WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, Republican leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2022: * * * House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson's joint motion with California and Oregon to stop the Gas Transmission Northwest pipeline. "The Attorney General should not be attacking safe and r more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 25, 2022: Five years ago today, the Burmese military began their genocide against the Rohingya. In marking this day of remembrance, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Gary Peters (D-MI), today, sent a letter to the Department of Treasury and the Department of State urging the administration to do m more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2022: Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) issued the following statement following President Biden's announcement about targeted student loan forgiveness. "The Biden administration's historic decision to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt will transform the lives of millions of hardworking Americans," said Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici. "I applaud President Biden for taking bold act more PR

PORTLAND, Bonamici, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2022: Governor Kate Brown, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, and Representative Andrea Valderrama today visited the Elsie H. Hillman East Portland Health Center, operated by Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette. The center provides a wide range of sexual and reproductive health care services to patients in East Multnomah County and beyond. They were joined by Planned Parenthood Columbia more PR

GREENVILLE, North Carolina, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2022: ICYMI, Reps. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) and Rob Wittman (VA-01) have introduced legislation to conduct a feasibility study for constructing a dual jetty system at Oregon Inlet, North Carolina. Rep. Murphy first made the announcement at a press conference last week at the Dare County Administration Building alongside Dare County Board of Commissioners Chairman Bob Woo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2022: * * * Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement after President Joe Biden's announcement canceling $10,000 in student loan debt for non-Pell borrowers and $20,000 for Pell grant recipients who make less than $125,000 annually or families earning less than $250,000 per year, as well as an extended repayment freeze through December 31, 2022. "As the son of blue-collar par more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the findings of a year-long investigation into the largest alleged individual tax evasion scheme in U.S. history. The investigation uncovered the "shell bank" loophole in the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), a loophole that allows banks offshore to accept funds from U.S. persons  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2022: Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., praised a new announcement from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy that will accelerate innovation by making taxpayer-funded research more accessible to the scientists and researchers. The announcement came six months after Wyden and Sen. Ed Markey asked OSTP to issue new guidance to unlock that research. "The White House announcement today is an ast more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today launched an inquiry into potentially deceptive marketing tactics practiced by Medicare Advantage plans that may take advantage of seniors looking for Medicare coverage. Wyden sent letters to 15 state insurance commissioners and state health insurance assistance programs requesting data about Medicar more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2022: * * * Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement following a complaint this week by a former Twitter employee that alleged widespread poor privacy and security practices at the social media company: "The best time to encrypt users' DMs was 5 years ago. The second-best time is today, after reports that thousands of Twitter employees may have access to those conversations. "I personall more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today joined colleagues urging the Biden Administration to extend the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) waiver deadline until at least July 1, 2023, when the Department's proposed rules to improve and expand federal student debt relief programs, including PSLF, are currently on track to take effect. Extending the waiver would help ensure more public servan more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on Aug. 3, 2022, entitled "A System in Need of Repair: Addressing Organizational Failures of the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network": * * * 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 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced a total of $66,223,786.66 in funding for Oregon from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). These funds are intended to help various agencies and departments around Oregon to financially recover from emergency response efforts relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 Labor Day fires. "As Oregon continues its recovery from the COVID-19 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that the Department of the Interior (DOI) is investing nearly $26 million in the Klamath Basin through the first year of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The projects include nearly $16 million for ecosystem restoration and $10 million to expand the Klamath Falls National Fish Hatchery. The Bureau of Reclamation, in collaborati more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that the Department of the Interior (DOI) is investing nearly $26 million in the Klamath Basin through the first year of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The projects include nearly $16 million for ecosystem restoration and $10 million to expand the Klamath Falls National Fish Hatchery. The Bureau of Reclamation, in collabor more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week asked federal officials to respond to "significant and troubling" reports about retaliation against inmates at the federal prison in Sheridan, as well as significant delays in access to treatment and evaluation for defendants in the federal criminal justice system in Oregon and nationwide with mental health conditions. * "We write today with deep  more PR