and fund resilient infrastructure projects benefiting every corner of the state. The funds, more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that a total of $93,862,114 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds are headed to Oregon to meet the rising challenges of climate chaos. Funds are intended to address the growing costs of extreme weather events adversely impacting communities and fund resilient infrastructure projects benefiting every corner of the state. The funds, along with n more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a total of $1,031,417 in federal funding heading to the Western Fire Chiefs Association Inc. to support a project to use technology to enable firefighters to respond more quickly and safely when responding to fires. "Oregon's firefighters answer the call when disaster strikes, and the federal government must do everything it can to more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a total of $1,031,417 in federal funding heading to the Western Fire Chiefs Association Inc. to support a project to use technology to enable firefighters to respond more quickly and safely when responding to fires. "Oregon's firefighters answer the call when disaster strikes, and the federal government must do everything it can more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) in the introduction of the Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act--a bill to protect health care providers from Republicans' attacks on r more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) in the introduction of the Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act--a bill to protect health care providers from Republicans' attacks o more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Aug. 4, 2022: * * * U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley issued the following joint statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee's voice vote today to send President Biden's U.S. Attorney for Oregon nomination of Natalie Wight to the full Senate for consideration: "We're glad the Judiciary Committee has forwarded Natalie Wight to the full Senate, and we're committed to securing a full Senate vote for her a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Oregon airports in John Day, Klamath Falls, Aurora, Newport, Florence, Hood River, Creswell and Eugene will receive a combined $2.6 million from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airport Improvement Grant (AIG) and Airport Improvement Program (AIP) programs for crucial safety improvements to runways, weather reporting, snow re more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Oregon airports in John Day, Klamath Falls, Aurora, Newport, Florence, Hood River, Creswell and Eugene will receive a combined $2.6 million from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airport Improvement Grant (AIG) and Airport Improvement Program (AIP) programs for crucial safety improvements to runways, weather reporting, snow more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that the City of Salem will receive a $850,000 federal grant to initiate regional commercial air service at the Salem Airport. * "Regional air service through small airports just like this one in Oregon's capital city are crucial to our state's economy," Wyden said. "I am gratified to see these dollars go toward expanding regional air se more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that the City of Salem will receive a $850,000 federal grant to initiate regional commercial air service at the Salem Airport. "Regional air service through small airports just like this one in Oregon's capital city are crucial to our state's economy," Wyden said. "I am gratified to see these dollars go toward expanding regional air service more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport will receive more than $1.5 million from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for crucial security and health updates. * "The Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport provides essential air service for Southern Oregonians and is a crucial part of our entire state's economy," Wyden sa more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport will receive more than $1.5 million from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for crucial security and health updates. "The Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport provides essential air service for Southern Oregonians and is a crucial part of our entire state's economy," Wyden said. " more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Klamath Community College will receive more than $194,000 from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to enroll qualified students in the college's Commercial Driver's License program. * "I've heard from hardworking truck drivers all over Oregon how serious the need is for more colleagues to drive and deliver goods all over more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Klamath Community College will receive more than $194,000 from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to enroll qualified students in the college's Commercial Driver's License program. "I've heard from hardworking truck drivers all over Oregon how serious the need is for more colleagues to drive and deliver goods all over the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2022: In response to Finance Committee Republicans release of misleading data suggesting the corporate minimum tax was primarily a tax on "American manufacturers," Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., today released additional data provided by the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) that rebuts this deceptive cla more PR